GRANTHAM, Pa. - A busy day in Grantham had four Messiah programs in action with women's lacrosse and field hockey taking the field in intersquad scrimmages. Later in the evening, the men's and women's cross country teams raced in a Virtual 5K with a number of other teams in the MAC. See below for a quick recap of each contest from Saturday.
 

Women's Lacrosse - Blue defeats White, 11-10 in overtime

The Messiah women's lacrosse team took the field on a chilly Saturday afternoon for a Blue vs. White intersquad scrimmage. The Blue team earned an 11-10 overtime victory in the contest with Makenzie Schnur netting the game winner two minutes into overtime. The Blue squad held a four goal lead late in the third quarter, but White battled back to tie the game and force overtime, but Schnur's game winner lifted Blue to the victory.

Playing 14-minute quarters rather than the traditional halves, Messiah saw a number of strong efforts from both squads on the offensive and defensive ends.

Abbyellen Wood got the scoring started for the Blue, but White took a 2-1 lead after the opening quarter thanks to tallies from Amanda Wadsworth and Ehryn Groothoff later in the period. The second quarter saw Blue outscore the White side 4-1 to take a 5-3 lead into the half. Katie Heck notched a pair of goals in the period for Blue. Between the pipes, Mackenzie O'Haver and Heather Burnham made solid saves on back-to-back possessions in the middle of the period.

After the half, Blue extended their lead to as many as four at 9-5 late in the third quarter thanks to back-to-back goals from Rachel Delate and Katie Heck, but Hope Flack and Jana Krihak countered with consecutive tallies to close the gap to 9-7 with a quarter remaining. The comeback continued into the fourth quarter as the White team found goals from Ehryn Groothoff and Amanda Wadsworth to tie things up at 9-9.

After Abby Howard (Blue) and Amanda Wadsworth (White) traded goals in the final two minutes, the contest headed to a three-minute overtime period. Two minutes into overtime, the Blue team executed a full-field clear opportunity with Abby Howard finding Makenzie Schnur in transition for the tally and the 11-10 victory.
 

Field Hockey - Blue defeats White, 4-2

The Messiah field hockey team took the field on Saturday afternoon for a Blue vs. White intersquad scrimmage. The Blue team featured a line-up littered with the entirety of the senior class, playing together on the same team for the last time. The experience paid off as the Blue team earned a 4-2 victory over the White squad. A half dozen different Falcons scored in the contest.

Two first-quarter goals by the Blue team put them up 2-0 at the end of the first quarter. Josie Weaver struck first just six minutes into the game and seven minutes later Hannah Palm showed off her stick work before bouncing a shot past the goalie for a 2-0 lead.

Just minute into the second quarter, the Blue team added another tally to make it 3-0. After an initial shot by Mackenzie Brubaker was saved, Abby Boyer was right there to clean up the rebound and make it a three-goal lead.

That 3-0 lead held until halftime, but a tally by Jennie Young off of a corner gave the White team their first score of the contest. The White squad pulled within one early in the third quarter off of a score from Makayla Malcolm.

After the two-straight scores by White, the Blue team got back on the board with an insurance goal by Lindsay McFeaters in the fourth quarter. It was the final score of the game and gave Blue at 4-2 victory.
   

Men's Cross Country - MAC 5K Virtual Race - Results

The men's cross country 5K Virtual Race was highlighted be a stellar finish between Galen Fitzkee and Logan Horst. While both runners finished with times of 15:32, Fitzkee edged Horst by a nose at the finish line to turn in the top time of Messiah's 20 runners in the field.

Running on the track to create a more level playing field across the conference, Fitzkee and Horst finished one-two, while Nate Romberger was close behind with a time of 15:38. Andrew Hutchinson joined the trio with times under 16 minutes with a mark of 15:50.

Kyle Costello crossed the line in exactly 16 minutes to round out Messiah's top-five finishes. A total of 14 Falcons finished the race with times at 17 minutes or less.

A total of eight MAC teams competed in this weekend's 5K Virtual race and the MAC will release the complete standings from race early next week. Check GoMessiah.com later this week for complete results of the virtual meet.
 

Women's Cross Country - MAC 5K Virtual Race - Results

Messiah's women's cross country ran in two separate heats on the track in a 5K Virtual Race on Saturday night. Running virtually against six other MAC schools, Messiah will not know where they placed until the conference released the complete results later this week. However, the Falcons do know that they had a number of standout performances and personal records on Saturday night.

Cera Gaston turned in the fastest time for the Falcons with a mark of 18:06, more than 30 seconds faster than her next closest teammate. Teddi Powell ran an extremely consistent race, finishing with the second-fastest time for a Messiah runner with a mark of 18:38. Chloe Wester (18:43) and Sarah Codd (18:52) finished third and fourth, respectively with times south of 19 minutes. Katie Anthony rounded out Messiah's top-five with a time of 19:21.

Messiah had 24 Falcons compete on Saturday night with 15 finishing in under 20 minutes.

As mentioned, the MAC will release the results of this weekend's 5K Virtual Race later this week. Fans are encouraged to follow GoMessiah.com for complete results of the meet.
 

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