Sewanee, TN – The Oberlin College women's lacrosse team came out of the halftime break tied at 10-10 but were outscored 5-3 in the second 30 minutes as they fell to the Tigers 15-13 on Saturday afternoon.
 
Annie Payne led the Yeowomen with five goals while Tess Siciliano recorded her second straight three-goal performance to start the season. Sophomore Bette Imhoff added a pair of goals along with one assist for a three-point day.
 
Siciliano got the scoring started early as Leah Crowther set her up for a tally 21 seconds into the contest but Sewanee would answer quickly 34 seconds later to tie the score at 1-1.
 
Back-to-back goals by Imhoff put Oberlin ahead 3-1 at the 23:29 mark but Sewanee scored four of the next five goals to take a 5-4 lead. The Yeowomen countered with four straight markers by Kyra Aviles, Ali Wessel, Crowther and Payne over a 6:38 stretch to retake the lead at 8-5 with 10:09 left in the opening stanza.
 
The Tigers roared back with three consecutive tallies of their own to tie it back up but Payne would score less than a minute later to put her team ahead by one, 9-8, before a Siciliano goal with 52 seconds remaining sent the teams to the break knotted at 10-10.
 
The second half was a much quieter affair with Sewanee scoring twice in the first five minutes and change to jump ahead by two goals. Payne would score a pair of timely goals to pull Oberlin within one, first at 12-11 and then at 13-12 with 17:55 remaining on the clock.
 
This time the Tigers answered quickly as they responded 24 seconds after Payne's second marker to regain the two-goal advantage before adding another just over half way through the stanza to push their lead to three at 15-12.
 
Siciliano gave the Yeowomen late life as she netted her third goal of the game, this time unassisted, with 9:10 remaining but both teams went scoreless down the stretch as Sewanee staved off Oberlin by two, 15-13.
 
It was a tight contest across the board as the Oberlin outshot Sewanee 39-32 while the Tigers committed just two more turnovers (37-35) and scooped up one more ground ball (36-35) than the Yeowomen.
 
Oberlin finishes their Tennessee trip on Sunday, March 1 with a 1:00 p.m. match against Roanoke.