ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop concluded the season in style by hanging on to beat Longwood on Senior Day by a final score of 13-12 on Saturday afternoon, finishing the year 4-12 overall and 1-8 in Big South play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Winthrop started the game up 4-2 on two goals by Molly Dankowski and a goal each by Lexi Johnson and Grace Taylor.
- Taylor's came with 20 seconds left in the first quarter on the man-up, giving the Eagles a 3-2 lead at the end of 15 minutes of play.
- Dankowski's second goal of the game put Winthrop up 4-2 with 11:18 left in the second quarter.
- Longwood tied the game at four in the span of three minutes.
- Scarlet Cifarelli put Winthrop back in the lead at 5-4 a minute after Longwood's tying score.
- The visitors tied it again several plays later but Gabby Pierpont scored with 15 seconds left in the half to enter the locker room out in front 6-5.
- Grayson McKenzie and Taylor's second goal of the game on the man-up gave Winthrop a two-goal lead, 8-6 with nearly nine minutes left in the third frame.
- The Lancers then went on a 3-0 run to seize a 9-8 lead but with one second left in the third quarter, McKenzie scored her second goal of the afternoon to tie the contest at nine.
- McKenzie's goal at the end of the third started a 5-3 run for Winthrop to close out the game.
- Johnson's second goal of the day put Winthrop ahead 10-9 early in the fourth quarter only to have Longwood tie it up a minute later.
- Ellie Dutton's put Winthrop ahead to stay with 10 minutes left.
- Johnson then registered a hat trick and Cifarelli scored her second to extend the Eagle lead to three, their largest of the day.
- The Lancers would cut it to one with a minute left but Winthrop won the draw control and was able to run out the clock to send the Eagle seniors out on top.
NOTABLES (TEAM)
- Seven different Eagles scored a goal.
- The teams were even in shots on goal, 20-20.
- Winthrop had eight saves to Longwood's seven.
- Winthrop nabbed 14 ground balls to Longwood's 12.
- This was Winthrop's first and only Big South win this season.
- The victory snapped a nine-game losing streak.
- Winthrop finishes the year 3-4 at home.
NOTABLES (INDIVIDUAL)
Lexi Johnson (3 G, 3 SOG, 1 CT, 2 DC)
Scarlet Cifarelli (2 G, 1 A, 2 SOG)
Molly Dankowski (2 G, 2 A, 4 SOG, 2 GB, 2 CT, 4 DC)
Grayson McKenzie (2 G, 3 SOG, 1 GB)
Grace Taylor (2 G, 1 A, 2 SOG, 1 GB, 1 CT)
UP NEXT
The Eagles look forward to 2024.