The Penn State Abington women's lacrosse team fell to Wesley College, 16-8 on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Lions fall to 0-2 while the Wolverines improve to 3-2.

Nicole Hayes (Ivyland, Pa./Archbishop Wood) scored her first hat-trick of the year and led the squad with five goals. Chasidy McLaurin (Philadelphia, Pa./Girls High), Victoria Brady (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn), and Danielle Savoni (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) each tallied a goal for the Lady Lions.

Wesley came out of the gate scoring four unanswered goals in the first five minutes of the game to jump ahead 4-0. Abington posted its first goal on McLaurin's free position shot, however the Wolverines managed to find the net three times before Abington's Hayes tallied the second goal as the Lady Lions trail 6-2.

Abington kept finding the opportunities but could only muster two additional goals by Brady and Hayes before Wesley managed to slip two more goals by them to make it an 8-4 game at the half.

The Wolverines opened the second half scoring a goal in just thirty seconds. Hayes scored her hat-trick goal three minutes later and later tallied two more goals as Wesley kept the momentum on their side throughout the half as they penetrated through Abington's defense, scoring seven more goals for the 16-8 victory.

Tori Kimberly (Doyleston, Pa./Central Bucks West) was instrumental on defense as she led the team with five groundballs and two caused turnovers. Netminder Shreya Soni (Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast) made four saves in the game.

At 0-2, Abington will return to action at 1 p.m. on March 17 when it travels to Wilkes University.