Matthews, N.C.----The second-seeded Limestone University Saints outscored top-seeded Wingate University 10-0 in the second half Saturday afternoon, prevailing 16-7 to claim the 2025 South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse tournament championship. The Saints improve to 14-5 overall, while the Bulldogs fall to 17-2 on the season.

KEY STATS

- Limestone out-shot Wingate 35-18, with a 19-11 advantage in shots on goal
- The Saints won 18 of the 27 draw controls
- Limestone held a 19-16 edge in ground balls
- The Bulldogs turned it over 22 times compared to 15 from the Saints
- The 'Dogs were 20-for-21 on clear attempts; the Saints were 20-for-23
- Limestone went four-for-eight on free-position shots; WU was zero-for-two

KEY BULLDOGS

- Danielle Scarfogliero had a goal and three assists for the 'Dogs
- Nelida Watson scored three goals
- Amelia Benner contributed a goal and an assist
- Kaleigh Wilgeroth and Julia Garvin each added a goal
- Krysta Churns had an assist and four ground balls
- Bree Solero added an assist, a CT and a ground ball
- Kathryn McCabe contributed two draw controls, two CTs and two ground balls
- Sophie Pavlick registered four draw controls
- Riley Boone notched 10 saves on the day

FIRST QUARTER

- Sophie Shortino got Limestone on the board five minutes in
- Wingate scored the next four goals, starting with Watson's goal at the 8:21 mark off Scarfogliero's assist
- Watson scored off another Scarfogliero assist three minutes later to make it 2-1
- Wilgeroth scored off a Solero assist to extend the lead to two
- Garvin's goal with 2:41 remaining put the 'Dogs on top 4-1

SECOND QUARTER

- Reese Hjertaas scored a minute into the second frame to cut the lead to two
- Watson scored off Scarfogliero's assist at the 11:30 mark to push the WU lead back to three
- Limestone scored the next three, tying it at five on a Keira Martin goal with 6:48 to go
- Scarfogliero scored off Benner's assist 40 seconds later to put Wingate back on top
- Shannon Creagh answered with a goal to tie it with 4:15 remaining
- Benner scored off a Churns assist at the 1:10 mark, giving WU a 7-6 halftime lead

THIRD QUARTER

- Limestone outscored Wingate 7-0 in the third frame
- Creagh started it four minutes in, while Deirdre Jones goal gave the Saints an 8-7 lead
- Jones scored twice more in the frame, making it 13-7 with a goal with 15 seconds left

FOURTH QUARTER

- Joscelin Martin scored three minutes into the third to extend the lead to seven
- Martin capped the scoring on the day with 2:32 remaining

UP NEXT

- Wingate will wait to hear its postseason future Sunday
- The NCAA will announced the Division II tournament field Sunday, May 4 at 8:30 p.m.
- The Bulldogs were sixth in the most recent NCAA region poll