BANGOR, Maine - Husson University fell to Maine Maritime Academy, 15-10, in North Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action at John P. Boucher field on Thursday evening.

The Mariners opened the game with a women-down goal from junior Beth Labbe in the first four minutes, but the Eagles put the visitors on their heels with back-to-back goals from first-year Emma Romatzick and junior Devyn Veits less than 21 seconds part to take a 2-1 lead with 10:21 remaining in the first quarter. Maine Maritime (6-6, 4-1 NAC) received two straight goals from sophomore Darby Cendoma before junior Sophia Gomez and Romatzick gave Husson (0-8, 0-4 NAC) a 4-3 advantage heading into the second stanza.

First-year Maddy Benoit pushed the Eagle lead to a two goals when she fired a free position shot into the back of the Mariners' net one minute and five seconds into the second period. Labbe cut the Husson deficit down to one with a strike at the 12:26 mark but a late goal by Gomez in the final seconds of the first half provided the host with a 6-4 margin going into intermission.

Out of the break, the Mariners took their first lead since the opening minutes of the game with three-goal run spanning over the first two minutes of the third to stake a 7-6 advantage with 13:42 remaining in the period. First-year Hazel Stoddard highlighted the run with back-to-back goals 16 seconds apart from each other before junior Olivia Harriman put the Mariners on top.

Husson countered quickly to regain the lead with free position goals from Romatzick and Gomez. The Mariners refused to go away as Stoddard tailed her third of the game to make it an 8-8 game with 7:21 left in the third. The Eagles struck late once again this time coming off the stick of sophomore Abigail Booth, who received a nice pass from Benoit as Husson took a 9-8 lead into the final stanza.

Harriman scored the tying (9-9) goal in the early minutes of the fourth before Benoit once again untied it with an unassisted strike 13 seconds later. The game remained 10-9 Husson until the 12:13 mark when Labbe scored the equalizer on a women-up advantage and Stoddard delivered the game-clincher a few minutes later off a women-up opportunity with 10:40 remaining in the game. The Mariners received goals from Labbe, Stoddard and sophomore Aubrey Mitchell in the final minutes to pick up the 15-10 victory.

First-year Emily Godfrey made eight saves in the setback while sophomore Charlotte Rose, who picked the win, turned away seven shots for the Mariners.

Husson will host Cazenovia College on Saturday April 23rd at 12:00 p.m.