Women's Lacrosse | 3/28/2014 7:10:00 PM

Box Score FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- The Methodist women's lacrosse team came up one goal shy of the program's single-game record in a 25-5 win over N.C. Wesleyan on Friday afternoon at Monarch Stadium.
 
Cassie Walter led the MU charge, scoring 15 points on nine goals with six assists, and was one of five different Monarchs to score multiple goals as Methodist came up one goal short of the school record. Methodist scored 26 times in a 26-1 win over Averett on April 13, 2003. For Walter, the 15 points broke the USA South Conference record of 13, a mark Walter reached five days ago against LaGrange, and the six assists tied the program's single-game record held by Lindsey West.
 
In addition to Walter's performance, Jessie Earp added five goals and three assists, and Maddie Antor had four goals and three assists.
 
Sareena Coleman began the scoring 31 seconds into the contest, scoring off a feed from Earp at 29:29 for a 1-0 lead. Walter then pushed the MU (5-10, 3-4 USA South) advantage to 3-0 with back-to-back goals at 23:19 and 22:48, respectively. Laine Hicks put the Battling Bishops (1-10, 1-7) on the board at 18:01 to make it a 3-1 game, but the Monarchs answered with five consecutive goals, bookended by unassisted goals by Walter, to assume an 8-1 lead at the 10:58 mark of the first half.
 
Tikeyah Shaw halted the MU run with a free position goal at 9:42 to make it 8-2 in favor of the Monarchs before MU inched out to an 11-2 lead with 4:03 on the clock courtesy of goals by Hope Motahari, Earp and Walter. Shaw responded again for NCWC with 1:35 on the clock and Molly Lewis scored 13 seconds later for the Bishops to make it 11-4 with 1:22 left in the half.
 
Antor added a goal 14 seconds after Lewis' tally, and Motahari capped the first-half scoring when she beat Marissa Santos with just seven seconds left in the first half for a 13-4 lead at the break. MU scored the first three goals of the second half to initiate a running clock, and after Lewis' second goal of the game made it 16-5 in favor of MU, the Monarchs scored the final nine goals of the contest.
 
For the game, Methodist outshot NCWC, 40-15, owned a 27-14 edge in ground balls, and won 20 draw controls to 12 for the Bishops. Ashley Cannon picked up her fifth win in goal, making two saves. Marissa Santos started in the cage for NCWC and took the loss in playing 38:35. She stopped eight shots and allowed 20 goals. Madelin Mosqueda played 21:25 in goal and allowed five goals without making a save
 
Motahari finished with four goals and two assists, as well as a team-best eight draw controls to go with three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers. Antor added eight ground balls and five caused turnovers, Walter had five ground balls and Gabbi Tobias chipped in three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers.
 
Shaw and Lewis each had two goals for the Battling Bishops, and Jade Gold and Lewis had four draw controls apiece. Selina Rager picked up a team-high three ground balls.
 
Methodist will wrap up regular-season play on Sunday at Greensboro beginning at 12:00 pm.