MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's lacrosse team dropped to 4-3 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference as the Wolverines fell Saturday afternoon at conference foe Allegheny, 19-7, at Robertson Complex.
Senior midfielder
Madison Nazigian (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) and sophomore midfielder
Mara Polczynski (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) combined for Grove City's seven goals. Nazigian pumped in four goals while Polczynski scored three times.
Allegheny (12-3, 7-0 PAC) opened up a 6-2 lead but Grove City stormed back in the second quarter as Polczynski scored three unassisted goals that helped the Wolverines pull to within 7-5. Allegheny scored the final three goals of the half, however, then scored five straight goals to begin the third quarter.
Sophomore attack
Meah Groves (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley), sophomore midfielder
Abby Roetering (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) and freshman attack
Haylie Porter (Jenks, Okla./Jenks) all recorded assists for Grove City (6-9, 4-3 PAC).
Nazigian recorded a team-high five draw controls. Sophomore defender
Emily Arnold (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) had four draw controls and sophomore defender
Amber Wartman (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) tallied three draw controls.
Sophomore defender
Sarah Jackson (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield) caused four turnovers. Nazigian and senior midfielder
Meredith Basham (Olathe, Kan./Olathe East) both caused two turnovers. Allegheny finished the game with 19 turnovers while Grove City had 32.
Allegheny out-shot Grove City, 38-12. Sophomore goalie
Elyse Kiggins (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) made 10 saves for the Wolverines. She also picked up a team-leading three ground balls.
Grove City will close the regular season this week with a pair of home conference games. Tuesday, Grove City hosts Bethany at 6 p.m. at Don Lyle Field. Saturday, the Wolverines will host Washington & Jefferson at 12 p.m.