ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women's lacrosse team came up just short Sunday afternoon at the Marra Athletics Complex, falling to Davidson, 10-8.
 
Prior to the contest, the Bonnies honored their eight graduating seniors: Brooke Cicoria, Alexys Oechsle, Fiona McGovern, Katelyn Rokitka, Grace Burns, Chloe Szot, Mackenzie Herbst, and Tori Nascimento.
 
The Bonnies (8-5, 4-2 A-10) took a two-goal lead into halftime but were outscored 6-2 in the second half, leading to a 10-8 loss at the hands of the Wildcats.
 
Nascimento led the charge offensively for the Brown and White with three goals, while McGovern added three assists. Cicoria contributed three caused turnovers and three groundballs defensively for the Bonnies.
 
Davidson (9-3, 5-1 A-10) took a two-goal lead in the first four minutes of action, but the Bonnies responded with the next three goals of the opening stanza to take a 3-2 lead.
 
Nascimento, McGovern, and Sidney Van Tassel recorded the first three goals for Bona's in response to two opening goals from Davidson's Josie Lambert.
 
Jenna Skibbe took advantage of an extra man opportunity to open the second quarter to tie the game at three.
 
Grace Hollenbeck and Brooke Piper combined for the next two goals to extend Bona's lead back to two with 4:29 to play in the second quarter.
 
Skibbe got one back for the Wildcats, but Nascimento ended the first half with a score, spinning around two Davidson defenders.
 
Bona's sophomore goalie Katelyn Hicks was outstanding in the first 30 minutes of action, making five saves.
 
Coming out of the break, Davidson netted two goals to knot the score at six.
 
McGovern tallied her fourth point of the day, assisting on Piper's second goal.
 
Davidson took the momentum going into the final 15 minutes of play, scoring twice to end the third quarter and take an 8-7 lead.
 
An offsides penalty on Davidson allowed the Bonnies to start the final quarter on a power play. Van Tassel earned a free position opportunity less than 30 seconds into the quarter, but Davidson goalie Kayla Joyce saved Van Tassel's shot. However, the Davidson clear failed, and led to a free position goal from Nascimento, tying the game at eight with 13:42 to play.
 
The Bonnies won the following draw, but Joyce made another save to keep the game tied at eight. The Wildcats capitalized on the defensive stop with a goal from Skibbe to take a 9-8 lead.
 
Davidson posted multiple defensive stops after taking a one-goal lead, including fending off a power play opportunity from the Bonnies.
 
Adrienne Leone sealed the win for the Wildcats with a goal at the 1:36 mark, making it 10-8 in favor of Davidson.
 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH LEIGHANN STAUFFER
"I think our defense played solid. Hicks played a phenomenal game in the cage. We let a couple of cutters slip by us for a one on none on her, but I think we made the right adjustments. I think offensively, we were getting shots off. We were getting looks. Their goalie is a great goalie, but we definitely have to capitalize in those situations"
 
"Today we were fourth in the standing, and they were third, so I think that score evenly matches up with where we stand in the A-10, so, depending on what happens, hopefully we see them again."

UP NEXT 
The Bonnies stay at home for a midweek matchup with George Mason Wednesday. Opening draw is set for 12:00 p.m.
 

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