MONTEVALLO, Ala. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team capped off the Gulf South Conference regular season slate with a 22-7 victory at Montevallo on Saturday afternoon. UAH improves to 13-5 (6-1 GSC), while UM dips to 8-9 (2-6 GSC).
Next Time Out
- UAH looks ahead to the GSC invitational – hosted by Young Harris – as the second seed with a semifinal matchup on Friday at 1 p.m. CST against third-seeded Shorter.
Turning Point
- After pacing Montevallo 14-5 through the first half, UAH piled on five unanswered goals to start the second to own a 19-5 advantage on the way to the 22-7 victory.
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers offense was led by
Jenna Carr's game-high five goals, followed by
Natalie Pachinger with four tallies.
- A total of six Chargers scored two goals or more with the addition of three goals by
Nicole Federovitch and two markers apiece by
Megan Hartnett,
Kinta Schott and
Shannon Kruse.
- Pachinger posted a team-high eight draw controls and rated second on the roster with four ground balls.
- Hartnett paced the squad in ground balls with five pickups.
- Six different Chargers had two ground balls or more.
- UAH held the edge over Montevallo in shots on goal (32-14), ground balls (23-11), and draw controls (16-13).
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Leslie Allen Brown improves to 12-5 in goal this season, posting seven goals allowed and seven saves.
Inside the Flow
- With Montevallo leading 3-2 early with 27:10 to go in the first half, UAH proceeded to score eight unanswered goals – including Federovitch's three markers – to lead 10-3.
- One goal by the Falcons' Jami Hudak ended the Charger string of goals, but UAH pushed forward with four goals to UM's one in the last nine minutes to lead 14-5 at the half.
- Five straight UAH goals pushed the advantage to 19-5 with 18:11 to go as the Falcons scored twice in comparison to the Chargers three goals to give the game its 22-7 final.
Noteworthy
- Pachinger's eight draw controls are a single-game career-high, and she's reset the program record for draw controls in a season with 69 in 2017.
- Carr has scored five or more goals in three different GSC matchups.
