MISENHEIMER, N.C.— The Montreat women's lacrosse team continued its road trip with a competition at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C Saturday night. After 60 minutes of action, the Cavaliers were bested by the Falcons, 24-10, falling to 0-5 on the year.
 
Madison Terrell opened the scoring with a goal 32 seconds into the matchup, but Pfeiffer responded to lead 2-1 less than a minute into the game. The torrid scoring start then continued as Hannah Jarboe and Terrell answered to hand the Cavs a 3-2 edge only 3:51 in. Despite the solid start, Montreat registered a mere one of the ensuing nine strikes as Jarboe separated seven Falcon goals to end the first quarter with a 9-4 deficit.
 
Though the home side went up 10-4 early in the second, Grace Wiegand helped the Cavaliers stay relatively close with a pair of goals within 4:20 of game time. From there, the Falcons outscored Montreat 5-1 over the latter portion of the period with McKinley Edmondson bringing the Cavs within 10 (17-7) in the closing seconds of the half.
 
At the break, Pfeiffer (2-3) led the shot attempts, 23-13, and the shots on goal, 21-11. The Falcons also edged the Cavaliers in successful clears, 6-5, and draw controls, 18-7, through 30 minutes. Although the Cavs trailed on the scoreboard, the visitors collected more ground balls (7-5) and free position shots (5-2) than their counterparts. Both sides caused six turnovers and Chloe Andrews totaled four first-half saves in net for Montreat.
 
After another trio of goals from PU throughout the third quarter, Terrell completed her hat trick with her 15^th goal of the season to make it 20-8 with 15 minutes remaining. In the last frame, Jarboe followed suit with her third goal of the matchup and Adara Vouriotis registered the Cavs' 10^th and final goal midway through the quarter; however, the Falcons scored four additional goals in the fourth to seal their 24-10 triumph over Montreat.
 
Pfeiffer finished with more attempted shots (43-21), shots on target (36-19) and draw controls (25-11), while the Cavaliers concluded with 15 ground balls to the Falcons' 11 and less turnovers (14-13). The home team notched one more caused turnover (12-11), two more successful clears (14-12) and both teams converted three of six free position shots in the competition. Andrews ended the night with 12 saves thanks to eight second-half stops.
 
Women's lacrosse closes out its road stretch by opening conference play at Truett McConnell University on Wednesday. First draw control in Cleveland, Ga. is scheduled for 5 p.m.