FARMVILLE, VA – The Winthrop lacrosse team dropped a 14-4 Big South contest Saturday to the Longwood Lancers, snapping a five-game winning streak.

Winthrop falls to 6-9 overall and 3-1 in the conference with the loss while Longwood improved to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in the Big South.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The two sides traded goals in the opening five minutes and then Longwood scored three unanswered goals over a more than 14-minute span to take a 4-1 lead.  Scoring picked up over the final 10 minutes as Winthrop grabbed two goals to come within 5-3 with 6:38 left in the half.  The Lancers closed the half on a 4-0 run over the final five minutes to take a 9-3 lead into halftime.

Longwood opened the second half with a goal in the first minute and pushed its lead to 11-3 before Winthrop scored its only goal of the second half.  Longwood added three more goals to reach the 14-4 final score.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
McKenna Blick led the Eagles with two goals and added one assist.  Lauren Asher and Savanah Paton each added one goal.

WHAT'S UP NEXT
Winthrop returns home for its final two conference games of the season.  The Eagles will host Radford on Wednesday at 4 p.m. before welcoming High Point on Saturday.