CLINTON, S.C. – Winthrop used a five-goal fourth quarter on Wednesday night to defeat the Presbyterian College lacrosse team 9-7 at Bailey Memorial Stadium. Junior Abby Edmisten led the Blue Hose with five goals in the defeat. 

FINAL SCORE: Winthrop 9, Presbyterian 7
LOCATION: Bailey Memorial Stadium (Clinton, S.C.) 
RECORDS: Presbyterian (2-11, 0-5 Big South) | Winthrop (3-10, 2-3 Big South) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Edmisten opened the Blue Hose scoring with a goal on an assist from Ana Boothe to give PC the early 1-0 lead. Winthrop quickly answered with a goal a minute later to tie the game at one. The Blue Hose junior gave them a lead on a free position shot in the final minute to give PC a 2-1 lead after one.

Freshman Willow Hammond pushed the Blue Hose lead to 3-1 halfway thru the second quarter for PC. Winthrop evened it up with two goals over the final five minutes to send the game to the half all tied at three. 

In the third quarter, Edmisten and Taryn Tomas got a pair of man-up goals to push PC's lead out to 5-3 before a goal in the final five seconds made it 5-4 Blue Hose heading to the fourth. 

The Eagles quickly tied it up at five a minute into the fourth before Edmisten pushed PC back in front 6-5 three minutes into the final quarter. Winthrop went on a three-goal run over the next four minutes to take an 8-6 lead with 6:13 to go. Edmisten tallied her fifth goal of the night with 2:28 to go but that would be as close as the Blue Hose could get as a late goal for the Eagles made it a 9-7 final. 

 NOTABLES

• Edmisten recorded her eighth multi-goal game with her five goals on Wednesday night. She's up to 32 goals on the season which also leads the team.
• She has scored 16 free position goals on the season after her two free-position goals.
• Tomas tallied her second goal of the season. It was a free-position goal for the Blue Hose in the third quarter which was her second free position of the year. 
• PC had 18 shots in the game led by Edmisten with nine. Nya Bettis and Ryann Doyle each had a pair of shots. 
• Heidi Shafer totaled 10 saves in the contest to become the fourth Blue Hose DI goalie to eclipse 300+ career saves.
• Kylie Sullivan and Bettis led the team with a pair of draw controls.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hose hit the road for a trip to Boiling Springs on Saturday at 1 p.m. to face Gardner-Webb.