NEWBERRY, S.C. - The Newberry Wolves women's lacrosse team fell to the Royals of Queens University of Charlotte in their season-opening game at Setzler Field by a final score of 6-26. The Wolves fall to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the SAC to begin the season.

Sophmore defender Marissa Plumer led the Wolves offensively with three goals, one assist, three shots on goal and won five draw controls. Senior attack Sophie Moore scored a goal and had three shots on goal. Sophmore goalkeeper Nicole Harker made two saves in 26:35 minutes of action and took the loss (0-1).

After trailing 4-0 early, Moore took a pass from Plumer and scored to get the Wolves on the board with 24:02 left in the first half. Almost three minutes later, junior defender Taylor Doiron scored her first goal of the year on a pass from Plumer to cut the visitors lead to 5-2. Plumer got her first goal of the year on a free position attempt to stop a 5-0 Queens run, making the score 10-3 with 10:21 left in the half.

After three more goals from the Royals, senior midfielder Kelly Martyn scored her first goal of the year on Plumer's third assist of the game to make it 13-4 with 5:13 left. Newberry then went into intermission trailing 15-4. With 8:58 left, Plumer scored her second goal of the game on a man-up and followed that up almost two minutes later to score her third of the game on a pass from junior midfielder Chloe Wood to wrap up the scoring for the Wolves.

Inside the Boxscore

Newberry's shot on goal percentage is .786, .49 points higher than their opponents.

Up next

Newberry starts a three game road trip. The Wolves go down to Georgia to take on Young Harris College on Mar. 2. Game time is at 2 p.m.