HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (Apr. 27, 2017)- Senior Priscilla Ortiz (Denville, N.J. / Morris Knolls) totaled four points on four goals, including eight groundballs and six caused turnovers as the Centenary University women's lacrosse team dropped its 2017 season finale to Wilkes University, 15-8 on Thursday afternoon.

Jessyca Held totaled 10 points on seven goals and three assists for the Colonels who improve to 5-9 overall. Senior Abby Voelkner (Denville, N.J. / Morris Knolls) totaled three points on three goals for the Cyclones who finish the season at 2-12 overall.

Wilkes took an early 2-0 lead on back-to-back goals by Held, before the Cyclones scored three unanswered goals to even the contest at 3-3 with 12:07 remaining. Freshman Kassiday Scheuring (Hampton Bays, N.Y. / Hampton Bays), who assisted on Ortiz's game tying goal, gave Centenary their first and only lead of the contest with a score at the 4:12 mark.The Colonels regained the lead just before halftime as goals by Held and Reilly Meanor propelled Wilkes to a 5-4 advantage at intermission.

Wilkes stretched their lead to 7-4 early in the second half, before Voelkner netted her first goal of the afternoon at the 18:49 mark. The Colonels continued to revolve their offense around Held, Meanor and Krya Boccio as the trio combined for all 10 second half goals.Wilkes held a 10-5 lead, when Ortiz notched her fourth goal of the afternoon and Voelkner tallied her second to cut the Colonels lead to 10-7 with 10:50 remaining in the contest. Wilkes pushed their advantage back to 14-7, before Voelkner netted a late free position goal with 1:28 remaining.

Ortiz and Voelkner combined for seven draw controls, while sophomore Renee Hack (Old Bridge, N.J. / Bishop George Ahr) made nine saves and tallied six groundballs in 60 minutes of work. Junior Katie O'Connell (Nutley, N.J. / Nutley) and freshman Cailin O'Hara (Doylestown, Pa. / Central Bucks West) each recorded three groundballs, while freshman Krysta Astengo (Clifton, N.J. / Clifton), senior Korin Karszen (Manorville, N.Y. / Eastport South Manor), sophomore Nicole Soriero (Monroe Township, N.J. / Monroe Township) and senior Morgan Haller (Stroudsburg, Pa. / Pocono Mountain East) each tallied two groundballs in the loss.