Castine, ME - The Husson women's basketball team dropped their North Atlantic Conference opener to Maine Maritime Academy on Tuesday night, 56-37. The Eagles fall to 0-3 (0-1 NAC), while the Mariners improve to 2-2 overall, (1-0 NAC).

First year Victoria McIntyre (Mars Hill, ME) paced Husson with 22 points and nine boards. Kelli Murray (Shawmut, ME) grabbed 8 rebounds for the Eagles. Courtney DuFour scored a career-high 23 points on seven threes to lead Maine Maritime, and Leah Jackson added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Mariners.

The Mariners jumped out to an 8-4 lead before a layup from Chrissy Larrabee (Brooks, ME) and a three by McIntyre gave Husson a 9-8 lead with 13:41 left in the opening half. MMA answered with an 11-0 run, spanning six minutes, to lead 19-9 with 7:16 left. Free throws from Riley Boyle (Glenburn, ME) cut MMA's lead to 19-11 before the Mariners closed out the half with a 12-3 scoring run to lead 31-16 at halftime. DuFour scored five in the run for MMA.

Husson opened the second half with nine unanswered point—seven by McIntyre and two from Chrissy Larrabee—to get within six, 31-25, with 16:35 left in the game. Kari Jones' three a minute later put MMA ahead by nine and Mariners lead never went below 11 the rest of the game.

Husson returns to action Friday at home against NAC rival Castleton at 5:30 p.m.