ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's lacrosse team was unable to notch a win in their season-opener on Saturday, falling to Flagler 16-11 at the Flagler Lacrosse Field. The loss drops the 16^th-ranked Eagles to 0-1 on the young season, while the Saints (RV) move to 2-0.
 
Flagler had the advantage early in Saturday's contest, scoring the first two goals of the game to go up 2-0. The Eagles got a goal back when Kenley Zeruto finished an Anna Maurer feed. The Saints struck again to go up 3-1, but Sallie Squire and Zeruto answered again with a goal apiece in the last five minutes to even the score at 3-3 heading into the second quarter.
 
The Blue and Gold won the second period as goals by Squire, Madison Ellwood and Alexa Zeruto helped the Eagles outscore the Saints 3-1. Aubrey Fixen was a wall in goal for the Eagles in the second and her performance in that frame helped ERAU to a 6-4 lead at the half.
 
Flagler scored early and often in the third. The Saints capitalized on 11 shots to outscore the Eagles 7-2 and heading into the final period, the home team took over the lead, 11-8.
 
Ellwood's second goal afternoon opened the scoring in the fourth at the 12:57 mark and just over a minute later, Alexa Zeruto scored to pull the Eagles within a goal (11-10). With 8:42 left to play, the Saints ended a three-minute scoring drought by both teams, netting three goals in less than two minutes to widen the gap and two more scores in the final three minutes helped seal the victory for the home team.
 
Ellwood and Squire finished with three goals each for the Eagles, while Alexa Zeruto tallied a game-high four assists. Fixen went the distance between the pipes, collecting 11 saves.
 
The Eagles are back on the road on Wednesday, traveling to Young Harris for a game that starts at 1 p.m.