GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Calvin fell 15-8 to the visiting Yellow Jackets of Baldwin-Wallace University Saturday afternoon at Zuidema Field.

Calvin trailed 7-4 at halftime and then closed to within a goal at 7-5 in the third quarter but the Yellow Jackets responded with four unanswered goals to build an 11-5 advantage.

Calvin got within four at 11-7 and 12-8 but could not get over the hump as the Knights dipped to 3-5 on the season.

Baldwin-Wallace (5-3) grabbed an early 3-1 lead but the Knights tied the game on goals from freshman Alex Petrusha (Milford, Mich./Milford HS) and junior Meghan Chang (Clarksburg, Md./Clarksburg HS).

Sophomore Morgan Bethard (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt HS) slammed in a shot off a feed from sophomore Audrey Booher (Fishers, Ind./Heritage Christian HS) with seven minutes left in the first half to make it 5-4 but Baldwin-Wallace scored with 4:42 remaining and added another momentum-building goal with 46 seconds left to take a 7-4 lead into halftime.

In the second half, Baldwin-Wallace outscored Calvin 8-4.

Booher led Calvin in defeat with three goals, two assists and five draw controls. Bethard had two goals and an assist. Petrusha had a goal and an assist. Chang had a goal, two ground balls and caused two turnovers. Sophomore Jacey Smith (Watertown, Wisc./Watertown HS) had a goal. Sophomore Ellie den Dulk (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) had three ground balls. Freshman goalie Margee Boelema (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) had a career-high 11 saves to go with six ground balls.

COACHES COMMENT: "I'm proud of our team's effort today, " said Calvin head women's lacrosse coach Blake Boehm. "We played aggressive and fast against a strong Baldwin-Wallace program. We asked our defense to make some changes from Thursday and they stepped up. We had some really good looks on offense, but we still need to piece it together and increase our attempts."