NEWBURGH, NY – On Saturday afternoon, the Maritime College women's lacrosse team traveled to Mount St. Mary for its regular season finale.  Needing a win to clinch a home game in the Skyline Conference Tournament, the Privateers (8-5, 5-3 Skyline) fell to the Knights (10-5, 5-3 Skyline) by a 14-11 count at Kaplan Field.

Jenna Lesiewicz (Wading River, NY) put Maritime on the board first, but Victoria Ward scored for the Knights just 14 seconds later to tie the game.  That goal started a 7-1 Mount St. Mary run, as the Knights opened up a 7-2 advantage early in the second quarter.  Morgan Tracy (Cambridge, MD) snapped the spurt at the 11:36 mark of the second quarter, and Emily Commodore (Tinton Falls, NJ) pulled the Privateers within 9-5 at halftime.

Maritime opened the third quarter with four straight goals, evening the score at 9-9 on Gabrielle Nicolosi's (West Islip, NY) tally with 8:18 to go in the quarter.  After the Knights took an 11-9 lead into the fourth quarter, Commodore brought the Privateers back within one when she put one home off a pass from Nicolosi at the 12:11 mark.  However, Mount St. Mary would notch three of the last four tallies to earn a 14-11 victory and the No. 4 seed in the Skyline Tournament.  Maritime will enter its third straight Skyline Tournament as the No. 5 seed.

Commodore paced the Privateers with five goals, and she also recorded four draw controls.  Traccy scored three times, while Lesiewicz finished with two goals and two assists to go along with four ground balls and five caused turnovers.  Mia Brandenstein (West Islip, NY) caused four turnovers, and Kathryn Sandford (Floral Park, NY) collected a game-high five ground balls while adding three caused turnovers.  Tori Koenig (Roxbury, NJ) (8-5) was credited with 10 saves in the loss.

For Mount St. Mary, Karlie Ferrucci notched six points on four goals and two assists.  Victoria Ward also scored four times.  She added nine draw controls.  Shannon McGowan, meanwhile, had three goals and four assists.  Delisianna Naccataro picked up a team-best four draw controls to go along with four draw controls, and Kate Crooker gathered four ground balls of her own.  In addition to securing three ground balls, goalkeeper Liz Petrellese (7-5) made 13 saves.

The Privateers and Knights will meet again at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the first round of the Skyline Tournament.  It will be the first-ever playoff matchup between the teams, with the winner advancing to face top-seeded Merchant Marine (11-2, 8-0 Skyline) in the semifinals.