GREENEVILLE, TN - After trailing for almost the entire first half and early in the second half, the Newberry women's lacrosse team rallied for the second consecutive game, getting 10 goals after halftime to defeat the Pioneers of Tusculum University on the road by a final score of 15-13. Newberry moves to 4-2 overall and 4-1 in the South Atlantic Conference.

Newberry struck quickly, with junior midfielder Chloe Wood scoring at the 27:51 mark to make it 1-0 Wolves. After two Tusculum goals, freshman midfielder Heather Johnston scored her first of the game on a free position shot to tie it up at two at the 16:32 mark. Senior attack Sophie Moore then tied it twice more for the Wolves, with her second coming on a free position shot, making it 4-4 at the 9:23 mark.

Tusculum scored three of the next four goals to take a 7-5 lead at intermission. The lone Newberry goal during the stretch came from Moore at the 1:51 mark to cut the Pioneer lead to 6-5.

After Tusculum scored to make it 8-5 early in the second half, sophomore midfielder Marissa Plumer scored her first of the game on a pass from Wood to cut the lead to 8-6 at 27:46 mark. Then Moore scored her fourth of the contest on a pass from freshman attack Kendall Sewell to cut it to one at the 27:29 mark. Following another Tusculum goal, sophomore defender Madalyn Messersmith got in on the action by scoring her first of the game on a free position shot at the 25:03 mark to make it 9-8 Tusculum. But the Wolves were just getting warmed up.

After the Pioneers scored again to restore their two-goal lead, Newberry exploded for six unanswered goals. The run was capped off by Wood's second goal of the game on a woman-down situation to give the Wolves a 14-10 lead with 14:06 left. After a Tusculum goal to stop the Newberry run, Plumer got her fourth goal of the game on a free position shot to make it 15-11 Wolves with 10:00 left. Tusculum then scored two goals to wrap up the scoring.

Moore and Plumer the way offensively for the Wolves, with Moore scoring five goals on five shots on goal and Plumer having four goals on eight shots on goal, with two of her goals coming on free position shots. Wood also chipped in with two goals and two assists, garnering four points on five shots on goal with four caused turnovers.

Messersmith led the defensive effort for Newberry with three caused turnovers and won eight groundballs while freshman goalie Kaitlyn LaManna played all 60 minutes, stopping eight shots and moved to 4-1 as the Newberry netminder.

Inside the Boxscore

• The five free position goals and the 15 caused turnovers is the second-most by Newberry up to this point in the season. 
• The 18.11 goals allowed average is the lowest by Newberry up to this point in the season. 

Up next
Newberry returns home to Setzler Field on Wednesday to take on the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne University. Game time is at 3:00 p.m.