March 5, 2012

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Grand Valley State women’s lacrosse team picked up its first-ever win, 15-10, at Converse College on a cold Monday night at Hayden Abney Fulp Field.

The win evens the Lakers’ record to 1-1 in the early part of the season, while Converse drops to 1-2 on the year.

Junior Allyson Fritts (Howell, Mich.) led the Lakers with four goals, four draw controls and four caused turnovers, while four other players tallied two goals each. Freshman Sarah Lowe (Okemos, Mich.) had four assists and five ground balls.

Converse jumped out to a 4-1 lead early in the first half before GVSU erased the deficit scoring four consecutive goals including back-to-back tallies from Fritts. Freshman Brooke Ingraham (Rochester Hills, Mich.) evened the score at four before senior Sam Szegedi’s (South Lyon, Mich.) goal at the 11:53 mark gave the Lakers a 5-4 lead.

The Valkryies tied the score at 5-5 and went ahead by one, but freshman Rachel Leibovitz (Naperville, Ill.) converted a free-position shot with less than seven minutes to play in the first to make it 6-6. Both teams had trouble finding the net and took that score into the half.

Fritts opened the second half with a goal to give the Lakers the lead again before Brianna Hoffman, who had five goals for Converse, evened the score again, 7-7, with 20:11 left to play.

Back-to-back goals from freshmen Jordan Luberto (Okemos, Mich.) and Korinne Culley (Hilliard, Ohio) gave GVSU a lead it would not relinquish.

Freshman Audrey Kobe (New Hudson, Mich.) picked up eight saves in her first ever win, while her counterpart Alexandra Gurecki grabbed 11.

For the game, the Lakers held a 31-26 edge in shots, while picking up a 15-12 margin in draw controls. GVSU converted six of its possible 14 free-position shots while holding Converse to just two of its five possible free-position shots.

The Lakers now travel to Hickory, N.C. to play Lenoir-Rhyne on Wednesday, March 7 at 7 p.m.