YHC lacrosse’s Meyers, Valvo honored by GSC
Sports, TeamFYNSports, YHC Lacrosse March 11, 2020
Young Harris College women’s lacrosse players Maddy Meyers and Aubrie Valvo earned weekly honors from the Gulf South Conference.
Maddy Meyers
Aubrie Valvo
For the second week in a row, Myers was honored as the league’s Defensive Player of the Week, while Valvo was selected as the GSC’s Freshman of the Week.
Meyers, a freshman goalie from Marietta, Georgia, had 18 saves in goal for the Mountain Lions in a 16-11 win over Catawba College. She also had four ground balls.
Valvo, a freshman midfielder from Kennesaw, Georgia, had four goals and an assist in the win over Catawba. Her four goals were part of an 8-0 run by the Mountain Lions at the start of the second half that saw YHC overcome a 5-2 deficit at halftime. She also scooped up two ground balls in the victory.
YHC women’s lacrosse falls 13-12 at Lenoir-Ryne
Sports, TeamFYNSports, YHC Lacrosse March 10, 2020
Alyssa Sack scored six goals, including the game-winner, as Lenoir-Ryne University rallied for a 13-12 women’s lacrosse victory against Young Harris College on Monday evening, March 9, at Moretz Stadium in Hickory, N.C.
The Bears improved to 4-2, while the Mountain Lions fell to 3-4. Young Harris lacrosse returns to action Wednesday, March 11, at noon as they face Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C.
Sierra Haas scored three goals Monday.
Lenoir-Rhyne opened up a 6-3 lead midway through the first half before the Mountain Lions stormed back to tie the game at six with 9:51 remaining as Taylor Greenberg sandwiched a Channing Milford strike with two goals.
The Bears got the next two goals before Young Harris closed out the first half with four unanswered goals – including the final three from Sierra Haas – to take a 10-8 lead into halftime.
Taylor Greenberg scored twice Monday.
However, Lenoir-Rhyne opened the second half with four consecutive goals, including the last two by Sack, to take a 12-10 lead with 18:35 to play. Milford scored three minutes later to pull the Mountain Lions within one at 12-11. The Bears added an insurance goal from Cathleen Gaffney at the 13:00 mark to regain the two-goal advantage. Mary Deatrick scored a man-up goal with 7:08 left to get YHC within 13-12, but the Mountain Lions were unable to get another goal in the back of the net.
Haas led Young Harris with three goals, while Greenberg, Deatrick and Milford each scored twice. Luckie, Leigh Anne Turner, and Belle Hardwick each tallied a goal. Deatrick and Milford led YHC with two asssists apiece. Haas and Aubrie Valvo had one assist each.
Maddy Meyers led the Mountain Lions with four ground balls, while Deatrick, Luckie and Valvo paced YHC with three draw controls each. Meyers turned away 11 shots in the Young Harris goal.
Photos courtesy of Young Harris College.
Mountain Lions women’s lacrosse defeats Catawba College
Sports, TeamFYNSports, YHC Lacrosse March 7, 2020
Young Harris College scored 14 goals in the second half as the Mountain Lions rallied for a 16-11 non-conference women’s lacrosse victory against Catawba College on Friday, March 6, at the YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field.
Taylor Greenberg scored four goals for YHC.
The Mountain Lions leveled their record at 3-3, while the Indians fell to 1-5. Young Harris travels to Hickory, North Carolina, Monday, March 9, for a 5 p.m. match against Lenoir-Rhyne University.
With Catawba holding a 5-2 halftime lead, Young Harris came out and scored eighth consecutive goals to start the second half and 10 of the first 11 goals to open up a 12-6 margin. Aubrie Valvo scored four of the first eight YHC goals, while Taylor Greenberg added two. Belle Hardwick and Anna Luckie each scored during the YHC onslaught.
Aubrie Valvo scored four goals for YHC.
Valvo and Greenberg led the Mountain Lions with four goals apiece, while Channing Milford added two. Mary Deatrick, Ansley Coles, Hardwick, Luckie, Kelsey Dover, and Sierra Haas had one goal each. Milford led YHC with three assists, while Deatrick added two. Coles, Hardwick, Leigh Anne Turner and Valvo added an assist.
Young Harris outshot Catawba 43-35 and held a 20-8 cushion in draw controls. Each team scooped up 25 ground balls.
Deatrick led the way with 10 draw controls, while Milford claimed seven and Deatrick had three. Maddy Meyers, Luckie and Milford had four ground balls for the Mountain Lions.
Meyers registered 18 saves in goal for Young Harris.
Mountain Lions sweep weekly Gulf South women’s lacrosse awards
Sports, Team FYN Sports, YHC Lacrosse March 4, 2020
Young Harris College swept the weekly Gulf South Conference’s women’s lacrosse honors, it was announced Tuesday, March 3.
Mary Deatrick
Mary Deatrick was named Player of the Week, while Maddy Meyers was named both the Defensive Player of the Week and the Freshman of the Week.
Maddy Meyers
Deatrick, a senior midfielder from Marietta, Georgia, scored six goals and had four assists as the Mountain Lions split two matches last week. Deatrick also won 13 draw controls. It’s the second time in her career that she has won this award.
Meyers, a freshman goalie also from Marietta, had 28 saves in net for YHC, including 14 in a win over the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. She also corralled three ground balls and caused a turnover during the week.
The Mountain Lions (2-3) return to action Friday (March 6) with a 4 p.m. match against Catawba College at the YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field.