HIGH POINT, N.C. – Though putting together a strong second half on the offensive end of the field, Elon University women's lacrosse fell 16-12 to No. 23 High Point on Wednesday night, March 27, at Vert Stadium.
 
THE RUNDOWN
High Point (6-4) opened the day with a 4-1 run in the opening seven minutes to take the early lead, but Elon (2-8) answered with a 3-1 run of its own to close the margin to just one at 5-4 with 8:11 to go before halftime. Holding High Point off the board for 12:51 while making the run, the Panthers found their scoring touch in the final 6:35 of the half with four goals to take a 9-4 lead to the break.
 
Out of halftime, Mae McGlynn brought Elon back within four with her first and second goals of a five-goal half, but High Point again went on a run to take a 13-6 lead with 22:59 to play. Down the stretch, the Phoenix outscored the Panthers 6-3 to come as close as four again, but that was as close as Elon would get in the loss.
 

Told you we had a #SCTop10 worthy goal. Here it is! #phoenixrising #ElonLAX pic.twitter.com/zNxVJVGZ56

— Elon Women's Lacrosse (@ElonWLAX) March 28, 2019

 
HIGHLIGHTS
Elon had four goal scorers on the day with McGlynn's career-high-tying five leading the way. Cate Mackel scored her first-career hat trick and both Kaley Thompson and Bella Feldman scored twice to round out Elon's offense. Quinn Daly also had a big day with three assists to fall one short of tying the program record for most in a game. Shannon Horan led the Phoenix with four ground balls and two caused turnovers and both Thompson and Gillian Curran finished with five draw controls.
 
Abby Hormes led High Point with four goals and two assists for six points with two draw controls. Valerie Pelling scored three times and had an assist for four points while three other players had two goals on the day. Hayley Norris and Meredith Chapman both had three ground balls while Chapman also had five draw controls and five caused turnovers. Samantha Herman led all players with seven draw controls.

UP NEXT
Though Elon will play one more non-conference game to close the season at the end of April, it will start conference play next time out on Friday, April 5, when it hosts Drexel at Rudd Field. The game, set to start at 6 p.m., will air on Phoenix All-Access.