HIGH POINT, N.C. — The High Point University women's lacrosse team lost a heartbreaker Wednesday night against their cross-triad competitors Elon University, 9-8. The entire duration of the contest stayed within three goals as the Phoenix scored the to-be game winner with 12 seconds left in regulation.
Site: Vert Stadium
Score: High Point 8, Elon 9
Records: High Point (1-5), Elon (4-5)
Head Coach Lyndsey Boswell: "We were really excited to be back home tonight at Vert Stadium. I really loved the way we started the game. We lacked execution in our shooting and that was the difference in the game. I was excited to get some contributions from our players off the bench and our draw unit was strong. There was not a lack of effort tonight — just a lack of execution."
Kay Rosselli tallied the first point of the night for the Panthers in response to a pair of Elon goals.
Grace Bruce followed with a goal of her own, knotting the score at two at the end of the first quarter.
The Phoenix struck first in the second period with back-to-back goals, extending their lead back to two. With just under four minutes before the break,
Mandy Brockamp netted a goal in her third straight game to make it 4-3.
Despite a hard defensive effort from the Purple and White, Elon went into the half up two goals.
After Anna Hackett netted another for Phoenix at the start of the third, the Panthers kept their foot on the gas, scoring three straight goals to tie it. Brockamp's second goal of the contest was a nifty over-the-shoulder scoop shot followed by a jaw-dropping behind-the-back laser from
Pia Cavallaro. Sophomore attacker
Jordan Miles tied the score at six, making it her fifth game of the year in the scoring column.
Emma Genovese scored her first of the night to take the Panthers' first lead of the game, 7-6, but then Elon quickly responded with a goal that ended the period all tied up again.
Loescher scored the first goal in the fourth, putting one in the back of the net after contributing assists on three of the eight goals. But, just as HPU went up again, Elon responded just as quickly, making the score 8-8 with six minutes to play.
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Taylor Suplee and the defense held it down on the other end denying three shots and causing multiple turnovers. Suplee, the senior goalkeeper, registered 10 saves which put her over 200 total saves in under two years at HPU. The Panthers had 15 caused turnovers as Genovese led with four followed by four players with two apiece (
Caitlyn Baehr,
Kristen Kucia, Cavallaro and
Sydney Martin).
Loescher ended the night on top in points for the fourth straight game with three assists and one goal. Brockamp tallied two goals and an assist, while Genovese, Rosselli, Bruce, Miles, and Cavallaro scored a goal each. Kuica and
Shannon Smith registered their first starts of the season, while Genovese added four groundballs, three draw controls and an assist to her stat line.
Mackie Scheib assisted on Brockamp's first goal, her second straight game with an assist.
UP NEXT: The Panthers travel to Chapel Hill next Thursday, March 23 to face No. 1 North Carolina at 6 p.m.
