Buckhannon, WV – Wesleyan welcomed Notre Dame College Friday evening to open up their conference play at Cebe Ross Field.

The Lady Bobcats struck first, only forty-one seconds into the game when Samantha Pappas scored. Wesleyan put up another goal by Madison Duvall four minutes later to take a 2-0 lead. Notre Dame then scored four straight goals to take the lead, 4-2. The Lady Bobcats stopped the Falcons streak when Madeline Gorzka scored to cut the lead 4-3, but then Notre Dame scored on a free position shot to hold onto the lead, 5-3. The Lady Bobcats made a late half surge and scored two more goals, by Madison Duvall and Lovely Ordonez-Lopez, to tie things up, 5-5. However, Notre Dame scored with eighteen seconds remaining to take the lead again going into halftime, 6-5.
 
The Lady Bobcats would strike first again, twenty-two seconds into the second half when Lauren Bolen placed a shot past Norte Dame's goalie to tie things back up at 6-6. The next ten minutes would be all Notre Dame as they notched another four goals to take back the lead, 10-6. But then the Lady Bobcats went on a streak of their own, scoring three straight goals to cut the lead to one,10-9. Unfortunately, Wesleyan's late game rush was not enough. Notre Dame would hold off Wesleyan and score another goal to end the game 11-9.

Duvall and Lopez led the Lady Bobcats in goals, scoring three and two, respectively. Lindsay Penwell led the team with two assists.
 
The Lady Bobcats will take on Wheeling Jesuit on Sunday at home at 1PM.