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BETHLEHEM – Moravian College jumped out to a 7-1 lead and held the Lady Colonels to just three goals in the first half as it took a 15-9 win over Wilkes University. The loss is the second-straight for the Lady Colonels, who fell to 4-3 on the year.

Moravian (3-3) got off to a fast start, scoring a goal in the first 37 seconds on a free position shot by Sarah Carman before scoring her second goal at the 5:38 mark to give the Greyhounds a 2-0 advantage. It would be 3-0 before Brittney Hodnik (Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton) put the Lady Colonels on the board with her 23rd goal of the season at the 17:37 mark. She would finish with three goals on the day while dishing out two assists.

The Greyhounds would go on to score four-straight goals before Jordan Brown scored back-to-back goals less than two minutes apart. Her second goal came with 19 seconds to play in the first half, but Moravian would hold a 7-3 advantage at the break.

Moravian out-shot Wilkes 23-12 in the first half and held a 17-9 ground ball advantage in the first period.

The second half saw the Greyhounds score two-straight goals before Wilkes stormed back with four consecutive goals to pull within two (9-7), but Moravian countered by outscoring the Lady Colonels 6-2 the rest of the way.

Melissa Polchinski (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) led the team with four goals and now has a team-high 30 on the season. Goalkeeper Cassie Cronin (Manchester, NH/Manchester Memorial) picked up 11 saves in just over 42 minutes of action, while Allie Zukuft had four in the final 17:37 of the game.

Wilkes will be back in action Wednesday when they travel to face in-town rival King's at 4:30 p.m.