Lourdes opened the "home" portion of its 2015 season on Wednesday afternoon, falling 20-6 to fourth-ranked Indiana Tech at The Legacy Center in Brighton, Mich.
 
"We have a young team that is still growing," head coach Paul Sieben said after the game.  "I think we have some strong potential to rebound from the defeat at the hands of a strong Indiana Tech team."
 
The Warriors wasted little time jumping on the board, winning the opening draw and scoring just 11 seconds into the contest.  Indiana Tech would not surrender the lead, building a 10-1 halftime advantage.  Faith Fisher (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview H.S.) finally put Lourdes on the scoreboard with 5:23 to play before intermission after the Warriors had tallied the first seven goals.
 
Indiana Tech (1-0, 1-0 WHAC) added the first two goals of the second half before Jessie Frost (Barberton, Ohio/Barberton H.S.) tallied a goal on a free position shot.  Alyssa Long (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn H.S.) followed with a goal just 1:33 later, closing the gap to 12-3 with 25:19 remaining.
 
The Warriors answered with two goals of their own before Long tallied her second marker of the game, and team-leading eighth of the year.  Katie Cerveny (Erie, Mich./Mason Senior H.S.) scored her first goal of the season one minute later and Mackenzie Moriarty (Roseville, Minn./Roseville H.S.) scored from the free position to cap a three-goal Gray Wolf run.
 
"I was proud how we battled in the second half," Sieben stated.  "We continued to fight and found some goals after falling behind early."
 
Indiana Tech scored the final five goals of the game to close out the contest.  Alexa Winter led the Warriors with six goals while Alexis Digiovanni also had a six-point game with two goals and four assists.
 
The Warriors outshot Lourdes 38-22 for the game, but both the Gray Wolves' Kiley Ketteman (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson H.S.) and Indiana Tech's Meaghan Eldridge made nine saves in the contest.
 
Lourdes (0-2, 0-2) will return to action on Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves host second-ranked Davenport.  The game has been moved indoors and will take place at Detroit Country Day School in Beverly, Mich. beginning at 4 p.m.