Tigerville, SC – Southern Wesleyan fell to the North Greenville Crusaders on Thursday evening in a 12-8 final score.

The Warriors recorded 20 shots and 15 shots on goal.  Tabitha Beecher led the team with eight shots, seven of which were on goal.  Beecher was followed by Kelsey Hawkins with five shots.  Beecher led the team with three of their eight goals.  Both Hawkins and Haylee Cureton followed with two goals on the afternoon.  The Warriors picked up three assists with Beecher recording two.

Southern Wesleyan won seven draw controls with Tabitha Beecher leading the team with three.  The Warriors caused six turnovers.  Kaeleigh McDaniel led the team with four of the 13 ground balls collected.  McDaniel played all sixty minutes in goal and recorded 12 saves.
 


 
Game Vitals

Final: North Greenville 12, Southern Wesleyan 8

Records: Southern Wesleyan (6-11 / CC 4-5) North Greenville (8-9 / CC 6-3)


 
 
How It Happened

North Greenville attacked early as Emma Mayew took a shot on the goal, but Kaeleigh McDaniel saved the attack from paying off.  The Crusaders continued to push ahead as Kaitlin O'Brien scored the first goal of the game.  The Warriors fought right back as Tabitha Beecher tied the game up off a free position goal.  Southern Wesleyan continued to press their attacks as Beecher took repeated shots on the goal, but each of her attacks were thwarted by the Crusaders' defense.  Beecher was able to get the ball over to Kelsey Hawkins who put it into the cage to put the Warriors on top 2-1.

Kelsey Hawkins continued to attack the cage in the second quarter as she took a shot, but it sailed high over the cage.  North Greenville fought back as they scored four times within three minutes to put them ahead 5-2.  Dani O'Meara scored the Crusaders sixth goal of the game.  However, the Warriors countered as Tabitha Beecher put the ball into the cage to put the Warriors down 6-3 at half time.

The Warriors chipped away at the Crusaders lead in the third quarter.  A foul in the eight meter allowed Tabitha Beecher to take a free position shot. Beecher sent the ball into the cage to allow Southern Wesleyan to come within two.  Kelsey Hawkins collected a pass from Beecher and put the ball into the cage for her second goal of the game with just under seven minutes left in the quarter.    Southern Wesleyan continued to pushed the North Greenville defense as both Madison Brugger and Jocelyn Cosgrove took shots on the goal.  However, McKenna Kees saved the attacks to prevent the Warriors from pulling ahead.  With just over four minutes left, Yael Echeverria scored to allow the Warriors to tie the game up at six goals apiece.  The Warriors took the lead with just over a minute remaining as Haylee Cureton scored her first goal of the match.  The lead was short lived as  Dani O'Meara scored for the Crusaders to tie the game up 7-7 at the end of the quarter.

Southern Wesleyan kicked off the final quarter strong as Haylee Cureton put the ball into the back of the cage to give the Warriors an 8-7 goal advantage.  However, the Crusaders were not discouraged as they scored back-to-back goals by Erin Wheaton and Dani O'Meara to put them ahead by one.  North Greenville continued to press as they won the game in a 12-8 final.



What's Next

Southern Wesleyan has secured the sixth seed in the Conference Carolinas Championship Tournament and will wait to see who they will face on April 25.