CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Presbyterian College lacrosse team
fell on the road to the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday afternoon, 22-6.
PC moves to 1-8 on the year while Cincinnati improves to
4-2. The Blue Hose return home to host Kennesaw State on Friday night under the
lights at Martin Stadium. Opening draw is slated for 6 p.m.
The Blue Hose took a 7-3 deficit into halftime before the
Bearcats used a 15-3 second half to seal the win.
PC's six goals came from six different players as Lauren
Lefeber (Waxhaw, N.C.), Kelsey Rupsch (Libertyville, Ill.), Catherine Ellis
(Charlotte, N.C.), Jaime Beamish (Memphis, Tenn.), Liz Davis (Alpharetta, Ga.)
and Cincinnati native Brianne Ward each found the back of the net. Melinda
Vasconcellos (Waxhaw, N.C.) picked up an assist.
Goalkeeper Bridget Hogan (Charlotte, N.C.) made six stops on
the afternoon.
The Blue Hose tallied 10 ground balls to Cincinnati's 14 and
only turned the ball over three times in the second half.
Mary Honan (Old Bridge, N.J.) collected a career-high five
ground balls to increase her hold on the team led while Bonnie Corrigan
(Yorktown, Va.) controlled four draws.
Ellis kicked off the scoring with the game's first goal,
coming 4:41 into the contest. Beamish followed less than 10 minutes later after
a trio of Bearcats goals to cut the home side's lead to 3-2.
Four Cincinnati scores later, Ward added another for the Blue
Hose to make the score 7-3 at the break.
Cincinnati opened the second stanza with a pair of scores
but PC responded with two of its own. Rupsch converted from the free position
before Davis put away a Vasconcellos pass to pull PC within four, 9-5.
From there, however, Cincinnati would control play for much
of the remainder. Lefeber potted her 13th of the season midway
through the half on the way to the final 22-6 result.
