Manchester, N.H. (March 19) -- The women's lacrosse team dropped a 12-8 final to Southern New Hampshire on a cold and rainy Wednesday afternoon at Southern New Hampshire's Athletic Complex. The Hawks fall to 2-3 with the loss, 1-1 Northeast-10, while the Penmen improved to 2-2, 2-0 in league play.

The Hawks jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a Courtney Ford (Concord, Mass.) goal, assisted by Beth Millian (Arlington, Mass.). The Penmen responded with four goals to take a 4-1 lead before Meghan Ayers (Sayville, N.Y.) scored, assisted by Millian, to cut the lead in half. The Penmen responded with three more goals though to take a 7-3 lead before Ford struck again for her second goal of the game.

The Hawks fought back from the 8-3 deficit at the half outscoring the Penmen 5-4 in the second half, but did not pull out the comeback victory. Michaela Rocha (Rye, N.H.) scored three consecutive goals in the second to cut the lead to 9-6, with the first goal assisted on by Michaela Power (Arlington, Mass.) and the next two being scored unassisted. Ford scored two late goals in the half, the first assisted on by Ayers and the second assisted by Rocha, but the Penmen put away the Hawks 12-8.

The Penmen used full advantage of the free position shot, scoring four goals with the free position advantage. Katherine O'Hara (Norwell, Mass.) made six saves in the loss.

The Hawks return to the field on Saturday, heading to Stonehill for a 1 p.m. game.