Central, SC – The Warriors fell to the Newberry Wolves on Wednesday evening in a 20-10 final score.

Southern Wesleyan recorded 40 shots and 26 shots on goal in the loss to Newberry.  Tabitha Beecher led the team with 15 shots and nine shots on goal.  Beecher had four of the ten goals with both Amy Pfefferkorn and Jairy Sandoval following with two goals each.  Pfefferkorn had two of the five assists.  Southern Wesleyan had fourteen draw controls with Sandoval leading the team with eight.  The Warriors had 19 caused turnovers and 25 groundballs.


 
Game Vitals

Final: Newberry 20, Southern Wesleyan 10

Records: Southern Wesleyan (4-8) Newberry (5-6)

 
Coach Schneider says…

"Battling a few injuries and working on a few different things lead to our downfall tonight.  But this game and our next game only help us get ready for conference play.  It helps us realize what else we need to work on before the conference tournament.  Had some good looks and great plays, but just ran out of energy the second half."


 
How It Happened

The Wolves charged out of the draw, taking the first goal of the game off the stick of Sophie Moore.  They continued to push ahead with goals by Moore, Chloe Wood and Marissa Plumer to give them a 5-0 lead.  The Warriors countered with shots by Kelsey Hawkins, but the Wolves kept them off the board.  Southern Wesleyan would not let up as Amy Pfefferkorn passed the ball over to Jairy Sandoval who put it into the cage to put the Warriors down 6-1.  They continued to cut down on the Newberry lead as both Pfefferkorn and Sandoval scored.  A last minute goal by Hawkins allowed the Warriors to come to 4-6 behind the Wolves at half.

Newberry took the first goal of the second half as Moore put the ball in the cage, but Southern Wesleyan countered as Pfefferkorn scored to keep the Warriors within two goals.  Haylee Cureton scored off a pass from Betsy Bovee to put the Warriors within one and make the score 7-6.  Despite the Wolves scoring again, the Warriors maintained the pressure with back-to-back goals by Tabitha Beecher to tie the game 8-8.  However, the Wolves regained the lead once again seconds later.  Despite goals by Beecher, Newberry took the victory in a 20-10 final.


 
What's Next

Southern Wesleyan will wrap up the regular season in Cleveland, TN as they take on the Lee Flames on April 17 at 2 p.m.