CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's lacrosse team fell in a Sunday afternoon Big South Conference match to the Davidson Wildcats at Martin Stadium, 22-3.
PC moves to 4-9 overall and 0-4 in the Big South. The Blue Hose stay at home to host St. Mary's on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Davidson improves to 8-5 on the year, 4-0 in League action and hosts Liberty on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Davidson took a 13-3 lead into halftime and scored all nine goals in the second half en route to the win.
Jess Goergen (Marietta, Ga.), Megan Schaaf (Ellicott City, Md.) and Brianne Ward (Cincinnati, Ohio) each scored a goal for the Blue Hose. Ward also led PC with three ground balls and three draw controls to tie Maddie Taghon (Columbus, Ohio) in that category.
Davidson's Emma Sissman led the Wildcats with eight goals on the day.
The Wildcats' opened the scoring 4:16 in on a goal from Ann Fucigna.
Schaaf answered with a free position goal at 23:32 to tie up the game and score her ninth of the season.
Four Davidson goals—three from Sissman put PC in a 5-2 hole before Ward tore through the Davidson defense on her way to her 24th goal of the year.
A slick play from Bonnie Corrigan (Yorktown, Va.) and Goergen led to PC's third goal. Corrigan avoided a Wildcat triple team on her way behind the net, where she fed Goergen in front for a score. The goal marked Goergen's 12th and Corrigan's seventh helper.
From there, Davidson notched the final eight goals of the first half and added nine more in the second. Tay Lyles (Stevensville, Md.) entered the game early in the second half and stopped five shots.
The Blue Hose only failed to convert one clear out of 11 tries on the afternoon.
