DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Despite a strong second-half effort, the Embry-Riddle women's lacrosse team fell to the University of Alabama at Huntsville on Saturday afternoon, 19-11. The Eagles fell to 6-6 in their inaugural season while the Chargers improved to 9-3 on the year.

The Chargers took control early in the game, scoring the contest's first five goals in the opening eight minutes before Kendall Leonard got the Eagles on the board with a score at the 21:30 mark.

After a sixth UAH goal, the Eagles got back-to-back goals from Amanda Dargie and Erin Bryenton to trim the lead to 6-3, but a 4-0 Charger run put the difference at 10-3 and after a Mya Watson goal with 2:12 to play, Alanna Carvalho answered for the Chargers as the visitors took an 11-4 advantage into the halftime break.

Meg Jourden fed Devyn Taht and Taht found the back of the net just over two minutes into the second half as the hosts try to grab some momentum away from UAH, but a string of five consecutive scores put the game nearly out of reach with 20 minutes on the clock.

The resilient first-year Eagles responded with a 5-1 run, starting with a pair of goals from Gillian Greenberg, and followed with two Leonard scores sandwiched around a McKenzie Jackson goal, making it 17-10 in favor of the Chargers, but with just three minutes to go the Eagles couldn't complete the comeback.

UAH had a big advantage in shots (40-26), while the Eagles owned the draw control battle (18-14). Skylar Mossop made 11 saves in net for the Blue and Gold, while Leonard led the way with three goals and both Greenberg and Jackson finished with two scores.

The Eagles return to Sunshine State Conference play on Wednesday, April 4 when they travel to West Palm Beach to take on Palm Beach Atlantic at 6 p.m.