Conway, Ark. - Hendrix's women's lacrosse program opened up the 2025 regular season with a loss to Culver-Stockton on a wet and windy Saturday afternoon at Young-Wise Memorial Stadium.

The Warriors stumbled out of the gates, surrendering three goals to the Wildcats in the first quarter before the match was temporarily suspended due to lightning. Culver-Stockton added onto their lead once play resumed before Celina Owens-Campbell opened up her account for the season with an unassisted goal with a minute remaining in the quarter.

After the Wildcats took a 6-1 lead early in the second quarter, Sophia Smith took advantage of a man-up situation and netted her first goal of the season. Trailing 7-2, Kinley Robinson and Peyton Refling both got on the scoresheet to cut the deficit to three. The Warriors went into halftime trailing 9-4.

Culver-Stockton scored four minutes into the second half for a six-goal advantage before the Warriors kicked into gear. Samantha Shrader scored in her collegiate debut to kick off a 4-0 scoring run that included a second goal from Robinson and two more from Refling. The Wildcats responded with 10:27 remaining in the final quarter to make it 11-8 with what was the ultimately the final goal of the match.

Addey Bolz made 8 saves in the losing effort, while the Warriors won 12 of 22 draw controls.