HARTFORD, Conn. – The Trinity College Women's Lacrosse team fell to visiting Wesleyan University, 12-11, in a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) battle at Robin L. Sheppard Field Wednesday night. The Bantams move to 7-4 overall and 4-3 in the NESCAC, while the Cardinals rise to 8-4 and 3-4 in conference.
 
Sarah Marvin potted the first goal of the day for Trinity, converting off a feed from Kelsey Restivo less than two minutes into the first quarter. Wesleyan took the lead with back-to-back goals from Kiara Tangney and Dylan Green, but Marvin struck again, putting home a near-post pass from Brooke Kurtz to even the score at 2-2. Down 3-2 with less than six minutes remaining in the first, Kaeley Zito scored a man-up goal, followed by a tally from Grace Denious to give the Bantams the 4-3 edge, but the Cardinals used a goal from Lindsey Diomede to tie the game at 4-4 after the first quarter.
 
Following a free-position goal from Green, Trinity rattled off three straight goals from Denious, Restivo and Caroline Lally to build a 7-5 advantage with 8:30 on the clock. Wesleyan closed the half with strikes from Addie Cummings and Tangney to make it a 7-7 score at the break.
 
The sides exchanged goals as Ellie Priesing scored for Wesleyan, and then Restivo fired home a free-position goal with 11:36 remaining in the third. Following an eight-minute scoring drought, Diomede regained a 9-8 lead for the Cardinals, but less than a minute later, Restivo found Alex Lesko on a break to the net, tying the game for the eighth time. The Cardinals added a pair of goals late in the third to take an 11-9 lead into the fourth.
 
Lily Iler registered her first career goal to narrow the gap to 11-10 with 14:10 to play. Tangney recorded her third goal of the game to put Wesleyan up 12-10 at the 6:17 mark. Zito delivered an unassisted tally with three minutes to go, but Trinity was unable to find the equalizer in the final minutes of the fourth.
 
Restivo registered a team-high four points with two goals and two assists, while Zito, Denious and Marvin added two goals apiece. Kurtz dished out a team-high three assists.
 
The Cardinals outshot the Bantams, 26-20, and held the edge in groundballs, 22-16, while the Bantams won the draw control battle, 14-13. Olivia Aguirre made seven saves for Trinity and Ali Macdougall chipped in two second-half stops, while Izzy Weintraub notched a game-high eight saves for Wesleyan.
 
The Bantams will be back on the field when they travel to Colby College (8-2) for a NESCAC tilt Saturday at 12:00 p.m.