BUENA VISTA, Va. -- The Bridgewater College women's lacrosse team outscored Southern Virginia 5-1 in the final period of play to edge out the home side, 16-12, at Knight Stadium, on Tuesday night. 

The Basics

• Final Score: Bridgewater 16, Southern Virginia 12
• Records: Bridgewater 2-1; Southern Virginia 0-2

How It Happened

• Bridgewater quickly opened up a 4-0 lead after a pair of goals from Annike Benson and one each from Jenna Entsminger and Ashley Venit.
• Southern Virginia finally got one between the pipes with less than three minutes to go in the first quarter. The Knights had a pair of goals called off earlier in the game.
• The Eagles started the second period with another three-goal run to increase their lead to 7-1 with 11:55 left in the first half.
• SVU was able to trim the deficit down to three after scoring the game's next three goals, which set the halftime score at 7-4 in favor of BC.
• The home side scored quickly to start the second stanza to cut the lead down to 7-5 before Lauren Roberts and Kaity Petersheim added two goals less than 90 seconds apart.
• The Knights took over offensively scoring five of the next six goals and tying the contest at 10-10.
• Madeline Magill netted her second of a game-high four goals to push the Eagles back ahead 11-10, but the lead only held for three minutes as the Knights once again tied the game heading into the final period.
• Entsminger scored nearly 30 seconds into the fourth quarter to elevate the Eagles back into the lead, 12-11, which held for the remainder of the contest. Magill, Roberts and Allison Burris each tallied markers to set the final at 16-12. 

Match Notes

• Magill led all scorers with four goals, which ties a career high (March 5, 2020, vs. Sewanee). 
• Petersheim and Roberts each recorded three goals in the win, while Roberts also added a pair of helpers to finish with a game-high five points.
• Entsminger picked up a pair of ground balls and also recorded two caused turnovers.
• Grace Pietro led the way with seven draw controls, while Roberts grabbed six of her own. 
• The Eagles outshot the Knights, 31-27, while SVU held a 20-13 advantage in ground balls 
• Rachael Robinson stopped 11 shots in the win.
• Bridgewater was successful on 22-of-26 clearing attempts.

Up Next

• The Eagles return to action on Thursday, March 3, as they face Stockton in a neural-site contest. The game will be played at the USA Lacrosse Center in Sparks, Maryland. The game will begin at 5 p.m.