LYNCHBURG, Va. – Winthrop moved to 3-4 on the season with a loss to Liberty on the road by a final score of 22-7 on Thursday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Liberty scored the first two goals before Molly Dankowski got the Eagles on the board at the 11:55 mark of the first quarter.
- The Flames responded with two goals but Ellie Dutton cut the deficit to two with 8:24 left in the frame.
- Liberty then went on a 4-0 run to take an 8-2 lead.
- Claire Witmer stopped the run with her first goal of the game with nearly two minutes remaining.
- Liberty scored once more to take a 9-3 lead heading to the second quarter.
- Liberty started the second quarter by putting it in the back of the net three times before Krystal Beebe scored on the man-up with nearly eight minutes left.
- The Flames tallied another goal three minutes later and scored with one second left to take a 14-4 lead going into the locker room.
- Witmer scored her second of the game two minutes into the second half.
- Liberty answered with three goals but Witmer got a hat trick nearly three minutes left in the frame.
- The Flames scored just before the gun to take an 18-6 lead into the final quarter.
- Liberty started the final 15 minutes by scoring four until Witmer scored her fourth on the afternoon just before time expired to end the scoring for both teams.
NOTABLES (TEAM)
- Winthrop had eight saves to Liberty's four.
- Four different Eagles scored a goal.
NOTABLES (INDIVIDUAL)
Molly Dankowski (1 G, 2 SOG, 2 GB, 2 CT, 2 DC)
Claire Witmer (4 G, 4 SOG)
Gabby Pierpont (2 A, 3 GB, 2 CT)
ON DECK
Winthrop heads to High Point University in North Carolina to begin conference play vs. the Panthers on Wednesday, Mar. 29 at 5 p.m.
