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Women's Lacrosse Wesley Herring

Furman Travels To Queens (N.C.) Wednesday

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Furman women's lacrosse team heads to Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday evening to face the Queens (N.C.) Royals in non-conference action at 6 p.m. from the Queens Sports Complex.

Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats. The game is being streamed on the Queens Sports Network. Updates will be posted on the Furman women's lacrosse Twitter page (@FUWlax).

The Paladins (1-1) picked up their first victory of the season last Friday, scoring a 17-9 victory over Austin Peay in their home opener at Paladin Stadium. Furman held a 37-19 advantage over Austin Peay in shots and 24-9 in ground balls. The Paladins also forced the Governors into 19 turnovers while finishing with 13 draws.

Reynolds Hester, Shae Insinga, and Lily Toole all led Furman offensively with six points. Insinga and Hester both set new career highs in points while Insinga scored a career best six goals and Hester dished out a career high four assists. Caroline Smith registered career highs of three points and three goals. Zoe Milmoe totaled a career high four caused turnovers and three ground balls while Rachel Sbei tied her career best of three ground balls. Skylar Hilmer won seven draws and picked up a career high six ground balls.

In goal, Sam Melville came off the bench to earn her first collegiate win and finished with six saves and two ground balls.

Queens (N.C.) currently sits at 0-4 overall and is coming off a 13-12 double overtime loss at Winthrop last Saturday. Picked sixth in the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll, the Royals are under the direction of fourth-year head coach Kelly McQuilkin.

The Paladins are facing Queens (N.C.) for the third time in program history and own a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series.

Furman begins a stretch of three games in five days next Monday, March 2, hosting Campbell at 6 p.m. from Paladin Stadium.

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Players Mentioned

Reynolds Hester

#14 Reynolds Hester

A
5' 10"
Senior
Skylar Hilmer

#36 Skylar Hilmer

D
5' 6"
Senior
Sam Melville

#88 Sam Melville

GK
5' 6"
Sophomore
Zoe Milmoe

#15 Zoe Milmoe

D
5' 8"
Sophomore
Rachel Sbei

#16 Rachel Sbei

D
5' 6"
Junior
Caroline Smith

#21 Caroline Smith

M
5' 3"
Sophomore
Lily Toole

#18 Lily Toole

A
5' 4"
Sophomore
Shae Insinga

#43 Shae Insinga

M
5' 5"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Reynolds Hester

#14 Reynolds Hester

5' 10"
Senior
A
Skylar Hilmer

#36 Skylar Hilmer

5' 6"
Senior
D
Sam Melville

#88 Sam Melville

5' 6"
Sophomore
GK
Zoe Milmoe

#15 Zoe Milmoe

5' 8"
Sophomore
D
Rachel Sbei

#16 Rachel Sbei

5' 6"
Junior
D
Caroline Smith

#21 Caroline Smith

5' 3"
Sophomore
M
Lily Toole

#18 Lily Toole

5' 4"
Sophomore
A
Shae Insinga

#43 Shae Insinga

5' 5"
Graduate Student
M