YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Kendra Parenteau scored eight goals and assisted on four others as Young Harris College defeated Lee University 21-10 in a Gulf South Conference women's lacrosse match on a rainy Wednesday (Feb. 28) afternoon at the YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field.

The Mountain Lions improved to 4-0 overall and to 4-0 in the Gulf South, while the Flames fell to 3-2 and 0-2. Young Harris will face Tennessee Wesleyan University, which is ranked No. 5 in the latest NAIA Top 10 poll, in a 4 p.m. home match Friday (March 2).

Lee took a 6-5 lead on a free-position shot by Kaylyn Dillion with 7:37 left in the first half. Young Harris got a goal from Anna Luckie 37 seconds later to knot the score at 6. That was the first eight unanswered goals that saw Young Harris take a 13-6 lead with 28:35 remaining on the third of three Parenteau goals to start the second half. 

The Flamed got a goal back, but Young Harris scored three of the next four goals to open up a 17-8 lead on a Parenteau strike with 18:38 to go. 

Rachel Lepine, Channing Milford, Nicole Kernohan and Meghan Tonnesen each scored twice for the Mountain Lions, who outshot Lee 34-20, while Luckie, Maddie Peek, Kelsey Dover, Erika Cross and Katie McNutt also found the back of the net once. Cross added three assists, while Luckie posted two.

Young Harris held a 21-12 advantage in draw controls. Kirsten Barth and Tonnesen had six draw controls, while Cross tallied five and Lepine had three. The Mountain Lions had a 20-15 edge in ground balls. Barth scooped up three, while Lepine, Dover, and Hannah Sacristan had three apiece.

Julia Darroch (five) and Rachel Robb (four) combined to stop nine shots in goal for the Mountain Lions.