PITTSBURGH, Pa. – La Roche women's lacrosse returned home for an AMCC matchup against Mt. Aloysius, but despite holding a 6-3 lead heading into the fourth, the Mounties scored five unanswered to steal an 8-6 victory.
In a low scoring first half, it was the Mounties scoring 27 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead.
It was almost 10 minutes later the Redhawks put their first tally on the board, as Jade Fuccaro found the back of the net with 4:45 to go in the first, assisted by Jasey Reiser.
With 2:21 to go, La Roche took the lead behind a Tea Smith free position goal, but the lead lasted 10 seconds as Mt. Aloysius tied the game at 2-2.
The Mounties scored one more goal in the first, with 17 seconds remaining, to take a 3-2 lead into the second quarter.
The Redhawks would score the only goal of a very defensive second quarter, as Kiki Nemcek scored on an assist by Alex Mecchia at the 7:10 remaining mark and the 3-3 tie held into the half.
It was all La Roche in the third quarter, scoring three goals to build a 6-3 edge.
In the quarter, 7:23 elapsed before Smith scored her second of the game to make it 4-3.
Not until 1:43 remaining did the red and black net its second of the frame as Reiser scored on an assist by Isabella Fittipaldo.
Just 1:05 later, with 38 seconds left on the clock, Nemcek scored her second of the game, this time assisted by Kinsey Sperling.
After two scoreless quarters, Mt. Aloysius responded, scoring a player down just 46 seconds into the fourth to make it 6-4.
With 12:33 to go, the Mounties cut the deficit to just one, scoring a free position goal to make it 6-5 and just 1:21 later, the game was tied as Mt. Aloysius scored a player up.
Just before the midway point of the fourth, the Mounties took the lead, 7-6, scoring with 8:25 to go.
As the clock went under five minutes, Mt. Aloysius added an insurance goal with 4:56 to go as La Roche's deficit grew to two and would stay the rest of the way.
The shot total ended in favor of the Mounties 22-18 and shots on goal were 19-15, also in favor of Mt. Aloysius.
Julianna Hornikel made 11 saves in net, adding five ground balls and five caused turnovers to her line.
Fuccaro would go on to add four ground balls, while Victoria Biagetti had six caused turnovers, followed by Reiser and Mecchia with four.
The Redhawks are back in action on Saturday, Apr. 20 when they host Hilbert for Senior Day. Faceoff is set for 1 p.m.