Women's Lacrosse Falls at Averett

Danville, Va. (April 11, 2022) – The Pfeiffer University women's lacrosse team dropped a USA South road game by a 17-8 sore at Averett University on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics
FINAL – Averett def. Pfeiffer, 17-8

Records
Pfeiffer – 3-8, 2-3 USA South
Averett – 9-3, 7-1 USA South

Location – Danville, Va. – Campbell Stadium

HOW IT HAPPENED
Homestanding Averett scored the first three goals of the game before Chloe Johnson netted the first Pfeiffer goal at 5:55 of the first to make it 3-1.

After another Averett goal, Alexis Murriel scored to make it 4-2 at 2:37.  The Cougars then closed the first quarter with a pair of goals and then opened the second quarter with a goal at 14:49 to go up 7-2.

Sophomore Julia Barbato scored on a man-up opportunity at 12:49 to trim the lead to 7-3.

Down 8-3, Analise Robinson got her 25^th score of the season at 4:07 followed by a Murriel Goal at 2:30 to climb to withing 8-5.

Averett then got a pair of Faith Bowlin goals to close the second quarter to take the 10-5 halftime lead.

Pfeiffer's Robinson opened the third quarter scoring at 13:19 but four straight goals from Averett boosted their lead to 14-6.  Tracy Torrez then scored an unassisted goal for Pfeiffer at 6:37 of the third quarter to make it 14-7.  Torrez would score the final goal of the game with 48 seconds remaining to provide the 17-8 final.

Inside the Box Score
Three Falcons tallied a pair of goals each in Murriel, Torrez, and Robinson.  Murriel also had a team-best eight ground balls and three caused turnovers.

Barbato and Johnson each had a goal with each also managing a pair of draw control wins.

Defensively, sophomore goalkeeper Jordan Pendergraft made 15 saves for Pfeiffer.

Up Next
Pfeiffer will host Methodist University at Lefko Field on Tuesday, April 12 at 5:00 p.m. in a USA South matchup.
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