Aly Dowey races for the ground ball against Trinity on March 7, 2015. (Photo by Kim Lloyd/Bates College)

LEWISTON, Maine - Eight different players scored goals, but Bates College women's lacrosse fell to No. 8 nationally ranked Trinity College, 15-8 in NESCAC action Saturday afternoon at Garcelon Field.

The Bobcats (4-3, 1-2 NESCAC), after trailing by as many as four in the first half, rallied to within two on several different occasions in the second half, but six unanswered goals by the Bantams in the final 15 minutes of play proved to be the difference. Trinity was led by Martha Griffin, who scored five goals and notched two assists on the day.

Trinity jumped out to the early lead, on a goal by Caroline Hayes less than a minute into the first half. The Bantams added two more tallies from Molly Cox and Griffin, before first-year Camille Belletete (Jaffrey, N.H.) put Bates on the board with a free-position goal.

Trinity responded with three consecutive goals over the next ten minutes for a 6-1 lead with 10:58 remaining before the half. Bates swung the momentum back in their favor however, when junior goalkeeper Hannah Jeffrey (Greenwich, Conn.) stepped up for a big save and the Bobcats raced down the field for the transition goal from senior Emma Getsinger (Darien, Conn.).

Less than a minute later, Bates forced a turnover and first-year Allison Dewey (Vergennes, Vt.) won the ground ball to give the Bobcats a key possession, and Dewey followed with a goal on a feed from junior Moriah Greenstein (Glenmont, N.Y.) to cut the lead in half. After a Trinity timeout, Dewey won the ensuing draw and Greenstein rattled the shot off of the bottom of the crossbar to net the Bobcats' third goal in three minutes and bring them to within two, 6-4 heading into intermission.

The Bobcats opened the second with their momentum in tact, as Emma Getsinger won the first draw of the half and junior Alex Briody (North Kingstown, R.I.) followed with the quick strike on a pass from Greenstein to pull Bates within one, 6-5.

Trinity answered with two quick goals from Clare Lyne and another from Griffin to stretch the lead back to three, but first-year Annie Duke (Englewood, Col.) caught a transition pass at mid-field and hit first-year Teal Otley (Cumberland, Maine) on the run, who found the back of the net to again bring Bates within two, 8-6.

The teams traded goals over the next five minutes, with junior Kelan McCann (Shrewsbury, Mass.) scoring the seventh goal for Bates and bringing her team within two with 16:11 remaining in regulation. But the Bantams scored four goals in a little over two minutes, and tallied two more in the final ten minutes to put the game out of reach.

Sophomore Sydney Cowles (Wayne, Pa.) scored the eighth and final goal for Bates, and Hannah Jeffrey recorded 11 saves on the day. The Bobcats next travel to Endicott College on Tuesday, March 17 for a non-conference game at 5:00 p.m.