LAKELAND, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's lacrosse team suffered a 21-10 loss to eighth-ranked Florida Southern in Sunshine State Conference play at Moccasin Field on Saturday. The loss drops the Eagles to 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the SSC, while the Lady Mocs improved to 11-2 and 3-1 in league play.
Gillian Greenberg matched her season-high scoring total with four goals to lead the Eagle offense and reach the 100-point plateau for her career.
McKenzie Jackson, who added three goals, won seven draw controls, recorded three caused turnovers and picked up five ground balls in the Eagle effort.
Mary Catherine Kreider went the distance in goal for the Eagles and hauled a career-best 14 saves in the loss.
Florida Southern scored the first two goals of the game and led 3-1 early in the contest, but Greenberg found the back of the net twice for the Blue and Gold to cut the lead to 3-2. The Lady Mocs went on a 4-1 run to increase their lead to 7-3.
Following FSC's seventh score Jackson won the first of four straight Eagle draws, and the Blue and Gold netted four unanswered goals to knot things up at 7-7 with 8:37 left in the first half. However, the Eagles were unable to find the back of the net again in the first frame and surrendered three goals to the Lady Mocs in the last 7:21 to go into the halftime break trailing 10-7.
FSC was the more dominant team offensively in the second half, outscoring the Eagles 7-2 in the first 11 minutes of the half.
Mya Watson scored the Eagles' 10
th goal of the day at the 18:09 mark, but that was the last time the Eagles would find the back of the net as the eighth-ranked Lady Mocs defense held the Eagles scoreless for the remainder of the game while the offense added four more goals to its tally to seal the win.
Riley Bannatyne and Grace Gilnecki scored four goals apiece for a Florida Southern team that ranks third in the SSC in scoring at 18.31 goals per game.
The Eagles' next game will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday when they host Florida Tech in another Sunshine State Conference game.
