Box Score BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team opened its 2018 campaign with a dominant 25-10 win over Birmingham Southern on the road on Sunday afternoon. UAH starts the season 1-0, while BSC dips to 1-1.
 
Turning Point
- After Birmingham-Southern scored the first goal of the game at 28:45 by Katie Gleeson, UAH proceeded to score five unanswered goals in the ensuing eight minutes of the first half as the Chargers cruised to q 25-10 win.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Alanna Carvalho paced the UAH offense with seven points on five goals and eight assists, while Kinta Schott posted a team-high six goals and nine shots on goal.
- Carvalho and Schott tied for the team lead in draw controls with six apiece in the win.
- The Chargers had five players score two goals or more, including Schott (6), Carvalho (5), Shannon Kruse (3), Abbey O'Brien (3) and Nicole Federovitch (2).
- Kruse followed Carvalho and Schott with three draw controls while tying Megan Hartnett and Federovitch with a team-high three ground balls.
- The Chargers caused four turnovers spread out over four players.
- UAH held an edge in the game in shots (47-20), ground balls (19-17), and draw controls (18-16).
- The Chargers went 11-for-18 in free-position attempts.
 
Inside the Flow
- UAH's five unanswered goals after BSC found the scoreboard made it a 5-1 UAH advantage with 20:30 left in the first half, highlighted by two goals apiece by Carvalho and Kruse.
- Later in the opening half, Birmingham-Southern went on a 4-0 run to cut the UAH lead to 9-7, but UAH closed out the final seven minutes of the first by outscoring the Panthers 4-1 to own a 13-8 advantage at the midway point.
- The Chargers offense continued to roll in the second half on the way to the 25-10 win which featured a string of nine unanswered goals during in the frame.
 
Noteworthy
- UAH scored 25 or more goals in a game just two other times in program history.
- Schott's six goals were a career-high.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH jumps into Gulf South Conference play next Saturday at Young Harris.