DANVILLE, Ky. – Centre women's lacrosse fell by 13-7 margin Saturday afternoon, seeing a halftime lead vanish against visiting Baldwin Wallace at South Turf Field.
 
The Colonels (0-3) were held scoreless for over 20 minutes in the second half as the Yellow Jackets (2-0) reeled off six unanswered goals to take control. Baldwin Wallace's defense limited Centre to just six total shots across the final period.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
- The visitors opened the scoring just 70 seconds in, but a nip-and-tuck first half saw the two sides trading scores.
- After missing the last game due to injury, Bella Tacogue made her presence known with Centre's first score of afternoon on an assist from Marina Burke.
- Madeleine Longmeyer scored her first collegiate goal soon after to give Centre a slight 2-1 lead.
- A goal from Mary Katherine Hardy and two more from Sloan Reding put the Colonels up 5-4 at the halftime break.
- Baldwin Wallace stifled Centre for much of the second half, and scored three straight goals within a 44-second stretch to regain the lead.
- The Yellow Jackets went on to score six in a row, out-scoring the Colonels 9-2 in the second half.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Baldwin Wallace finished with a 13-9 advantage in draw controls, including an 8-4 edge in the second half.
- Reding recorded her second hat trick of the season for the Colonels, and Tacogue added two goals.
- Hardy and McKenna Hulette each led Centre with five ground balls, and Hardy also led the team with four caused turnovers.
 
UP NEXT
Centre hosts Georgetown (Ky.) this upcoming Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m.