A fourth quarter rally fell short as the Chestnut Hill College Women's Lacrosse team fell to Holy Family University 15-11 Wednesday evening at Tiger Field in Northeast Philadelphia.

The Griffins fall to 2-6 overall and 2-4 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference games. The Tigers are now 4-2 in league play and 4-7 overall.

Kendall Gayton scored four goals and assisted on four others for eight total points. Molly Killion also scored four times and had one assist for five total points. Nicole George added three goals to round out the scoring.

Killion also led the team with five ground balls. Elizabeth Deal and Abby Galazka had four ground balls apiece. Galazka led the team with three caused turnovers while Deal and Gayton won three draw controls apiece. Erin McCarthy had eight saves in goal through the first three periods while Lyikiea Anderson added four saves in the fourth quarter.

Trailing 13-7 as the fourth quarter began, the Griffins scored three unanswered man-up goals to pull within three 13-10. George started the scoring at the 13:54 mark with Allyson Smith assisting on the play. Three minutes later Gayton had her third goal of the game with Killion on the assist and Killion scored her fourth goal of the game at the 7:48 mark with Gayton assisting.

This would be as close as the Griffins would get in the fourth quarter as the Tigers added two late goals to pull ahead by five 15-10. Gayton added her fourth goal, and third man-up goal of the game with 1:22 left to round out the scoring.

Gayton also scored twice in the first quarter to give the Griffins an early 2-1 lead, netting her first goal while the Griffins were a man-up at the 8:56 mark and adding her second with 4:52 left in the quarter. Deal assisted on Gayton's first score.

The Tigers scored two unanswered goals to lead 3-2 before Killion tied the game with an unassisted goal with 7:06 left in the second quarter. Both teams then exchanged goals with Killion adding her second goal in the final minute of the second quarter and George her first score in the opening minute of the third, a man-up tally. Gayton assisted on both goals.

Holy Family broke the 5-5 tie in the third with four consecutive goals to take a 9-5 lead before George took a pass from Elena Arenas Guisasola and scored to break the run with 5:03 left in the third, making the score 9-6. Killion added her third goal of the game with Gayton assisting with 2:19 left to make the score 10-7. Holy Family, however, scored three times in the final 1:34 of the third quarter to take their biggest lead of the game into the final period at 13-7.

The women's lacrosse team returns to action when they face nationally ranked Dominican University of New York on Saturday at Victory Field. The first draw is set for 12:00 p.m.