Harrogate, TN - The Lincoln Memorial women's lacrosse team falls to the UVA Wise Cavaliers 7-11 Saturday afternoon on Senior Day. 6 seniors were honored prior to the match:  Breanna Booth, Jaedyn Ryba, Delaney Duck, Samantha Billingsley, Savannah Telemeco, and Elle Miller.

Briana Martinez would get things started for LMU as she scores her first goal of the match with 13:24 in the first quarter with Abby Durkin earning the assist. The Cavaliers would respond about two minutes later with Davis adding a goal with 11:50 remaining tio tie up the match. The next eight minutes would be scoreless, as the next goal scored wouldn't be until 3:22 remaining, where Durkin posts up a goal of her own as Breanna Booth tallies the assist. UVA Wise would tie up the match once again with Schultz (Davis) scoring with 2:09 remaining. With that being the last goal scored in the first, the score going into the second quarter would be tied up at 2-2. 

The second quarter was like the first where the Railsplitters would be the first to add a goal to the board, with Jaiden Jaynes registering her first goal of the match with 11:40 remaining, with Booth recording her second assist of the day. The rest of the second would be all UVA Wise, as they put together a 3-0 scoring run to finish up the second quarter: Hiller with 6:45 remaining, Paterson (Davis) with 5:27 remaining, and Hiller (Stoffelen) with 4:58 remaining. The score going into halftime would be 5-3 with the Cavaliers in the lead. 

The third would be UVA Wise's highest scoring quarter, as they start the scoring at 13:05 with Golatt scoring, followed by Schultz (Hillstrom) with 11:44 remaining to extend their lead. Martinez would shorten the Cavalier's lead as she secures the brace with her second goal of the day with 10:55 remaining, unassisted. Five minutes later, Wise would respond back with a goal as Golatt scored with 6:33 remaining. The next goal would be with 3:04 remaining, as Davis tallies a man up goal with Booth earning her third assist of the match. The Cavaliers would have the final say in the third as Clay (Davis) would score with 1:14 remaining, making the score 9-5 going into the fourth and final quarter. 

UVA Wise would be first to score in the fourth, as Paterson adds a goal with 11:31 remaining. Jaynes would get the brace with her second goal of the day at 6:26, with Durkin tallying her second assist. Wise would score once again with 2:10 remaining as Schultz (Davis) scores. LMU would be the last to score as Martinez secures the hat trick as she scores her third goal of the match with 0:37 remaining. The final score would be 11-7 with Wise taking the win. 

Martinez, Durkin, and Booth would all lead with 3 points each as Martinez scores 3 goals,  Durkin adds 2 goals and 1 assist, and Booth tallies 3 assists. They would be followed by Jaynes with 2 points for 2 goals and Davis with 1 point for 1 goal. McKenzie Cates would be the team-leader in ground balls with 3, and Samantha Billingsley would have the team-high in caused turnovers and draw controls with 2 caused turnovers and 5 draw controls. Keegan Gillman and Elle Miller would both receive time in goal, with Gillman earning 7 saves and Miller recording 2. 

As a team, Lincoln Memorial posted 25 shots, with 14 of them on goal, 9 saves, 13 successful clears, 17 ground balls, 11 draw controls, 11 caused turnovers, and 6 free position opportunities with 1 resulting in a goal. 

With the loss, LMU moves to 7-8 overall and 4-5 in conference play. 

They will get a rest as their next match isn't until Saturday, April 19 as they travel to Newberry, SC to face Newberry at 1 pm.