FRANKLIN – Faught Stadium played host to a pair of program firsts and saw two program records broken on Wednesday (May 3) night when the Franklin women's lacrosse team welcomed Anderson to town for the first home post-season game in the team's history.
 
Franklin (9-5) made their first home playoff game count, as they also grabbed the first post-season win in program history with a 16-10 victory over the Ravens (3-9) to advance to the conference championship game this weekend.
 
The star of the night was senior Anya Glodowski, who potted three goals and handed out six assists for nine points, breaking Lexi Ingram's program record for points in a season (65) and career points (126) with her showing.
 
How it Happened
Baleigh Riddle scored 21 seconds into the game for Franklin but the Ravens tied things up less than a minute later. The rest of the first quarter belonged to the home side, with Franklin out-scoring the Ravens 5-1 over the final 13:19 to take a 6-2 lead after one quarter. The Grizzlies kept the field tilted in their favor in the second, taking the biggest lead of the day just ahead of halftime with another Riddle goal that made it 11-4 at the half.
 
Anderson cut the deficit down to five late in the third quarter before a goal from Lora Adkins late in the period made it 13-7 Franklin with 15 minutes to go. The two sides played to a draw in the final quarter, with a Victoria Simmons goal with three minutes to go putting the exclamation point on the win.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Adkins and Simmons tied for the team lead with four goals each with Simmons topping the team with 10 shots and seven shots on goal.
-Riddle finished with two goals and two assists, moving her to just three goals back of the all-time goals record held by Ingram at 94.
-Frye and Adkins tied for the team lead with seven draw controls.
-Shots were 34-22 in Franklin's favor.
-Maddie Cary made six saves in goals for the Grizzlies.
 
Up Next
Franklin will play for their first conference championship on Saturday (May 6) afternoon, when they take on top-seeded Transylvania. The opening draw in Lexington will be determined in the coming days.