EDWARDSVILLE – After trailing 3-1 in the first seven minutes of the game, visiting DeSales University rallied for eight straight goals to take a 9-3 lead to the break which they would never relinquish on way to a 14-7 victory over host Wilkes University on Wednesday afternoon at Schmidt Stadium.
 
Wilkes dropped to 4-7 overall and 0-4 in MAC Freedom games following the home defeat.
 
Reilly Meanor (Etters, PA/Red Land) put Wilkes on the board first scoring just fifty seconds in before DeSales answered with a goal at the 25:47 mark. Maura Brownsey (Glenside, PA/St. Basil Academy) and Kyra Boccio (Dingmans Ferry, Pa./Delaware Valley) pushed Wilkes ahead with goals at the 23:37 and 23:07 marks before the furious DeSales rally began.
 
The Bulldogs went on to score the game's next eight goals to end the first half taking a 9-3 lead to the break and all of the momentum.
 
Jessyca Held (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon) and Meanor scored for Wilkes to open the second half cutting the DeSales lead to 10-5 with 24:30 left to play, but three straight DeSales goals put the visitors ahead for good up 13-5 with just 13 minutes remaining. Meanor added her third goal of the game and Brownsey her second late in the second half that proved too little too late for Wilkes.
 
DeSales held a 43-28 shot advantage while posting 13 of the 23 draw controls in the game. Sarah Carlini (Collegeville, PA/Pope John Paul II) finished with 17 saves for Wilkes in net.
 
Wilkes hosts Manhattanville College in a MAC Freedom home finale on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Schmidt Stadium. Wilkes' lone senior Callie Flowers (Lexington Park, MD/Leonardtown) will be honored prior to the game to celebrate Senior Day for the Lady Colonels.