MURFREESBORO, N.C. - Despite leading by as many as four goals in the first half, the Newberry Wolves' women's lacrosse team found itself on the wrong end of an 11-9 scoreline in a neutral site loss to the UVa-Wise Highland Cavaliers at Chowan University on Tuesday.

Newberry falls to 4-2 overall with the loss after a brutal stretch of four games in five days. The Wolves are off until Saturday, when they take on South Atlantic Conference rival Tusculum at noon in Greeneville, Tenn.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Jessica Baxtrom recorded her fourth hat trick of the season, scoring three goals and passing out an assist.
• Alexis Kahler and Savannah Ohliger each notched a pair of goals.
• Katie Thompson cause five turnovers and Morgan Raffaele picked up four ground balls.
• Goalkeeper Brandy Bowman made 10 saves.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Newberry cracked open the scoring on a Baxtrom shot from a free position less than a minute into the contest. The Wolves would go on to score the game's opening four goals in the first 11 minutes of play. Kahler scored both of her goals in the early 4-0 surge.

With 7:49 to play in the first half, an Ohliger goal made Newberry's lead 6-1, which would be the largest for either team in the contest. UVa-Wise scored twice in the closing minutes of the half to narrow that lead to 6-3.

Those two goals would carry momentum over into the second have for the Highland Cavs, as it kickstarted a 7-0 run for Wise. The opposition kept the Wolves off of the scoreboard for the first 13 and a half minutes of the second half and flipped the lead to a 8-6 edge for the Cavs.

Back-to-back goals from Ajahna Grosvenor and Baxtrom tied the game up at 8-8 with 16:09 to play. UVa-Wise then went on another surge, scoring three straight goals while holding Newberry off of the tally sheet until Rachel Dillon found the net at the 3:23 mark to make it an 11-9 UVa-Wise edge.

Dillon's shot attempt at the 2:08 mark was saved and a UVa-Wise clearance attempt would be good, allowing the Cavs to stall and run the clock to zeroes and hand Newberry a loss.