TENNERTON – Heather Hayes scored five goals to lead the Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Buc lacrosse team to a hard-fought 10-9 win over the visiting George Washington Patriots.
The game was tied at 4-4 at the break before B-U pulled it out in the second half outscoring George Washington by a 6-5 score.
Mallory Moss added two goals while Kendall Defibaugh, Kendall Hefner and Kylie Hull each had one.
George Washington outshot the Lady Bucs by a 21-19 margin.
Defibaugh led the Lady Bucs with five ground balls.
Haylea Crihfield made eight saves in the win for the Lady Bucs.
Buckhannon-Upshur improved to 2-0 on the season heading into a key battle with University on Monday night.
They will play again Thursday at Fairmont Senior at 8 p.m.
The boxscore:
Buckhannon-Upshur – 10
George Washington – 9
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Heather Hayes 5; Mallory Moss 2; Kendall Defibaugh 1; Kylie Hull 1; Kendall Hefner 1.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – Haylea Crihfield 8.
