MOUNT OLIVE (March 5) – In a top-25 matchup, the No. 24 University of Mount Olive women's lacrosse program was unable to overcome a first-half deficit in a 17-5 loss to No. 20 Lynn in non-conference play at Ray McDonald Sr. Sports Complex on Tuesday.
With the loss, the Trojans fall to 3-2 this season with both losses coming to nationally ranked opponents from the Sunshine State Conference (SSC). Meanwhile, Lynn improves to 4-1 while securing three wins on a week-long road trip down the east coast.
In the first quarter, the Fighting Knights netted a pair of goals in the initial seven-plus minutes before graduate student
Madalyn DeGarlais responded with a man-up goal, her third of the season, at the 3:35 mark to cut into the deficit, 2-1. Lynn countered with another goal in the final minutes of the first to hold a 3-1 advantage following the opening 15 minutes. In the second, Lynn scored six unanswered goals to stretch their lead to 9-1 at halftime while limiting UMO to five shots in the quarter.
Mount Olive trimmed the deficit in the third quarter after junior
Rileigh White and sophomore
Maddy Fratus scored on man-up opportunities to trail by a 9-3 margin. The Fighting Knights tallied four more goals in the final six-plus minutes to take a 13-3 advantage into the final 15 minutes. In the fourth, senior
Logan Hibbard netted her team-leading 11th goal of the season at the 13:45 mark. Lynn responded with four insurance goals before freshman
Kayanna Bowden scored the final goal of the contest in a 17-5 defeat.
Senior
Jane Hobbs suffered the loss (0-1) in her first start of the season after yielding nine goals in the first half while collecting seven saves. Junior
Anna James played the entire second half and totaled six saves while surrendering eight goals in 30 minutes.
Mount Olive returns to non-conference play on Sunday, March 10, when it hosts UVA Wise at Ray McDonald Sr. Sports Complex at 1 p.m.
