Lynchburg Wins Hornet Women's Lax Battle

LYNCHBURG, Va. - Host Lynchburg College won the battle of the women's lacrosse Hornets with a 17-3 non-league victory over Shenandoah Friday night.

LC (2-0) scored the opening seven goals of the game and never looked back against Shenandoah (1-2).

Freshman Kierra Nicholson finally broke through for the SU Hornets with an unassisted goal at 13:21 of the first.

Lynchburg then sandwiched a 9-1 run around the half to take a 16-2 lead by the 10:32 mark of the second.

Ashley Heroth and Rebecca Hibble scored Shenandoah's two other goals while goalkeeper Danielle Lawson made seven saves on 36 Lynchburg shots.

LC won the groundball battled 25-22 and grabbed 14 of 22 draw controls.

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SU hosts Methodist on Saturday, March 14 in the squad's USA South Conference opener.