VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Villanova women's lacrosse team defeated the Siena Saints 12-7 on Saturday, Feb. 23 to grab their second win of the season. The Wildcats now have a two-game win streak at home and are 2-1 on the season. Siena has yet to win a competition this season and is now 0-3. Villanova jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead over Siena within the first three minutes of action. The Wildcats received goals from Carlye Maita and Devin Hassinger, whose goal was assisted by Katie Comerford. The Wildcat's defense held strong and did not allow the Saints to get off a shot for the first eight minutes of the half. By this time, the 'Cats were out shooting their opponent 8-1. Villanova kept firing off shots, but Sammy Horton came up big in the net and saved Villanova's next four shots on goal. Siena grabbed their first goal in the game with 18:19 remaining in the first half to cut the lead down to 2-1. At this point in the game, the playing field leveled out and possession between the two fluctuated for a chunk of the half. Villanova snagged back their two-point lead with 12 minutes remaining when Nicole Concannon set Hassinger up in front of the net for her second goal of the contest. The Wildcats kept their lead until the Saints everlasting pressure finally broke through Villanova's defense. Kaitlyn Dowsett scored to bring the score to 3-2 and within a minute and a half Siena's Mary Soures tied things up at three. With 1:26 remaining in the half, Villanova was resilient to take back the lead and was able to apply heavy pressure on the offensive end. Junior Maggie Jennings cut around a Siena player, leaving her on her knees, to then cut across the front of the goal and score over a group of Saints on the left side. Jenning's goal put the Wildcats up 4-3 headed into halftime. The momentum headed into halftime, rolled over into the start of the second half as the Wildcats wasted no time in padding their lead, scoring a total of eight goals in the second 30 minutes. Grainger Rosati scored the first goal of the frame to give her team a 5-3. Within five minutes of Rosati's goal, Maita also netted her second of the game and at that point extending the lead once more (6-3). Siena answered back with a goal of their own, but the Wildcats went on a five-goal run to counterattack. Ashley Lynch started off the run with a free position goal and freshman Alexa Tsahalis scored her first collegiate goal of her career. Rosati followed with her second goal of the game and then Devon Brown capped off the run with two of her own to set the lead at 11-4. With four minutes left in the game, the two opponents went on to exchange goals until Villanova's lead became 12-6. To close things out, the Saints netted in a last-minute goal with three seconds on the clock to make the final score 12-7. Maita, Hassinger, Rosati and Brown each contributed two goals apiece to lead the team and Concannon dished out two assists for a team high. The 'Cats only recorded four assists on their 12 goals. Hassinger won eight draw controls to move up the leader board in all-time career draw controls. She now sits in third with 125, surpassing Becky Gardner ('04-'06). Villanova led Siena in every category except turnovers which they were tied for with 16. The Wildcats recorded 32 shots, 16 saves, 16 ground balls, 13 draw controls and had 10 free-position shots. The Saints tallied 24 shots, 13 saves, 12 ground balls, six draw controls and had nine free-position shots. Alexa Moro made her first career start and recorded a total of 16 saves on 23 shots faced. After facing 76 shots in three games, she now has 29 saves on the season for a .500 save percentage and is 2-0 while standing in the net. The Wildcats return to action Wednesday, Feb. 27 for a 3 p.m. matchup against Navy in the Villanova Stadium.