DEMOREST, Ga. - The University of the South women's lacrosse team, thanks to a late free-position goal by Piedmont University, dropped the contest, 20-19, Saturday afternoon fro the Walker Athletic Complex.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Piedmont (2-2) 20, Sewanee (0-2) 19
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-After the teams traded goals to start the first five minutes of the game,
Emma Burns, after a
Sally Herrington ground ball, netted the goal to give the Tigers the 3-2 advantage.
-Sewanee kept the advantage until the 4:40 mark in the period when a free position goal by Machaela Smith made it a 5-5 game.
-After
Marlin Price won the ensuing draw,
Casey Thomsen went down and gave Sewanee the mead again, 6-5.
-Tied at six in the last seconds of the period, Herrington found
Brooke Sigmon's pass to give the Purple Tigers the 7-6 edge after 15 minutes.
-The second quarter did not see a goal scored until the under-7 mark in the half when Piedmont tied the game up at seven goals apiece. For the Lions, they added two more to make it a 9-7 lead, which they would maintain for the remainder of the half.
-After an
Ellie Tate Schutte victory on the draw, she found Herrington for the goal to make it a 10-9 score at the break.
-Leading 11-10 early in the third, Piedmont scored four straight goals to make the lead the biggest of the contest, a five-goal differential, 15-10.
-Sewanee did make it a 17-12 deficit after three quarters thanks to a Price goal from a
Lizzie Chamberlin pass.
-That goal by the Purple and White started a big rally. After winning back-to-back draws that led to goals, trailing 17-14, a Thomsen caused turnover then a pass to
Alexa Berg for the strike made it a 17-15 deficit with 12:54 left in regulation.
-After winning the ensuind draw, Price passed to Berg again for the goal that made it 17-16 in favor of the Lions.
-Piedmont did score two goals to increase its lead to three, 19-16, with nine minutes remaining. After taking the draw on a foul, Berg was there again, finding Schutte's pass for the goal.
-Winning the draw again, Sewanee made it a 19-18 game with another strike by Berg.
-With under seven minutes to go, Thomsen tied the game at 19 goals apiece thanks to a pass from Price.
-Tied with less than a minute to go in regulation, Piedmont forced a turnover on Sewanee in the midfield and ran down the ball to the 8-meter line, where they drew a foul. Lindley Ward, on a free-position, netted the game-winner for the Lions with six seconds to go.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Alexa Berg led the Tigers with five goals on the afternoon, while
Casey Thomsen totaled four points and three goals and an assist.
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Sally Herrington scored four points on three goals and an assist. On ball control, she scooped up six ground balls and forced a team-high four turnovers.
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Marlin Price won 10 draw controls and scored five points on three assists and two goals.
PIEDMONT KEY STATISTICS
-Merryn Bumpass led all attackers with seven points on five assists and two goals.
-Ava Trankina had five draws, three goals and three caused turnovers each.
UP NEXT
Sewanee returns home on Tuesday night against the University of Redlands. Opening draw is set for 5 p.m. from Puett Field.
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