GREENVILLE, Pa. - Today that Calvin women's lacrosse team traveled to Greenville, Pa. where it fell against the Cougars of Chatham.

After tonight's match the Knights fell to 1-1 on the young season while Chatham, which played in its first game of the year, moved to 1-0.

In the first quarter Chatham opened up play by scoring four goals to take a quick lead over the Knights. The Cougars notched a fifth goal to begin the second quarter before sophomore Audrey Booher (Fishers, Ind./Heritage Christian) scored to give Calvin its first point of the night. Three minutes later junior Meghan Chang (Clarksburg, Md./Clarksburg) got on the score sheet when she found the back of the net. However, Chatham did not back down and scored two goals to end the period and take the 7-2 lead at the half.

As the third period got underway it would prove to be action packed as the Knights came out of the break strong with a quick goal from Booher. The Cougars retaliated with a goal of their own before senior Kelly Ruha (New Hope, Minn./Robbinsville Armstrong) scored for Calvin less than a minute later to make the score 8-4.

Looking to take back momentum, Chatham went on the attack and scored two goals to extend its lead. However, Calvin did not back down as sophomore Jacey Smith (Watertown, Wis./Watertown) scored for the Knights off an assist from Molly Williams (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven). Booher followed that up with back to back goals, one of which was assisted by Morgan Bethard (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt). 

At the beginning of the fourth quarter the Knights only trailed by three and continued to push on the attack. However, beside another goal scored by Booher with forty seconds left in the game, the fourth quarter was quiet and the Knights fell 10-8.

Calvin outshot Chatham 23-19 with each team recording 17 shots on goal. Calvin also recorded 15 ground balls compared to Chathams 14 and won 14 draw controls.

Booher finished the night with five goals and was credited with six draw controls. Julia Ellsworth led the Knights in ground balls with three while freshman Alex Petrusha (Milford, Mich./Milford) tallied two caused turnovers. In goal, freshman Margee Boelema (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) recorded seven saves.

COACHES COMMENT: "Chatham is a strong, fast, physical team that came out swinging," said head coach Blake Boehm. "I'm proud of the team's effort tonight. They got down early, but didn't give up. Defense locked in and held strong while offense started to figure out how to attack. We had make several adjustments in this game and it was really rewarding to see my players and coaches step up to the challenge and deliver. We're looking forward to tomorrow's game and continuing our journey."

UP NEXT: Calvin will be back in action tomorrow at 3 p.m. when they take on Thiel.