Posted: Mar 19, 2016
Score: Roanoke 19, Centre 11
Records: Roanoke 3-3, Centre 7-2
Location: Danville, Ky.
The Lead: Claire Feeney (7g, 5a) and Meredith Bigelow (7g, 1a) combined for 20 points to help Roanoke snap Centre's seven game win streak as the Maroons topped the Colonels 19-11 on Saturday.
How it Happened
- Feeney and Bigelow's seven goals tie for the second most in a single game in RC Women's Lacrosse history. It also marks the fourth time in her career Feeney has scored seven times, while her 12 points ties for the fourth most in a single game in RC history.
- Courtney McCartin scored four times and dished out three assists for seven points, while Allison Beames dished out three assist in the win.
- Roanoke jumped out to a 3-0 lead just over five minutes into the game, getting a goal from Bigelow and two from Feeney.
- After Centre got on the board, Bigelow scored back-to-back goals to make it 5-1 Maroons with 21:48 to go in the first-half.
- With the score 6-3, RC rattled off four unanswered goals with a Fenney tally putting RC up 10-3 with 12:41 on the clock.
- Centre rallied, scoring three times in less than four minutes to cut the RC lead to 10-6, but RC would score three of the final four goals of the half to take a 13-7 lead into the intermission.
- The Colonels opened the second-half scoring to make it 13-8, but RC scored three of the next four goals to put the game away.
- Jacqueline Anderson led Centre with three goals, white Natalie Marek kept the Colonels in the game making 19 saves on the day.
- Roanoke's Emma Blair made two saves in 36 minutes of actions, while Victoria Smith came off the bench to make four stops.
- Roanoke held a 35-19 edge in groundballs led by Feeney and Beames with five each. Beames also had four draw controls and two caused turnovers on the day.
- RC outshot Centre 36-23 and converted 16-of-22 clears in the win.
