BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – The LIU women's lacrosse team returned home to face Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, falling to the Mountaineers, 13-9. With the result, the Sharks move to 2-11 overall and 1-3 in Northeast Conference play.
 
There were four goals scored in the first four minutes of the game, including a goal from Rachel Weber, to give Mount St. Mary's an early 3-1 lead. Minutes later, Leah Nonnenmann got space in front of cage and fired in a goal to bring the game within one. 
 
The Mount responded with two straight goals before Francesca Vasile-Cozzo scored from a Hannah Keneally assist. It was 5-3, Mountaineers, after the first.
 
The second period saw a combined seven goals, beginning with Olivia Fantigrossi at the 10:53 mark to bring the deficit to one goal. The Mount held and added four more in the period, not before goals from Keneally and Nonnenmann to make it 9-6, Mountaineers, at halftime.
 
In the third, both teams added a goal to move to the fourth with the Mount leading, 10-7. Amanda Masullo scored her team-leading 21^st goal in the third to try and bring the Sharks back into the contest. 
 
An exciting sequence kicked off in the fourth when Nonnenmann notched a hat trick off Kenneally's third assist to bring the game within two. After the Mountaineers hit the post on a free positon, Catherine Robles picked up the ground ball, fired it down field, and Nonnenmann scored her fourth goal, making it 10-9 with 7:53 to go.
 
That was as close as the Sharks would come, as the Mountaineers added three straight scores to close the contest, 13-9. Hailey Duchnowski was given the loss in cage after recording 10 saves.
 
Up next, the Sharks travel to Sacred Heart on Saturday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m.