Brown Nets Four; Pfeiffer Downs St. Andrews
from press release
MISENHEIMER, N.C.-Junior Kerrie Brown
(Irondequoit, N.Y.) scored a game-high four goals for St. Andrews
Presbyterian College but host Pfeiffer University used seven
different goal scorers to remain perfect in Conference Carolinas
women's lacrosse action with a 14-9 victory on Wednesday afternoon
at NE Lefko Field.
A trio of Lady Falcons had a hat trick as Pfeiffer improves to 2-1
overall and 2-0 in the conference. The Lady Knights dropped their
second straight falling to 1-2 overall and 1-2 in the league.
Brown scored the first goal of the game to give SAPC its only lead
of the contest. Pfeiffer rattled off the next three scores but
goals by senior Katie Wright (Waterloo, N.Y.) and Brown evened the
score at 3-3. The Falcons soared ahead for good with four straight
goals in a three minute outburst. The two teams traded the last two
goals of the first half as Pfeiffer doubled up the Knights, 8-4, at
halftime.
The Falcons held a slim 6-5 scoring edge in the second half en
route to the five goal victory. Pfeiffer took advantage of three
extra-man opportunities in the final period, scoring three times
while up a player.
Brown finished with five points adding one assist to her four
goals. Brown also led the Knights with four draw controls, three
ground balls, and two caused turnovers. Brown is averaging over
five points per game and leads SAPC with 17 points on the year.
Wright had a three-point performance with two goals and one
assist. The Knights other goals came off the sticks of senior
Courtney Ross (Newark, N.Y.), freshman Cara Manas (Harwood, Md.),
and sophomore Kim McDaniel (Joppa, Md.).
Senior Kelsey Binggeli (Newark, N.Y.) and C. Ross both handed out
one assist.
Senior goalkeeper Eryn McCaffrey (Cicero, N.Y.) made a season-high
17 saves for the Knights.
SAPC won 13-of-25 draw controls but Pfeiffer took more shots,
35-28, and collected more ground balls, 29-17. The Falcons were a
perfect 2-for-2 on free-position shot attempts while the Knights
only converted on 2-of-8 FPS.
Sophomore Sarah Hebberd, junior Heidi Karaskiewicz, and senior
Kelly McConnell found the back of the net three times for Pfeiffer.
Hebberd and Karaskiewicz both added an assist for four-point on the
afternoon. Senior Patty Hunter finished with two goals; freshman
Liz Melesh supplied one goal and two helpers; and senior Krissy
Bentolila chipped in with one goal and one assist.
Freshman goalie Caitlin Ryan, the reigning Conference Carolinas
Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week, made nine stops in her second
straight victory.
St. Andrews visits Conference Carolinas rival Queens University of Charlotte on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
