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Staten Island, NY - Junior midfielder Jessica Mills (Vernon Township, NJ/Vernon) scored a hat trick, freshman midfielder Olivia Streilein added two goals and sophomore midfielder Shea Gegan (Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan) chipped in with one goal and assisted on three others but Siena was able to overcome an early 3-0 deficit en route to a 12-8 win over Wagner in women's lacrosse action.
 
With the loss, the Seahawks fall to 1-2 on the young season while the Saints improve to 2-1.
 
Wagner is next in action on Wednesday, March 5 when the Seahawks host Manhattan at Hameline Field with opening draw set for 4:00 pm.
 
Wagner jumped out leads of 3-0 and 5-2 in this contest. But the Saints closed he first half with a four-goal run to take a 6-5 lead at intermission. e year, 12-8 over Wagner at Siena Turf Field. The win marked the first collegiate coaching victory for new Siena Head Coach Melissa Pearsall.
 
Siena (1-2) scored the final four goals of the first half to take its first lead, 6-5 at the break, and never trailed again. After a Mills unassisted tally with 14:05 to play in the game, Siena went on another 4-0 run to build the lead to 12-7 before Mills knocked in the game-final goal off a Gegan assist with 3:37 to go fashion the final score at 12-8.
 
Siena won 17-of-23 draw controls. Each team took 27 shots while the Saints held a slim 27-26 edge in groundballs.
 
Junior Shannon Sweeney (Madison, NJ/Madison) recorded 11 saves in goal for Wagner while Samantha DePasquale was credited with14 saves.