DAVIDSON, NC – The Winthrop lacrosse team limited Davidson to only one second-half goal Sunday afternoon as the Eagles downed the Wildcats 8-5 in the first game of the team's doubleheader.

Winthrop improved to 4-0 on the season and will face St. Francis Sunday night at 6 p.m. at Eagle Field.  Davidson fell to 1-2.  The victory for the Eagles was the first in the program's history over Davidson.

The Eagles had a very strong start offensively as Davidson barely touched the ball in the first five minutes.  Allie Yeager got Winthrop's first two goals on the board, giving the Eagles the early 2-0 edge with 26:45 on the clock.  Less than a minute later, Alexis Linhardt put the Eagles up 3-0. 

Winthrop's offensive went cold for more than 15 minutes after the Linhardt goal as Davidson slowly worked back to tie the game with 11:37 left in the first half.  Alexis Linhardt put the Eagles back ahead 4-3 with 8:41 remaining.  The Wildcats were able to grab momentum going into the second half, scoring with 21 seconds left to send the game into the break at 4-4.

The Eagles got the offense going again early in the second half as Logan McCarthy gave Winthrop the lead back with a free-position goal 2:35 into the half.  Winthrop then picked up a goal from Katie Clark and two goals from Shannon Gallagher to go up 8-4 with 14:50 left in the contest.

Winthrop looked primed to shutout the Wildcats in the second half before Kendall Thielemann scored with less than two minutes to go to pick up Davidson's only goal of the second half. 

Gallagher's two goals came on five shots while Yeager netted her two goals on two shots and Alexis Linhardt scored on two of her four shots.  Clark picked up the team's lone assist of the game on Gallagher's first tally.

The Eagles limited Davidson to only 12 shots total and only nine on goal.  Alaina Girani tallied four saves in the victory.