YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville second-seeded women's lacrosse team opened play at the 2018 Gulf South Conference Invitational Championships with a 21-6 win over third-seeded Lee in the opening round on Friday evening on the campus of Young Harris. UAH improves to 13-4, while LU ends its season at 9-9.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH looks ahead to the GSC invitational finals matchup against first-seeded Young Harris on Sunday at 12 p.m. CT.
 
Turning Point
- The matchup between UAH and Lee was tightly contested for the majority of the first half, until the Chargers broke a 4-4 tie with 11 unanswered goals at the end of the first and beginning of the second to help the squad to a 21-6 drubbing of the Flames on Friday.
 
Inside the Box Score
- GSC Player of the Year Nicole Federovitch paced the Chargers offense overall in the game with a game-high six points on three goals and a team-high three assists.
- Karissa Glover followed Federovitch with five points on four goals and one assist, tying with Alanna Carvalho for most goals on the UAH roster.
- Carvalho paced the Chargers with four ground balls and tied with Kinta Schott for the most caused turnovers on the squad with two each.
- Shannon Kruse grabbed a team-high four draw controls to go along with two ground balls.
- Nine Chargers had at least one ground ball while 10 UAH players found the back of the net.
- UAH held the edge in shots (41-16), ground balls (19-12), and caused turnovers (8-6).
- Leslie Allen Brown improved to 13-3 in goal this season, while accumulating six saves in the win.
 
Inside the Flow
- Lee held the advantage in the early going as the Flames outscored UAH 3-1 in the first nine minutes.
- After three UAH goals put the Chargers ahead, Lee retied the contest at 4-4 prior to UAH closing out the half on with three goals to lead 7-4 after 30 minutes.
- The Chargers attack continued to build momentum with seven unanswered goals in the first 15 minutes of the second to own a 14-4 advantage.
- UAH closed out the final 10 minutes of play on a 7-2 run for the 21-6 victory over Lee.
 
Noteworthy
- With three goals today, Federovitch becomes the first Charger to accumulate 200 goals in her career as she now boasts 202 career tallies.
- UAH has scored 20 or more goals on 10 occasions this season.