WINCHESTER, Va. - Visiting Bridgewater College rallied for a 14-12 non-league women's lacrosse victory over Shenandoah Sunday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.

Trailing 7-5 at the break and by three goals early in the second, BC (1-0) scored six unanswered to take a lead it would not relinquish over the Hornets (0-1).

Senior Kate Moulton had two of her game-high six goals in this stretch as the Eagles used a dominant performance from both the draw circle and on rides to erase their deficit.

After Shenandoah had won eight of 13 draws in the first half and successfully cleared seven of 10 opportunities, Bridgewater took 10 of the 15 second half draws and broke five SU clears.

On two of those occasions, the last with 3:54 remaining, BC converted those broken clears into goals.

The Hornets were able to cut the deficit to one goal twice in the last six minutes, but each time Bridgewater was able to answer with an insurance goal.

Moulton had the second of those insurance goals, tallying off of a Sarah Bursey feed to provide the final score with 1:55 to play.

Moulton led all scorers with six goals; she was the only Eagle to find the back of the net more than once.

Freshman Sydney Anderson paced the hosts with three goals while Sara Mucciaro, Jennie Ott and Amy Rollins had two goals apiece. Mucciaro and Rollins also had one assist each.

SU held a 30-20 advantage in groundballs and keeper Tori Beasley made eight saves.

Shenandoah is back in action on Saturday at Washington & Jefferson.

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