GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's lacrosse team closed the 2023 regular season by dropping a 20-9 home decision Saturday afternoon to Presidents' Athletic Conference leader Washington & Jefferson on Senior Day at Robert E. Thorn Field. 

Grove City pulled to within 11-7 late in the second quarter as senior midfielder Madison Nazigian (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) and sophomore midfielder Mara Polczynski (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) scored unassisted goals in a 12-second span. 

Nazigian scored an unassisted goal with 3:36 left in the third quarter that cut W&J's lead to 13-9. However, the Presidents (13-3, 9-0 PAC) scored the final seven goals of the game.

Nazigian paced Grove City with seven goals. Sophomore attack Meah Groves (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) added a goal. Polczynski recorded a pair of assists. 

Nazigian and senior attack Meredith Basham (Olathe, Kan./Olathe East) both recorded a team-leading five ground balls. Basham also caused four turnovers. Nazigian recorded nine draw controls. 

W&J outshot Grove City, 32-21, including a 22-14 edge in shots on goal. Grove City had 21 turnovers while W&J accumulated 19 turnovers. In goal, sophomore Elyse Kiggins (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) stopped two shots for Grove City (7-10, 5-4 PAC).

Grove City honored Basham and Nazigian prior to Saturday's game.

Grove City will be the No. 5 seed in next week's conference tournament. The Wolverines will visit fourth-seeded Chatham at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the quarterfinals. The winner will visit top-seeded W&J in the semifinals Thursday.