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11
Winner PC PC 6-6, 3-1 Big South
10
WINTHROP WINTHROP 3-9, 0-5 Big South
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PC PC
6-6, 3-1 Big South
11
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10
WINTHROP WINTHROP
3-9, 0-5 Big South
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Team 1 2 3 4 F
PC PC 3 2 3 3 11
WINTHROP WINTHROP 3 1 2 4 10

Game Recap: Lacrosse |

Eagles Fall To Presbyterian Despite Late Comeback And Four Goals From Scarlet Cifarelli

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop nearly came back from a three-goal deficit with two minutes remaining but eventually fell Winthrop moved to 3-9 overall and 0-5 in Big South play with an 11-10 loss to Presbyterian at Eagle Field on Wednesday night in a thrilling back-and-forth affair.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Scarlet Cifarelli got the scoring started at the 11:04 mark.
  • The Blue Hose answered with two straight goals.
  • Cifarelli scored again and Grayson McKenzie gave Winthrop a 3-2 lead with 4:59 left in the first quarter.
  • Presbyterian tied it with nearly a minute left in the frame.
  • Molly Dankowski gave the Eagles a 4-3 lead at the 12:56 mark of the second quarter but the visitors scored two goals to lead 5-4 at the half.
  • PC kept it going with two more goals to begin the second to go up 7-4 midway through the third quarter.
  • Cifarelli got a hat trick and Ellie Dutton cut it to one with 3:15 remaining in the third.
  • PC then tacked on another to lead 8-6 entering the third and went up three with less than 12 minutes left in the game.
  • McKenzie got her second goal of the game with 9:47 left only for the Blue Hose to answer several minutes later.
  • Dankowski made it 10-8 with 3:52 left.
  • PC appeared to have put the game away with two minutes remaining but the Eagles began a last-gasp rally.
  • Dankowski and Cifarelli scored two more goals to cut it to 11-10 with 33 seconds to go but the Eagles then failed to win the draw control and PC ran out the remaining time to secure their win.
 
NOTABLES (TEAM)
  • Four different Eagles scored a goal, with Cifarelli putting four in the back of the net and Dankowski recording a trick.
  • Winthrop outshot PC at the net, 19-18.
  • Winthrop nabbed 12 groundballs to PC's 11.
  • Winthrop won 17 draw controls to PC's 8.
  • The two teams were even in free position shots, 4-4.
 
NOTABLES (INDIVIDUAL)
Ellie Dutton (1 G, 3 SOG, 1 GB)
Gabby Pierpont (1 SOG, 1 GB, 3 DC)
Scarlet Cifarelli (4 G, 1 A, 5 P, 6 SOG, 1 GB)
Grayson McKenzie (2 G, 2 P, 4 SOG)
Molly Dankowski (3 G, 4 SOG, 1 CT, 6 DC)
 
ON DECK
Winthrop travels to Radford on Saturday for a 1 p.m. matchup with the Highlanders.
 
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