FARMVILLE, VA – The Winthrop lacrosse team dominated the Longwood Lancers 21-7 Saturday afternoon for their third straight conference victory.

The Eagles improved to 3-2 in the Big South and 6-9 overall with the victory while the Lancers fell to 5-10 overall and 1-3 in the conference.

Winthrop never trailed in the contest, jumping out to a 4-1 lead and extending its lead to as much as seven in the multiple times in the first half.  The Eagles took an 11-4 lead into halftime.

To begin the second half the Eagles scored five of the first six goals to increase their lead to 16-5 with just under 20 minutes to play.  Winthrop allowed Longwood only two more goals over the final 20 minutes en route to the 21-7 victory.

Nicole Beatson and Kristen Shriver each tallied seven points on four goals and three assists while Katie Clark, Katherine Judge and Ellie Marindin each scored four goals.  Judge and Beatson tied for the team lead with six draw controls and Shriver had a team-lead of four ground balls.  Chloe Wormsley finished with five saves in goal.

Winthrop won the ground ball and draw control battles 20-19 and 18-12 respectively.  The Eagles also outshot the Lancers 32-18 and were perfect on clears 15-for-15.

The Eagles will round out the regular season at home next week, starting with a 6 p.m. contest on Wednesday against the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.