Greeneville, Tenn.--The Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Lacrosse Team lead wire-to-wire in a 14-8 win at Tusculum.
Chloe Christensen scored a season-high four goals while
Kirra Olson and
Rylie McGhan added three a piece. LR forced Tusculum into 25 turnovers on the afternoon as
Makenna Filley caused three. The Bears will now have a 11 days off before their regular season finale at Catawba.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 14, Tusculum 8
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (4-10, 3-6 SAC), Tusculum (4-10, 2-6 SAC)
Location: Greeneville, Tenn.
STATS OF THE GAME
- Olson scored the first two goals of the game as LR did not allow the Pioneers to score in the first quarter.
- After the Pioneers cut the lead to 4-2, Christensen and Jolan Morey scored from the Free Position to take a 6-2 lead.
- Bears had a four goal stretch in the third quarter highlighted by Christensen's second goal to take a 10-4 lead.
- McGhan and Christensen each scored twice in the 4th quarter as LR had a 14-6 lead before the Pioneers scored the last two.
- Sally Friesen made six saves in goal for the Bears.
- Olson and Filley lead the Bears with 4 groundballs.
- Christensen and Olson had five draw controls.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Bears are 10-0 all-time against the Pioneers.
- LR is in 7th place in the SAC, one game out of 6th place.
- Top six teams make the SAC Tournament.
- Christensen crossed the 50 draw control mark today.
NEXT UP: Bears will an week off before a trip to Catawba on April 17th.