Lady Bishop lacrosse falls at Wesley, 13-9

Dover, DE - Lauren Owens scored five goals and added one assist as Wesley College defeated non-conference opponent North Carolina Wesleyan College by a final score of 13-9 in Sunday afternoon women's lacrosse action at Wolverine Stadium.  The victory is the first of 2006 for the Wolverines as they even their record at 1-1 on the season.  With the loss, the Lady Bishops drop to 1-5 overall.

North Carolina Wesleyan jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, but Wesley score the final five goals of the first half to take a 5-1 lead at intermission.  The second half saw 16 goals scored by the two teams, but the Battling Bishops would get no closer than three. 

With Wesley up 9-4, NCWC scored two goals in a 1:28 time span to pull within 9-6 with 12:27 to go in the game.  The Wolverines would then answer back with two goals by Owens.  The teams would trade goals the rest of the way with freshman Buffy Casto finishing the scoring with 1:35 remaining for the final margin.

Casto finished with seven goals for the Bishops, which led all scorers. Jade Martin and Brittany Block posted two goals apiece for the Wolverines.  Stacey Johnson added one goal and three assists, while Kyley McDevitt had one goal and two assists to aid the Wesley effort.

The Lady Bishops will return to action next Saturday when they host the College of Notre Dame (MD).  Game time is slated for 2:00 p.m. at Scalf Field.