NORFOLK, Va. – The Coastal Carolina women's lacrosse team scored four-straight goals early in the first half and did not look back in picking up a season-opening 12-8 road win at Old Dominion on Saturday afternoon in Norfolk, Va.
 
The win puts CCU at 1-0 on the year, while ODU starts the season at 0-1.
 
The Chanticleers outshot their counterparts 24-19 for the contest, including 14-6 in the opening half.
 
Coastal also held an advantage in ground balls at 20-11, extra-man opportunities at 4-2, and in saves at 5-4, while forcing ODU into 20 turnovers compared to their 16 miscues.
 
CCU's offense was led by three goals each from Megan Bozzi and Lyla Robinson, while Megan Kilpatrick and Abbey Buchanan added two goals apiece. Fellow Chants Hannah Close and Kiley Davis also scored one goal each in the win, while Samantha Courtemanche passed out two assists and both Bozzi and Robinson recorded one.
 
For ODU, Glory Johnson led the way with three tallies and two assists, while Michelle Hallman added two scores and one assist of her own in the losing effort.
 
Making her first start in goal, senior Regan McComb (1-0) registered five saves on a total of 19 Monarch shots to pick up the win.
 
Nine different Chants caused at least one turnover for the game led by three from Buchanan and two each by Nicole Navan and Hannah Krin, while Emily D'Orsaneo and McComb each scooped up a team-high four ground balls in the win.
 
ODU took an early 1-0 lead on a Johnson unassisted goal at the 28:33 mark of the first half, only to see the Chants respond with four-straight scores from Bozzi (26:33), Buchanan (25:33), Bozzi again (25:06), and Robinson (22:18) to give the visitors a 4-1 lead with just over 22 minutes before intermission.
 
After the two teams traded goals to put CCU up two at 5-3 with just under 15 minutes to play in the opening half, back-to-back unassisted goals by Close (9:05) and Bozzi (6:53), followed by a free position goal from Kilpatrick (5:56) pushed the Chants in front by five at 8-3 at the halftime break.
 
The Monarchs came out with a flurry of offense to start the second half, scoring three-straight goals to cut the Chants lead to two at 8-6 before Buchanan's second goal of the game with 22:51 to play ended the ODU scoring run and put the Chants back in front by three at 9-6.
 
ODU would score two more goals over the next 10 minutes of play, only to have the Chants answer each goal with a score of their own, as Kilpatrick (13:54) and Robinson (4:02) goals kept the visitors in front as time ticked down.
 
Davis (0:01) capped the win with a goal in the final second of the contest to give the Chants a 12-8 road win.
 
Coastal will stay on the road to take on Campbell on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. ET in Buies Creek, N.C.
 
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