Emory & Henry Women’s Lacrosse Tops Truett McConnell, 16-12, Saturday Afternoon
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EMORY & HENRY
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TRUETT-MCCONNELL
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12Posted: Mar 01, 2025
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The Emory & Henry University Women’s Lacrosse Team (1-3) picked up the second win in program history Saturday afternoon as the Wasps took down Truett McConnell University (1-3). E&H scored early and often on their way to a 16-12 win. Sophomore attacker Avery McHargue (Weaverville, N.C.) exploded for a program record seven goals to help the Wasps earn the victory. 
The Basics
FINAL SCORE – Emory & Henry 16, Truett McConnell 12
LOCATION – Cleveland, Georgia
VENUE –TMU Lacrosse Complex
RECORDS – Emory & Henry (1-3, 0-2 SAC); Truett McConnell (1-3, 0-0 AAC)
How It Happened


• TMU was first on the board, but the Wasps responded quickly as senior attacker Mina Hicks (Lexington Park, Md.) tallied an unassisted goal to level things at one. After another Bears’ goal, Hicks struck again at the 8:14 mark to tie the score once again. Truett McConnell took a temporary 3-2 lead, but the Wasps stormed back with four consecutive goals to jump ahead. Hicks completed her hat trick unassisted with 5:02 left in the period before McHargue converted on a free-position shot to make it 4-3 Wasps. McHargue’s hot hand continued as she scored on an assist from sophomore attacker/midfielder Bethany Beecher (Roanoke, Va.) and registered her third goal on an assist from Hicks to run the E&H advantage to 6-3. TMU drew back within one with a pair of goals, but McHargue rounded out her first-half scoring with a goal with just 32 seconds left on the clock on an assist from Hicks to give the visitors from Emory the 7-5 lead at the halftime break.
  • Emory & Henry picked up where it left off to begin the second half as freshman midfielder Whitney Holland(Rocky Mount, Va.) beat the keeper on an assist from McHargue to make it 8-5. Hicks scored unassisted and McHargue followed with yet another tally on a helper from Hicks to balloon the Wasps’ advantage out to 10-5 with 5:38 left in the third. The Bears got one goal back, but McHargue was not done as she struck once again, assisted by Beecher to push the lead back out to 11-6. Two more TMU goals brought the margin back within three, but McHargue would not be denied on the afternoon as she converted another free-position shot to give E&H the 12-8 lead after three periods. Hicks made it 13-8 with an unassisted score, then sophomore midfielder Natalie Harris (Hillsville, Va.) tallied her first career goal two minutes later to push the lead out to 14-8. After a Bears goal, Holland registered her second of the day to increase the margin to 15-10. TMU threatened to make a comeback with two consecutive scores to draw within three, but Holland completed her hat trick to seal the deal and give Emory & Henry the 16-12 victory.  Emory & Henry Individual Leaders
    • McHargue’s huge day led the way for the Wasps as she finished with seven goals, one assist, six ground balls and three draw controls. Hicks added five goals, three assists, a team-high 11 ground balls and a caused turnover. Holland went for three goals, eight draw controls, four caused turnovers and a pair of ground balls in the win.
      • Junior goalie Kaitlyn Evans (Gambrills, Md.) recorded four saves and scooped up a ground ball in between the pipes to earn her first career win.  Truett McConnell Individual Leaders
        • Marlo McBrayer led the way for the Bears as she finished with seven goals, eight draw controls and five ground balls. Caelyn Hatcher added two goals, five ground balls and a pair of draw controls. Shelby Nail went for two goals, one assist, four ground balls and two draw controls.
          • Sally Marcum made 15 saves in goal for the Bears in the loss.  Up Next
            • The Wasps return to South Atlantic Conference play next Saturday, March 8 when they travel to Salisbury, N.C. to take on the Lady Catawba Indians of Catawba College. First draw is scheduled for noon from Shuford Stadium. 
              –E&H–

GAME LEADERS
TRUETT-MCCONNELL
G: Marlo McBrayer – 7
A: Shelby Nail – 1
Sv: Sally Marcum – 15
GB: 2 Players (#2, #7) – 5
EMORY & HENRY
G: Avery McHargue – 7
A: Mina Hicks – 3
Sv: Kaitlyn Evans – 4
GB: Mina Hicks – 11
TEAM STATS
EMORY & HENRY
TRUETT-MCCONNELL
Shots
46
23
Ground Balls
40
23
Saves
4
15
Clears
4-4
9-15
Turnovers
11
16
Draw Controls
15
14
Free Position Shots
2-14
4-7

Lawrence Nesselrodt (Charleston, WV), Tracy Mellis (O’Fallon, Missouri), Chris Carter ➕ 4 Grandchildren (Luray, Va), Wayne Carter (Sellersburg, Indiana), Douglas Owens (Louisville, Kentucky) and Pappy and Barb Meade (Stuarts Draft,Va) each made the trek from out of town to Laurel Fork for the Banquet on Sunday the 11 had to get back home today.

  First stop ✋ was to drop off Tracy at the Roanoke Airport and next stop ✋ was Staunton, Va to check in on Pappy’s Tennis 🎾 practice.

Then it was Dennis Zimmerman who joyfully listened to my play by play recap of the Night 🌙 during dinner 🍽.

Then it was on to Stanley, Virginia where one of our nine Grandchildren (Melody) scored a career high 8 points in her 10 year old Basketball 🏀 game !!!

Then the focus turned to tomorrow as we will attempt to keep an eye 👁 👀on a number of things…

Shannon Dalton will take us Pool Side in Richmond for the State Championship Swimming 🏊‍♂️ and Diving event.

Just like people track Santa 🎅 on New Years Eve, we will monitor the bizarre 24 hours of Ethan Richardson as he is set to compete in both Richmond and Spotswood.

  ➕ MACC is in Blacksburg for their Final event, Pappy’s Tennis 🎾 team has a scrimmage at 4:30 pm in Harrisonburg. At 6:00 pm our Friend, Chris Dodson hosts his State QF and we wrap the night 🌙with the Carroll County High School 🏫 Boys 👦Basketball🏀 facing the Spotswood Boys at roughly 7:45pm.

Shannon Dalton will be a busy, busy Lady 👩 tomorrow as will the Richardson Family 👪 and we will do our best to put a positive spin on it all !

 

Good Banquet Morning!!! Prayers coming to you from Blacksburg this morning! I Pray that everything is Perfect for you today 🙏

Thank You Sir 😊

Obstacles today included Travel Volleyball 🏐 Tournament in Blacksburg, Regional Coaches meeting in Roanoke and a few other things but as they say in Hollywood, the Show will go on.

The final list shows 126 guests in all, five honorees and 16 Segments.

Pastor Stephen Puckett will step in for Travis Osborne in regards to the Blessing of the Meal and Mr Kris Richardson will stand in for Kevin DeHaven in regards to Casey Burcham, if our Athletic Director doesn’t make it back from Blacksburg in time.

It’s 24° out here at Olde Mill but the Sun 🌞 is shining and God has blessed us with another 🙏 Day !!!

Dublin – Carroll County punched its ticket to the State Tournament Friday night and on Saturday afternoon they showed that it could run with the Big Dogs 🐕. The Cavaliers returned to The Hill with the Runner Up Trophy but know that they put a scare into Northside before falling 65-51 to the Vikings at Pulaski County High School.

Northside High is trying hard to turn their back to back Championships into a 3-peat and they will be favored in every game the rest of the way.

The Vikings stormed out of the gate in the battle of 1 lose teams and when they scored the first six points of the second quarter the lead was 29-13, the Cavaliers had their back to the wall for the first time this season.

Carroll County counter punched with an 11-2 run that included a 3-pointer from both of the Smoot twins. Head Coach Anthony Barnes motivated his team into playing the second quarter to 14-13.

Tough turnaround against defending State Champs,  from Cave pushing us,” said Barnes. ” They are state Champs for a reason, phenomenal guards which also are their best defenders , then when you add a  a 2 time state championship coach makes its even tougher”.

Carroll County wasn’t going to settle for not getting blown out as the Cavaliers opened the second half with a 12-6 run, cutting the deficit to 43-40. Two things happened right after that with the first being Cody Reece picking up his fourth foul and Mykell Harvey updating his State Player of the Year resume.

Harvey ( game high 25 points) and backcourt mate Cy Hardy combined for 42 of their teams 65 points. As Barnes stated, the duo plays defense as well as they play offense.

Brayden Smoot( 10 points)  never left the game and went as hard as humanly possible for 32 minutes. Showing no fear, Brayden Smoot challenged the much bigger Vikings repeatedly. Bryce Smoot (15 points)  also went the distance and spent most of the contest with a defender trying to climb inside of his jersey.

Isaiah Easter finished with a team high 17 points but had to leave the game due to an injury with 1:08 remaining. With the Cavs next game taking place on Tuesday, the team will hope for a quick recovery. Ethan Richardson finished with nine points and joined the Smoots in the 32 minutes club.

” I felt like our effort was their , and our grit but we struggled shooting and finishing at rim,” added Barnes. ” They are really good at applying pressure.  We survived the first way going into half down 11, then we outscored them till the 3:14 mark in the third cutting it to 3.Then they went on another run, we gave up too many second shots to win with them. Foul trouble plagued us with Reece also. Easter,  Bryce and Brayden all in double figures,  Ethan had to earn any open looks. I’m very proud of them playing back – back that hard, so proud of Cavalier Nation, this group has far succeeded any that my coaches and myself would imagine,  I personally don’t feel the last dance is over, we will get after it Monday and hit the road Tuesday.  THESE CAVS ARE TOUGH.”

Saturday afternoon Carroll County stood eye to eye with the best team in the Commonwealth and they didn’t blink. Over the finally 22 minutes, the Cavs outscored the Vikings, 38-36. NHS was bigger, stronger and faster but they were not tougher.

Spotswood upset #1 Western Albemarle and will host Carroll County on Tuesday night in Rockingham County.

Carroll County.  13. 13  16 9 –   51

Northside HS.    23  14  14 14 – 65