TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The Chowan Women's Lacrosse program best season came to a close in their first-ever Conference Carolinas Quarterfinals appearance falling to No. 4 seeded North Greenville 13-4 on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 4, North Greenville 13

RECORDS | Chowan 8-9, North Greenville 13-5

LOCATION | Tigerville, S.C. (Pepsi Stadium)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Draw controls were the story in the contest as North Greenville controlled the circle and scored on half of the successful draw controls.

Alexandria Hammonds led the Hawks with two goals in the contest.  Hammonds also tallied four draw controls.

Heather Orell and Tashana Barnett recorded one goal each.  Orell posted an assist in the contest.

Mallory Dunker was tested all contest stopping 12 shots.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Half:

Tashana Barnett opened the scoring for the Hawks early to put Chowan on the board.  Heather Orell pushed the advantage to 2-0 just three minutes into the contest.

North Greenville countered with five goals to claim the lead 5-2 with only 10 minutes gone in the half.

Sabrina Isch looked to stop the run but a bounce shot but was saved.  Chowan was unable to take advantage of the woman-up situation midway through the half as NGU was down two players.

The Crusaders added to their lead with 4:39 remaining in the half to extend the lead to 6-2.  NGU added a goal with less than 10 seconds remaining in the half to lead 7-2 at the half.

Second Half:

NGU pushed their lead to 10-2 before Alexandria Hammonds ended the scoreless streak of over 40 minutes with back-to-back goals to close the gap to 10-4.

The Crusaders scored three more goals to take the contest 13-4.