GREENVILLE, S.C. – Anna Roser and
Sofija Buzelis reached the top of the Furman record book on Wednesday evening as the Paladins won their eighth consecutive home contest with a 22-11 victory over the Presbyterian College Blue Hose in Big South Conference women's lacrosse action at Paladin Stadium.
Furman reaches the 10-win plateau for the sixth time in school history while improving to 10-3 overall and 4-1 in the Big South. With the loss, Presbyterian drops to 4-11 on the season and 1-5 in conference play.
Roser became the Paladins' all-time points leader in the victory while Buzelis set the new program mark for career draws. A native of Easton, Md., Roser surpassed Abby Shields' (2016-19) old record of 237 and Buzelis, a Willowbrook, Ill., native, topped former teammate Meagan Beal's (2020-23) school record of 185 draws.
Paige Harman also compiled a career evening after pacing Furman with a career high 11 points and seven assists to go with four goals. Harman tied Hannah Demis' school record for assists in a game and fell one point shy of matching teammate
Lily Toole's single-game record of 12 points. Toole and Roser both registered eight points on seven goals and one assist. Buzelis contributed five points on four goals and an assist while picking up a team high three ground balls.
Andrea Fisher caused a team best four turnovers.
Harman (11), Buzelis (9), and
Skylar Hilmer (6) combined to win 26 of Furman's 28 draws on Wednesday, which rank second for a game in school history.
The Paladins played all three goalies with
Madigan Brewer earning the win after totaling one save and one ground ball.
Willow Hammond led the Blue Hose with five goals and Emily Currie finished with three points on two goals and one assist. Goalies Kayleigh Aitken and Naomi Lauderbaugh combined for five saves.
Presbyterian opened the game scoring three straight goals and held a 4-3 lead after the first quarter. Furman outscored the Blue Hose 15-4 over the next 30 minutes and led 18-8 heading to the fourth quarter after Roser scored with one second left in the third. The Paladins held a 10-6 advantage at halftime. Furman led by as many as 11 points four times in the contest with Buzelis sealing the 22-11 win at the 2:39 mark of the fourth quarter.
The Paladins outshot Presbyterian 39-19 and led 17-15 in ground balls and 28-7 in draws. Furman forced the Blue Hose into 18 turnovers.
The Paladins start a two-game road trip on Saturday afternoon traveling to Radford for a 2 p.m. opening draw versus the Highlanders. Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats. Updates will be posted on the Furman women's lacrosse Twitter page (@FUWlax).