EMMITSBURG, Md. – Eighteenth-ranked Towson defeated Mount St. Mary's 15-8 in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Sunday.

Mary Kate Lavin (Ellicott City, Md./Maryvale) paced the Mount (0-3) with two goals while Kathleen Rossetti (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) added a goal and an assist in the loss.

Hillary Fratzke fueled the Tigers (1-0) with three goals and two assists. Nikki Marcinik, Lauren McAfee, Jacie Kendall and Britt Woodfield each found the twine twice in the winning effort.

Towson scored 13 goals in the first half and never looked back to earn its fifth victory against the Mountaineers after making only its second visit to Emmitsburg since the series started.

Hillary Fratzke, the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year, got the scoring started with an unassisted tally at 3:24 before Ali Lathroum found the back of the net at 4:18 for a 2-0 advantage.

Caitlin Preas (Rockville, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) got Mount St. Mary's on the scoreboard off a Jackie Kearney (Baltimore, Md./Seton Keough) assist at 6:15.

The Tigers answered with three-straight markers to grab a 5-1 lead. Kendall converted an 8-meter shot at 8:26 before Fratzke set up McAfee 23 seconds later and then Fratzke scored her second goal of the afternoon at 10:29.

Katelyn Catanese (Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's) momentarily halted the Towson run with her team-leading sixth goal of the year off a Breana Waraksa (Media,Pa./Strath Haven) helper at 12:28.

Towson then scored the final eight goals of the half to go into the intermission with a 13-2 margin. Eight different Tigers found the twine in the run.

Towson opened the second half by scoring two of the first three goals to take a 15-3 advantage. Jess Dunn scored unassisted before the Mountaineers' Jen Semler (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) answered with her second tally of the year at the 40-minute mark. Woodfield scored at 45:28, but then Mount St. Mary's scored the final five goals to cut the deficit to 15-8.

Lavin started the run with back-to-back goals. The sophomore converted a free-position shot at 47:38 before Rossetti dished out an assist on her second tally at 50:24. The Mount then converted three free-position attempts by Rossetti (52:03), Alexis Salerno (South Setauket, N.Y./Ward Mellville) (52:56) and Esther Rufolo (Woodstock, Md./Chapelgate Christian Academy) (57:21). The marker was Rufolo's first career tally.

Mary Teeter picked up her first collegiate win in the pipes, making four saves in 30 minutes while Kristy Hankinson had three saves in 17:38 minutes and Casey Lean turned away three shots in the final 12:12 of the match. Erin Kelly (Derwood, Md./Magruder) made a career-high nine saves in 35:30 minutes and Brigid McTavish (Mount Airy, Md./South Carroll) had two saves in the first 22:29 of the game.

Aly Jost (Abingdon, Md./Bel Air) fueled the Mountaineer defense with four ground balls and three caused turnovers. Catanese posted four draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover to go along with her goal.

Rossetti moved into the program's Top-10 in assists with 36 and into 25th place for career goals with 47.

Prior to Semler's goal, the Mount was 0-for-12 in its 8-meter attempts.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Wednesday at Penn State. Game time is 6:30 p.m.