EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. – The Wilkes women's lacrosse team were defeated at Schmidt Stadium on Wednesday night, as they fell 20-5 against DeSales University.

Wilkes fall to 2-7 on the year with the loss, while DeSales improve to 7-2 with the win.

The Bulldogs opened the scoring with two goals to take the early lead, but Maleah Cobham (Westbury, NY/W.T. Clarke) had other plans as she scored two goals of her own to tie the game up at two goals each. Her first goal was unassisted a man-up, and the second was assisted by Ava Ward (Mount Pleasant, SC/Bishop England).

DeSales responded with 14 unanswered goals, holding a 16-2 lead in the third before Alexis Guttilla (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph by-the-Sea) scored her first goal of the season to make it a 16-3 game, assisted by Sam Mullen (Dover, PA/York Catholic). Cobham completed her hat trick with an unassisted goal with 3:42 left in the third quarter to make it 16-4.

Cobham made it four with the final goal of the game, a man-up goal assisted by Guttilla to make it a 20-5 contest.

Cobham led the Colonels with four goals and six shots on goal, while Guttilla added two points with her goal and assist. Ava Ward (Mount Pleasant, SC/Bishop England) shared the team-high in ground balls with two and led in caused turnovers (3) and draw controls (4). In net, Samantha Scott (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley) made 10 saves for the Colonels.

Jess Brey led DeSales with five goals and nine draw controls, while Christina DiGuglielmo led with three assists. The duo also shared the team lead in ground balls with four each. In net, both Michaela Regan and Nicole Minelli made three saves.

The Colonels are back in action on Friday, March 29 as they travel to Juniata College for a Landmark Conference contest at 4:00 p.m.