ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. – The Frostburg State women’s lacrosse team lost to St. Mary’s, 13-9, despite a strong second half rally that fell short, Saturday.

Box Score

The Bobcats (1-2, 1-2) surrendered 11 first half goals behind a 7-0 Seahawk run that covered the final 24:35 of the opening period.

FSU jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead inside the first 1:30 of action and had the early momentum. However, St. Mary’s (2-1, 2-1) answered with four-consecutive goals for a 4-2 lead in the next two minutes of play.

Sophomore Taylor Cassatt (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) narrowed the gap to 4-3 with her second goal of the game at 25:31, but St. Mary’s ran off seven-straight goals for an 11-3 halftime lead.

Frostburg opened second half play with a small 3-0 spurt that trimmed the SMC lead to 11-6. After a Seahawk goal at 15:23, FSU cut further into the deficit with two more goals and trailed by just four, 12-8, with 7:33 to play.

However, the two teams traded goals over the remainder of the game as the Bobcat rally came up short.

Cassatt finished with three goals, including two in the first half. Both junior Ali Kapustin (Columbia, Md./Marriots Ridge) and freshman Malory Brunett (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) scored twice while Brunett added an assist. Freshman Katelyn Kesecker (Gambrills, Md./Arundel) scored once and handed out two assists.

In net, freshman Karoline Miller (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) made eight saves, including six in the second half during the FSU rally.

Aubrey Mirkin totaled seven points for the Seahawks on two goals and five assists while Erin Shackelford led the team with three goals to go along with one assist.

The Seahawks controlled the game with a 17-7 edge in draw controls and both teams picked up 21 ground balls.

The Bobcats return to the field on Wednesday, March 2 when they travel to Washington, D.C. to take on NCAA Division I Howard at 4:00 pm.