YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team advanced to the Gulf South Conference Invitational Championship game with a 20-14 win over Shorter in a semifinal matchup on Friday. UAH improves to 14-4, while SU ends its season at 10-6.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH is set to matchup against the winner of Young Harris (1)/Montevallo (4) at 12 p.m. CST on Sunday on the YHC campus.
 
Turning Point
- The Chargers stormed through the first half with a 13-7 lead – paced by three tallies by freshman Shannon Kruse – on the way to the 20-14 victory over Shorter in the semifinals of the GSC Invitational.
 
Inside the Box Score
- A total of eight different Chargers potted a goal in the contest, led by Kruse's game-high five goals in addition to one assist for a team-best six points in the victory.
- Both Natalie Pachinger and Anna Grace Shepherd posted four points on three goals and one assist to follow Kruse offensively, with Nicole Federovitch also scoring three times to make it a three-way tie for second in scoring on the roster.
- Kruse also led the squad with five ground balls and two caused turnovers, while Pachinger registered a game-high 10 draw controls in addition to her four points.
- Jenna Carr rated second on the roster with four draw controls and added two goals and one assist on offense.
- Leslie Allen Brown played 58:34 in goal to notch the win to improve to 13-4 on the year, while registering six saves and 13 goals allowed.
- The Chargers held the edge over the Hawks in shots on goal (31-20), ground balls (20-14), and draw controls (24-12).
 
Noteworthy
- Pachinger's 10 draw controls are the most in a single game in program history, as the junior previously notched eight in a game against Montevallo (April 15).
- Kruse now has a career-high in goals (5) and points (6) for a single game, and has accrued five or more ground balls on four occasions.
- UAH has scored 20 or more goals in a game in three straight games and in 10 contests this season.
 
Inside the Flow
- With the game knotted at 3-3 with 20:46 remaining, UAH pulled ahead with three goals – highlighted by two Federovitch tallies – to lead 6-3.
- A trio of markers by the Hawks again tied the contest, but the Chargers put together its biggest rally of the game in a 5-0 run thanks to goals by Carr at 8:54, Shepherd at 8:33, Bekka San Souci at 8:10, Kruse at 7:25, and Pachinger at 4:46 on the way to a 13-7 lead at the half.
- Shorter owned the edge at the outset of the second half with two goals to UAH's one with 22:01 remaining, but the Chargers compounded its lead with four consecutive goals to push the advantage to 18-9.
- The Hawks outscored UAH down the stretch 5-2, but it was not enough to overcome the advantage as the Chargers took the matchup 20-14.