LYNCHBURG, VA – The Winthrop lacrosse team picked up a solid road victory Friday evening, downing the Liberty Flames 19-14.

Winthrop improved to 6-10 overall and 3-3 in the conference while Liberty fell to 2-14 overall and 1-5 in the Big South.

Jenna Kasmarik and Shannon Gallagher each finished with eight points.  Kasmarik had seven goals and one assist while Gallagher tallied three goals and five assists.  Gallagher also led the team with four ground balls.  Abigail Blevins finished with four goals on six shots.  Camille King picked up the victory, making four saves.

The first 15 minutes of the opening half were a low-scoring, back-and-forth affair and the two teams had split four goals with Jenna Kasmarik notching both tallies for the Eagles.

Scoring started to become more consistent in the final 15 minutes as Kasmarik scored her third of the game to put Winthrop up 3-2 with 12:36 on the clock.  Krista Frowein and Danielle Ellis scored only 40 seconds apart to give the Eagles a 5-3 edge with 10:04 left in the half.

After Abigail Blevins put the Eagles up 6-3, Liberty pulled one back to get within 6-4.  Winthrop then rattled off four unanswered goals, two each from Kasmarik and Abigail Blevins.  Liberty scored twice in the final two minutes to pull within 10-6 at halftime.

Liberty came out and got the first goal of the second half before Shannon Gallagher and Kasmarik got the Eagles on the board, going back up 12-7.  The Flames responded with three unanswered of their own to get within 12-10 with 19:31 to play in the contest.

Winthrop came back and scored three of the next five goals with tallies from Gallagher, Blevins and Frowein.  The Eagles led 15-12 with 10 minutes left and closed the game strong.  Winthrop scored three unanswered from Gallagher, Kasmarik and Sydney Cope and Danielle Ellis capped off the 19-14 victory with a goal with 24 seconds left.

The Eagles will close out the regular season on Sunday when they host the Presbyterian College Blue Hose for Senior Day at 1 p.m.