In a busy week, the Yeomen lacrosse team earned its sixth win of the year on Saturday before dropping games on Sunday and Wednesday.

The Yeomen got their double-duty weekend off to a good start by posting a 13-5 victory over the Medaille College Mavericks at their “home field” in Buffalo, N.Y. The Mavericks no longer have a field of their own, playing instead at a local high school. The Yeomen beat the Mavericks 11-4 at Dill Field earlier in the season, making it a clean sweep over Medaille for the season.

Medaille hung tight with the score tied at two early in the first half, but Oberlin pulled away to score 11 of the game’s final 14 goals. Junior attacker Nate Becket led the way with four goals and an assist, while first-year attacker Ian Holljes was the team’s points leader with a goal and seven assists. Sophomore Will Jaffee, last week’s NCAC Player of the Week, and first-year Bryan Harfenist contributed two goals each to the barrage.

Sophomore Jared Pickard was characteristically steady in goal, stopping 18 of 22 Maverick shots. (First-year long pole midfielder Matt Markman allowed the other Medaille goal while standing in for Pickard after the goalie took a penalty.) A bit surprising was that Oberlin actually allowed two power play goals, killing 12 of 14 penalties. Oberlin has had four perfect penalty-killing games this year and is averaging 80 percent on the penalty kill on the season.

The Yeomen remained in Buffalo overnight to face Keuka College from Keuka Park, N.Y. The Yeomen were not only playing games on back-to-back days for the first time, but also had to face an 8-0 Keuka team in the rain. The Yeomen defenders were able to contain Keuka’s top scorer, Lucas Hopkins, but the number two attacker, Ryan Halbert, caused havoc. Keuka jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Harfenist and Jaffee scored unanswered goals to halve the lead.

“We just didn’t have the legs or the numbers to run with that team after playing Medaille the night before,” Holljes said.

The Yeomen seemed to be getting into rhythm early in the second period when lightning struck — literally — forcing a 30-minute delay. When play resumed, Keuka pulled away as the Yeomen got into penalty trouble. Oberlin allowed 11 man-up opportunities and Keuka took advantage, scoring on four of them.

“I feel like we had them on their heels,” first-year long pole midfielder Jono Sanders said. “Then the lightning delay stole some of our momentum.”

The Yeomen were back in Ohio for what had been scheduled as their last game of the year against conference foe Wooster, which came into the contest tied for the conference lead. The Fighting Scots shut down the Yeoman offense en route to a 17-2 win, allowing only Holljes and sophomore Andrew Crosby to score. Crosby’s goal was an impressive display as he leapt to take a pass and shot the goal-scorer while coming down.

Injury was added to insult as Harfenist broke his left thumb, topping a long list of Yeoman injuries the team has dealt with this season.

Because of an early-season snow-out, the Yeomen have one more game to play this Sunday. Ohio Wesleyan University, among the top teams in the country, will bring a 3-1 conference record to Dill Field, looking to advance to 4-1 for a first-place tie in the conference. The Yeomen, at 6-7 will be looking to finish strong at .500.