Davis, Calif. – Winthrop ended non-conference competition with a loss at Cal-Davis by a final score of 18-7 on Tuesday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Winthrop jumped out to a 2-0 lead nearly five minutes in on goals by Gabby Pierpont and Scarlet Cifarelli.
• The Aggies got on the board a minute after Cifarelli's goal.
• Erin Whitaker restored Winthrop's two-goal lead on the man-up at the 7:54 mark.
• Cal-Davis answered with three straight goals, the third coming with 1:59 left in the quarter.
• Pierpont knotted her second goal of the contest at the 1:06 mark, tying the score at four.
• This would remain the score at the end of the frame.
• The Aggies took a 5-4 lead at the 12:35 mark of the second quarter and then went up by three at 7-4 with nearly eight minutes left.
• Ellie Dutton got on the stat sheet at the 6:33 mark to make it a two-goal affair.
• But Cal-Davis responded with three straight goals to lead 10-5 at the half.
• The Aggies scored the first two of the second half before Dutton notched her second goal of the day with seven minutes left in the third quarter.
• Cal-Davis scored again to get their margin back up to seven three minutes later and led 13-6 to start the fourth quarter.
• The Aggies scored five more goals.
• Lexi Johnson scored with four seconds remaining on a free-position attempt.

NOTABLES (TEAM)

• The two teams were even in saves, 12-12.
• Winthrop won 14 draw controls to Cal-Davis's 13.
• Johnson led the Eagles with five shots.
• Madison Mayer won seven draw controls to lead Winthrop.
• Five different Eagles scored.

ON DECK
Winthrop has a two-week break and will return to the field for the Big South opener vs. Gardner-Webb at home on Wed., Mar. 27 at 4:00 p.m.
 
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