BANGOR, Maine — The Husson University women's lacrosse team dropped a tightly contested 11-10 decision to Maine Maritime Academy at home in North Atlantic Conference action on Thursday. 
 
Husson (2-5, 1-1 NAC) took an early lead over MMA (7-1, 3-0 NAC) in Thursday's conference showdown scoring the first goal of the game off senior Maddy Benoit's net finder from freshman Kate Boehmcke. 
 
The Mariners tied the game 1-1 minutes later, but junior Laela Martinez connected on a pass from junior Gracie Gardner for a 2-1 edge. 
 
MMA managed to tie the game at the 6:52 mark in the first quarter and took the lead with its third goal a minute later. 
 
The Eagles scored with 4:00 minutes remaining in the opening quarter to even the game 3-3 heading into the second quarter off a goal from junior Averi Baker from Benoit. 
 
Both the Mariners and Eagles traded goals over the opening five minutes of the second quarter with MMA coming away with a 5-4 advantage. However, Husson netted back-to-back goals to take a 6-5 edge before the Maine Maritime tied the game 6-6 with 6:25 remaining. Gardner, Martinez and Boehmcke all scored for the Eagles. 
 
Boehmcke later started a three-goal run for Husson to close out the half as senior Jordyn Lengle assisted on back-to-back goals by senior Natalie Whitten and Baker to give the Eagles a 9-6 lead. 
 
Coming out of the half, MMA netted two goals over the first 10 minutes of the third quarter to cut the deficit to 9-8 before Boehmcke recorded a hat trick with her third goal from Baker to push the lead to 10-8. 
 
However, a late card in the third quarter gave MMA a crucial woman-up opportunity that the Mariners converted on to pull within 10-9. 
 
Thursday's conference showdown, came down to a deciding fourth quarter with MMA tying the game with 10:52 remaining and scoring the eventual game-winning goal with 8:48 to come away with the tightly contest 11-10 decision. 
 
Both Husson and MMA combined for 17 cards and 45 fouls, senior Jordyn Lengle finished with a game-high seven draw controls and four ground balls. 
 
Boehmcke added a game-high four caused turnovers, while Lengle added two. Senior Emma Beegz stood tall in cage for the Eagles recording 10 saves on the night.