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Women's Lacrosse wraps up inaugural season with 17-9 win over UVA Wise

Women's Lacrosse wraps up inaugural season with 17-9 win over UVA Wise
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum College women's lacrosse team finished its 2015 Inaugural campaign with a 17-9 win over the University of Virginia's College at Wise on Wednesday night at Pioneer Field. Cheyenne Bray led TC with five points on four goals and an assist.

Tusculum finishes the season with a 10-5 record and finished third in the South Atlantic Conference. UVA Wise's record falls to 3-11.

Kelsey Crow and Erin Sims each had four points on a pair of goals and an assist. Calyn Kelly also registered four points with three goals and a helper, while Rachel Del Duca also scored three goals. Savannah Elliott found the back of the cage twice while Madison Malone had a goal and an assist. Lillian Lesniewski also assisted on a goal.

The game opened with each team trading the first four goals as the game stood tied at 2-2 nine minutes in. However, TC struck for three-straight goals to take a 5-2 lead with 17 minutes remaining in the first half.

The Cavaliers broke up the run with a score, but after Kelly found the back of the cage UVA Wise's Morgan Goodbrod and Rachel Cole scored the final two goals of the half as the Pioneers held a 6-4 advantage at the break.

After Rachel Cole cut the deficit to one with the first goal of the second half, the Pioneers registered five-straight goals in seven minutes to take a commanding 11-5 lead with 21:37 to play in the game. Each team then registered back-to-back goals, but then Stephanie Sintetas put a tally on the board to cut TC's lead to 13-8 with 10:58 to play.

Following the goal, the Pioneers put the game out of reach with a four-goal outburst including a spectacular behind-the-back goal from Malone as they took a 17-8 lead. Hannah Marshall scored the game's final goal with 22 seconds remaining to make the final tally 17-9.

Brooke Wagner and Kaitlin Winnie each spent time in the cage for TC with Wagner earning the win with a pair of saves. Mel Reilly made nine saves but was dealt the loss. Tusculum held a narrow 20-19 advantage in ground balls and out-shot the Cavaliers 29-18.

Marshall led UVA Wise with four points on three goals and an assist while Goodbrod and Cole found the back of the cage once and assisted on a score.

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