Box Score GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Tomcat women's lacrosse team picked up their first win of 2013 with a 10-9 victory over visiting Ohio Wesleyan University Wednesday night at the Rissell-Schreyer Dome.

Emily Harrigan (West Hartford, Conn./Hall) led Thiel (1-3) with her third-straight three-goal performance. Kelley Bellia (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) added two goals while Cassy Mahdi (Odenton, Md./Arundel) totaled a goal, an assist, three groundballs and three caused turnovers. Freshman Kenady Hubbard (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada/Moon Area) scored her first collegiate goal and notched an assist, while Hannah Stelmach (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin) tallied a goal, an assist and seven draw controls. Beth Snider (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area) and Sharr Martin (San Diego, Calif./The Preuss School UCSD) each scored and Abby Spriggs (Westminster, Md./Westminster) got the win in goal, making a save in her 20 minutes between the pipes.

The Tomcats finished with a 26-19 advantage in shots, including a 19-17 edge in shots on goal, while also winning 13-of-20.

Gabrielle Dinkin paced Ohio Wesleyan (1-0) with three goals while Patricia Ryan and Saige Bell each added a pair of scores. Theresa Wolfgang anchored the Battling Bishops defensive effort, scooping up four groundballs in the loss.

The Tomcats got on the board early, wasting little time as Kelley Bellia (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) scored 26 seconds into the game to make it 1-0 Thiel. Ohio Wesleyan scored back-to-back goals, as Meredith Wholley scored with 26:42 left in the first half to make it 2-1 Battling Bishops.

Thiel wasn't fazed, as Bellia once again found the back of the net with 22 minutes remaining to tie the score 2-2. 23 seconds later, Mahdi found Hubbard, who beat the goalie to make it 3-2 Thiel. Mahdi wasn't done, scoring an unassisted goal one minute and a half later to increase the Thiel lead to 4-2.

The Battling Bishops closed the gap with 13:49 to play in the first, as Patricia Ryan scored to make it 4-3. The Tomcats dominated the rest of the half, as Harrigan and Snider each scored to give Thiel a 6-3 lead at the half.

After Sharr Martin (San Diego, Calif./The Preuss School UCSD) scored to make it 7-3 Thiel with 26 minutes left in regulation, Ohio Wesleyan scored six-unanswered goals in a span of 11 minutes to take a 9-7 lead with just 15 minutes to play.

The Tomcat offense went back to work, as Stelmach ripped a shot into the goal to bring Thiel to within one, 9-8. Some 21 seconds later, the Battling Bishops were called for a shooting space violation- allowing Stelmach a free-position attempt. She used that attempt to find her teammate Harrigan in front of the goal to tie the game at 9-9.

Harrigan scored her third goal of the game, and 12^th of this young season, just three minutes later to give the Tomcats the lead. A caused turnover and groundball off of a Battling Bishops breakaway with under a minute left in the game by Jenna Simanovsky (Plainsboro, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro North) preserved the win for Thiel.

The women's lacrosse squad returns to action on Saturday, March 2 when they play host to Kenyon College (2p.m.)