NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Fourth-ranked Washington and Lee scored six of the first seven goals of the second half to recover from an 8-7 halftime deficit in defeating Christopher Newport by a score of 16-12 in women's lacrosse on Saturday afternoon at the Jennings Family Stadium.
 
The Captains (2-2) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening 5:01 of the game, but the Generals (2-0) scored the game's next six goals to post a 6-3 advantage with 10:27 remaining in the first half.  First-year attacker Hannah Bishop (Bronxville, N.Y. / Bronxville) totaled three goals and one assist during the run, while sophomore attacker Allie Schwab (Bryn Mawr, Pa. / Harriton) notched a pair of tallies.
 
CNU recovered following the Generals' run and closed the first half on a 5-1 surge to carry an 8-7 lead into the intermission.  Bishop scored the Generals' lone tally in the CNU run over the final 10 minutes, while five different players found the net for the Captains, including the goal-ahead goal by junior attacker Zoe Dyer with just 23 seconds left in the first half.
 
Junior attacker Katherine Faria (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. / Cold Spring Harbor) scored twice in the opening 3:39 of the second stanza to give W&L the lead back (9-8) with 26:21 left in the contest.  Senior midfielder Kit McNiff (Chatham, N.J. / Chatham) made it a 10-8 game with an unassisted goal at 25:14, but CNU climbed back to within one goal (10-9) on a score by sophomore midfielder Julia Iapicca at the 21:59 mark.
 
The Generals then seized control of the contest with a four-goal surge over a span of 3:42 to assume a 14-9 lead with 17:51 left to play.  Sophomore midfielder Christina Cavallo (Alexandria, Va. / St. Stephens & St. Agnes' School) began the run with an unassisted tally at 21:15 and Schwab posted one goal and two assists during the stretch.  Schwab found senior attacker Landon Shelley (Charlotte, N.C. / Myers Park) with one assist, and then fed Faria to cap the run at 17:51.
 
The Captains scored twice over the next four minutes and change, but Schwab added two more goals in the final 13:07 to keep any CNU rally at bay.
 
W&L held a 30-27 advantage in shots, a 16-13 edge in ground balls and a 16-14 edge in draw controls.
 
Schwab finished with a career-best eight points on a career-high five goals and three assists.  Bishop notched a career-high four goals and one assist, all in the opening half of play.  Faria scored three goals and Shelley ended the game with one goal and two assists. 

Senior defender Catherine Arrix (Darien, Conn. / Darien) logged three caused turnovers and two ground balls, while junior Sam Sunar (Montville, N.J. / Mountain Lakes) and first-year Caroline Kranich (State College, Pa. / Mercersburg Academy) each played 30 minutes in goal.  Each made three saves, with Kranich earning the victory.

Iapicca paced the Captains with five goals, while sophomore attacker Kelsey Winters notched one goal and four assists.  Sophomore Becca Creekmore played the duration in goal and made nine saves.
 
Washington and Lee will be back in action on Monday when it hosts Southern Virginia for a 4:00 pm contest.