Emmitsburg, Md. (March 9, 2016) – Mount St. Mary's women's lacrosse came back from a five-goal deficit, but was clipped by George Washington, 9-8, in non-conference women's lacrosse action Wednesday at Waldron Family Stadium.

Kelly Maloney paced the Mountaineers with a team-high three goals, while Nicole Lantuh and Nicole Snyder each added a pair of scores in the contest.

Bailey Forcier led the Colonials, tallying a game-high five points on four goals and one assist, and Gabbi Hull chipped in with a pair of scores to help pace George Washington in the win.

Steph Rurkowski stopped six shots in goal for the Mount, and freshman Jillian Petito also made her debut in the contest. Adele Wise and Erin Long combined for seven saves in the Colonial cage, with Long collecting the win.

George Washington tallied the opening five goals of the game in the first eight-plus minutes, including a pair from Forcier, to open the early advantage. Mount St. Mary's answered with the final four goals of the half to close the gap to 5-4 heading into the break. Lantuh broke the Colonials rally with a free-position goal for the Mount's first score of the game, and Maloney netted two of the team's final three scores to help power the run.

Snyder scored just over three minutes into the second half to knot the game at 5-5 with 26 minutes remaining, but the Colonials responded with the next three goals to push their lead back to three, 8-5, at the 17:50 mark.

Lantuh, Maloney and Sammie Knapp registered three straight goals for the Mountaineers in a span of six minutes to even the game at 8-all with 10:53 remaining in the contest. Three minutes later, Hull found the back of the net with her second of the game for the go-ahead goal.

The Mount had a pair of free-position attempts late in the game, but were turned away by Long as the Colonials remained in front, 9-8. With under 10 seconds remaining, the Mountaineers forced a turnover and worked the ball into the offensive end, but weren't able to get a shot off before the horn sounded as George Washington escaped with the one-goal victory.

The Mount returns to action this Saturday (March 12) for a home game against Manhattan at 3 p.m.