BUENA VISTA, Va. -- The Bridgewater College women's lacrosse team defeated Southern Virginia, 12-9, in nonconference action on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Bridgewater 12, Southern Virginia 9
Records: Bridgewater 5-5; Southern Virginia 3-4

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Knights started the scoring as Piper Searle scored inside the game's first minute to give the home team an early 1-0 lead. Aunnie Hacker scored off an assist from Ashley Venit to tie the game just 30 seconds later and Lauren Roberts took a pass from Brooke Hanson to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead with 8:29 left in the quarter, which held until the clock hit zeros.
• Jenna Entsminger kicked off the second quarter off a feed from Kaity Petersheim to double the lead to two goals at 3-1 and BC continued a four-goal scoring run off the stick of Venit to put Bridgewater ahead 4-1 with 12:38 left in the half. Kiah Baisden went back-to-back to bring the home team back into the game at 4-3 and Reagan Bullock tied the game at 4-4 as the clock ticked under 10 minutes to go in the second. Venit pushed the Eagles back in front with a goal at the 8:18 mark and Roberts put BC up by two once again with a goal at the seven-minute mark. An up goal by Paige Mayers gave Bridgewater a 7-4 lead and Petersheim added one more to make it an 8-4 lead for the Eagles in the last two minutes of the half. Searle scored her second of the night for the Knights but the Eagles still led 8-5 at the break.
• Baisden completed a hat trick to start off the second half, but Mayers connected on a free-position attempt to maintain a three-goal advantage. Another score by Baisden kept the Knights in the game at 9-7 with eight minutes to go in the third. Annika Benson found the back of the cage in the last seconds of the quarter to give BC a 10-7 lead going into the final 15 minutes.
• The Knights refused to slow down as the home side cut the lead back down to two in the opening minutes of the fourth period, but back-to-back goals by Roberts and Mayers gave the Eagles a four-goal cushion. The Knights were able to get just one more goal in the last minute as the Eagles walked away with a 12-9 victory.

GAME STATS

• Mayers and Roberts each finished with a hat trick, while Venit scored twice and added an assist.
• Entsminger, Hacker, Benson and Petersheim all had one goal with Petersheim pitching in a pair of assists. 
• Hanson also had an assist in the win.
• Petersheim and Roberts each grabbed three draw controls, while Mayers snagged a pair as well.
• Entsminger and Lindsay Davis led the way with three ground balls apiece, while Petersheim, Roberts, Mayers, Hanson, Julia Mohler and Rachael Robinson each had two GBs.
• Davis caused a team-high three turnovers and Caris Cianelli had two CTs in the win. 
• Robinson played at 60 minutes with eight saves in the win, while Madison Sorensen stopped 11 shots in the loss.
• Bridgewater out shot Southern Virginia 28-20, while SVU had a 22-21 edge in ground balls.
• The Knights had a 16-8 advantage in draw controls.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater is right back at it on Saturday, March 30, as it hosts Roanoke at 4 pm for its annual Morgan's Message game.