WAYNESBURG, Pa. (March 8) – The Waynesburg University women's lacrosse team opened its 2017 season on Wednesday at Waynesburg Central High School. The Yellow Jackets welcomed Franciscan to town and fell 19-5 to the Barons.
 
Things started well for the Jackets (0-1), as senior Brandi Rohal opened the scoring with a goal during the fourth minute of play. Unfortunately, that was Waynesburg's last lead of the contest, as Franciscan (1-3) tallied the next six goals.
 
Senior Abbie Miller ended the run by the visiting team with her first goal of the season, which came with 15:25 left to play in the first half. Franciscan ended the first 30 minutes of play with eight-straight scores to take a 14-2 lead into halftime.
 
After the Barons went up 15-2, Waynesburg's Holly Bachman reached a major milestone in her collegiate playing career by tallying her 100^th goal. She is the first Yellow Jacket in program history to reach the mark. Nine minutes later, Miller found the back of the net for a second time, making the score 16-4. She completed her first hat trick of the season with 4:16 showing on the game clock.
 
Freshman Christina Bauer started in goal and made two saves over 30 minutes in net. Senior Kaitlyn Wetzel relieved Bauer at halftime and stopped three-of-eight shots on goal.
 
Waynesburg is back in action on Friday, March 10, when it hosts Hiram. Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m.