Box Score Due West, SC –  Under sunny blue skies Erskine College lost to Shepherd University 24-10 this afternoon in non-conference women’s lacrosse action at Huggins Field.  With the loss, the Flying Fleet drop to 1-6 on the season.  Meanwhile, Shepherd University remains perfect on the year at 7-0.

After falling behind early 9-1, Erskine rebounded to outscore Shepherd 6-4 to close out the half trailing 13-7.  Freshman Samantha Burns (Hilton Head Island, SC, Hilton Head Island High School) jumpstarted the comeback with two goals within thirty seconds.  Burns scored her first goal at the 14:31 mark on a free position tally and scored just 28 seconds later cutting through the Shepherd defense.  After surrendering a goal, Erskine’s Denise Zani (Greenville, SC, Eastside High School) found the back of the net with a little over ten minutes left in the half to make the score 10-4.  Burns scored the Fleet’s final three goals of the half.

Erskine opened the second half with a quick goal by Zani off a free position shot but Shepherd rallied to score the game’s next seven goals to take a commanding 20-8 lead.  Erskine continued to play hard scoring two more goals, one by Alesia Jerrells (Blythewood, SC, Blythewood High School) and the other by Burns, to make the final score 24-10.

Burns scored a season-high 6 goals in the game while Jerrells netted two goals and one assist.

Hanna Wharton led Shepherd University with 5 goals and teammate Nicole Ruane had 3 goals along with a game-high 4 assists.

Erskine goalkeeper Kaitlyn Overley (Clayton, NC, Blythewood High School) recorded 11 saves on 35 shots.  Shepherd’s Lily Schmulowitz faced 17 shots earning 7 saves.

Erskine hosts Shorter College this Saturday with game time set for 2:00 p.m.  Admission is free to all Erskine home lacrosse events.

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