WINCHESTER, Va. – The Frostburg State women's lacrosse team dropped its 2015 season opener at Shenandoah Tuesday night, 9-7.
Sophomores Megan Hart and Charlotte Hines combined for over 50 percent of the Bobcats' goals and sophomore goaltender Dylan Teitelbaum had eight saves in the second half, but FSU couldn't overcome a second half surge from Shenandoah.
Both teams were nearly identical in free-position shots, FSU was 4-for-5 and SU was 3-for-4, but Frostburg State (0-1, 0-0 CAC) was 15-of-19 in clears while Shenandoah was 12-of-19. However, the Hornets' (2-1, 0-0 ODAC) held the advantage in shots (26-17), ground balls (24-18), and draw controls (12-6).
Megan Hart opened up scoring just 30 seconds into the game, but Shenandoah's Sabrina Rasoulov answered back after burying as pass from Miranda Rudacille. The Bobcats then capitalized on three free-position shots from sophomore Molly Hart, junior Marissa Howk and Megan Hart to take a quick 4-1 lead.
Annie McCorry and Cortney Gensemer sandwiched two goals from Liz Bereit to give the Hornets a one-goal advantage with 3:13 before the half. Hines found the back of the net to tie the game at five and senior Malory Brunett scored with nine seconds left to give FSU a 6-5 lead heading into halftime.
Neither team got on the board until 7:18 passed in the second half when the Hornets' Bereit took advantage of a free-position shot to tie the game at 6. Bereit added the next goal for SU after connecting on a pass from Rasoulov.
Hines added the Bobcats' final tally on a free-position shot with 9:07 left to play and tied the game for the fifth time, 7-7.
Rudacille took back the lead for Shenandoah with 7:25 to play after finding a pass from Bereit. Another free-position goal from Bereit gave the Hornets' their final two-goal advantage with 5:10 before the last horn.
Megan Hart and Hines had two goals each for Frostburg while Brunett, Molly Hart and Howk each added one. Sophomore goaltender Dylan Teitelbaum totaled 12 saves in the cage.
The Hornets' were led by Beneit's five goals and one assist while McCorry, Rudacille, Gensemer and Rasoulov had one each. Rachel Levy had five saves.
The Bobcats return to action Saturday when they play host to McDaniel at 2:00 p.m.
