YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team won the 2019 Gulf South Conference Women's Lacrosse Championships on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 15-11 over No. 1 seed Young Harris to capture's the program's first-ever conference championship. UAH improves to 16-3, while YHC dips to 11-7.
 
Turning Point
- With the score in favor of the Chargers 11-10 with 18 minutes to go, UAH went on a 4-1 run to clinch the program's first-ever GSC Championship with a 15-11 victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers offense was led by sophomore Sophia Fiorino with a team-high five points on four goals and one assist.
- Katie Gerber tied Fiorino with four goals in the contest, while providing a team-best six draw controls.
- Both Abbey O'Brien and Nicole Federovitch had four points in the win, as O'Brien notched three goals and one assist and Federovitch had a game-high four assists.
- UAH totaled 18 ground balls on the day, paced by Natalie Pachinger and Shannon Kruse with three pickups each.
- Pachinger guided the defense with four caused turnovers and added two draw controls along with Megan Hartnett.
- Leslie Allen Brown picked up the win in goal to improve to 16-3 on the year, making a total of 11 saves for the victory.
- UAH held the edge in shots on goal (23-22) and ground balls (18-12).
 
Inside the Flow
- Both sides scored twice in the first seven minutes of the contest for a 2-2 tie, until UAH scored four unanswered goals for a 6-2 lead with 14:31 remaining in the half.
- YHC closed the gap in the last 14 minutes with a 4-2 run to cut UAH's advantage to 8-6 at halftime.
- The Mountain Lions started well in the second half with three goals to UAH's one which knotted the game at 9-9 with 19:38 remaining in the second half.
- UAH went on to outpace Young Harris 6-2 for the rest of the contest for the 15-11 win in the GSC invitational final.
 
Noteworthy
- This is the program's first-ever 16-win season.
- UAH has scored at least 300 goals in a season in three straight years.
- Federovitch ends her career as the program's career leader in points (400), goals (271) and assists (129)