LATROBE, Pa. (March 14) – The Waynesburg University women's lacrosse team traveled to Saint Vincent on Monday to face the Bearcats in a non-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match. The Yellow Jackets battled over 60 minutes, but came out on the wrong end of a 17-5 final score.
 
Saint Vincent (4-1) rolled out to a 6-0 lead over the first 10 minutes of play. Waynesburg (0-2) broke up the shutout with just under two minutes remaining in the first quarter thanks to a goal from first-year junior Tori Meikeljohn (Boonsboro, Md. / Boonsboro). Meikeljohn made it back-to-back scores 6:28 into the quarter number two.
 
Saint Vincent tallied the final three goals of the quarter to take a 9-2 advantage into halftime. That lead grew to 10-2 early in the third, but Meiklejohn completed a hat trick just under four minutes into the second half. Another Bearcat goal put the home team up 11-3, before sophomore Eve O'Sullivan (Latrobe, Pa. / Greater Latrobe) posted her first goal of the day. Meikeljohn logged goal number four and cut Saint Vincent's advantage down to 11-5 with 5:49 showing on the third quarter clock.
 
The Bearcats posted the final six goals of the day to close out the win.
 
Freshman goalkeeper Anna Bradley (Bridgeville, Pa. / South Fayette) recorded 12 saves on the day and tied for the game lead with five ground balls. First-year junior Marina Hastings (Shippensburg, Pa. / Shippensburg) also logged five ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers. Freshman Megan Wilson (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny) posted a contest-best four caused turnovers.
 
Waynesburg is off until Wednesday, March 23, when it travels to Muskingum to face the Muskies. Start time is scheduled for 5 p.m.