VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Longwood University women's lacrosse team fell to Villanova University 16-13 on Friday evening in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Lancers fell to 8-6 while the Wildcats improved to 7-7. Senior Liz Sellmayer/Baltimore, Md. (Mount de Sales Academy) scored four goals on five shots to pace Longwood. The Lancers return to action on Sunday, April 19, facing Lafayette College at 12:00 p.m. in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Villanova started the scoring with two goals in the first 3:56 of the game. Longwood answered with two of its own, one by Cara O'Brien/Arlington (Bishop O'Connell) and the second by Karli Brentlinger/Gambrills, Md. (South River) to tie the game 2-2 with 23:26 remaining in the first half.

Taryn McKenna scored her second goal of the game to give the Wildcats the 3-2 lead with 22:36 remaining in the half. Kesley Dean/Centreville, Md. (Queen Anne's) took the feed from Page Farmer/Richmond (St. Catherine's) to tie the game at 3-3 with 21:18 to go in the half. O'Brien added her second goal of the half, this one from the stick of Morgan Illian/Salisbury, Md. (Parkside), to put the Lancers ahead 4-3. Villanova would tie the score at 4-4 before Longwood went on a 3-0 run over the next 4:50 to take the 7-4 lead with 13:04 remaining.

Amanda Bereznay/Gwynn Oak, Md. (Seton Keough), O'Brien and Sellmayer each scored a goal during the run. McKenna scored again for the Wildcats to cut the lead to 7-5 but Dean answered with a goal to give Longwood the 8-5 lead with 9:30 remaining in the first half. After another McKenna goal Brentlinger found the net with 6:30 remaining in the half to give Longwood the 9-6 lead. Neither team would score again before halftime.

Longwood started the scoring in the second half when Sellmayer took a pass from Dee Warehime/Westminster, Md. (Westminster) to score only 0:36 into the period to put Longwood ahead 10-6. Villanova would score the next six goals over a 16:00 stretch to pull ahead 12-10 with 12:26 remaining.

Sellmayer scored two goals in 0:24 to tie the game at 12-12 with 11:33 to go. Carly Miller would score on a free position shot with 10:55 remaining to put the Wildcats ahead 13-12 but the Lancers would answer with a Brentlinger goal to tie the game 13-13 with 10:08 to go in the game. Brentlinger's goal would be the last for Longwood as Villanova scored three goals in 0:48 to pull ahead 16-13 with 7:56 remaining in the game. The Wildcats defense held strong and Longwood could not find the net again, falling 16-13.

The Lancers were paced by Sellmayer's four goals. O'Brien finished with three goals and one assist while Brentlinger added three goals. Dean scored twice and assisted on another. Carlie Nethken/Hanover, Md. (Long Reach) picked up three ground balls and caused three turnovers. Juli Liebig/Centreville, Md. (Queen Anne's) had nine saves in goal for Longwood.

Villanova was paced by McKenna who recorded a game-high seven goals. Maggie Langan had 11 saves in goal for the Wildcats.

2009-04-18