Not even divine intervention could keep the Lady Dragons from seeing their winning streak end at five games after a 3-2 loss to Bishop Fenwick on Saturday afternoon in Duxbury. Facing the Crusaders in non-league action, Duxbury watched the visitors rally from a 1-0 first-half deficit to win their third game in a row with 12 minutes left in the game.

The Crusaders are a Division I team that plays on turf: a factor that may have caught Duxbury off guard after easily walking through its five-game winning streak.

“We should be stepping it up now because we need to know how much faster the game is on our turf,” said Coach Pam Manley.

With many players delayed by the morning’s confirmation ceremony, Manley was worried that her team’s energy level might not be there in the first half.

“There was something lacking in our energy in the first half, but I could tell the girls wanted it badly,” said the coach.

Whatever the coach thought she saw didn’t seem to matter to sophomore Cory Connolly, who banged home a rebound of a Mimi Smith shot just seven minutes into the game for a 1-0 Duxbury lead.

Fenwick would tie it up later in the half, as both teams went to the sidelines for the intermission.

It didn’t take long for the visitors to grab the lead when Duxbury goalie Sophie Fitzpatrick was whistled for covering up the ball, resulting in a penalty shot. Fitzpatrick managed to get a piece of the ball on the shot, but her momentum pushed it into the corner of the net for a 2-1 Fenwick lead.

Sophomore forward Grace Nissi would get her team back in the game when she tied the score at 2-2 twelve minutes into the half.

The Crusaders kept up the pressure midway through the second half and tested Fitzpatrick repeatedly, garnering six straight corners and setting up the game-winner for Elizabeth Sears with 12 minutes showing on the clock.

“That’s just about the time I give the starters a break, but Keri Gould was doing such a great job on defense I couldn’t get her out of there,” said Manley. “ I think the whole defense was just getting worn out.”

While Manley did see her team pick up its game in the second half, momentum had shifted to the visitors and getting it back was difficult.

“Our energy level rose in the second half, but it was playing at their game. They continued to keep the ball on the right side and we just couldn’t swing the ball across the field or get it to the open spots.”

The loss came on the heels of Duxbury’s big Patriot League win (2-0) in Hingham on Wednesday.

Goals by junior midfielder Siobhan McCarthy and senior forward Chandler Vuilliemier were all Duxbury would need, as they controlled play and limited the Harborwomen to six shots on Fitzpatrick.

“Because our defense is playing so solidly, we had a lot of strong hits today and some big runs by Mimi Smith and Lila Haffey that allowed us to put pressure on their net,” said Manley.

After hosting Middleboro Tuesday night, the Lady Dragons will face their toughest test of the Patriot League season when they travel to Hanover on Thursday afternoon to take on the Indians at 4 p.m.