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Philadelphia, Pa. - Senior Brigit LaRose (Lumberton, N.J./Holy Cross) scored a team-high four goals but it wasn't enough as the Holy Family University women's lacrosse team dropped a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest to cross-town rival Philadelphia University, 21-15, on Thursday afternoon at Ravenhill Field.
 
Holy Family is now 1-4 overall and 1-1 in conference action, while Philadelphia improves to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the CACC.
 
On top of a great day offensively with four goals, LaRose also compiled new career-highs on the defensive side as well.  She finished the game with a game-high seven ground balls and caused five turnovers; both new career-highs. 
 
Holy Family had four players; including LaRose to score multiple goals versus the Rams.  Junior Brianna Lancetta (Marlton, N.J./Bishop Eustace) had three scores, while sophomores Erin Harmer (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) and Paige Settar (Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional) each had a pair of scores for the Tigers.  Lancetta finished with four points (3G/1A) to go along with three ground balls and five draw controls. 
 
Senior Marissa Lawson (York, Pa./Central York) controlled a game-high eight draws as the Tigers held a slight edge over Philadelphia on draw controls, 22-16.  Lawson also scored a goal and caused two turnovers.  Furthermore, freshman Ursula Coyle (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) scored her first collegiate goal on the afternoon. 
 
For Philadelphia, senior Libby Nichols and junior Allison Brian combined to score 11 of the team's 21 goals.  Nichols finished with five goals and had a team-high seven ground balls.  She also caused three turnovers on defense.  Brian led all scorers with six goals in the victory.
 
Sophomore Liz Mower tallied a game-high ten points after scoring four goals and collecting six assists.  She also controlled five draws for the Rams.
 
Philadelphia scored the first two goals of the game to take an early 2-0 lead within the first minute of action.  However, the Tigers quickly responded with back-to-back goals by Settar and Harmer to tie the game at 2-2 at the 26:33 mark.
 
From there, Philadelphia knocked off eight straight scores in a 14-minute span to take a commanding 10-2 lead midway through the half.  Brian and Nichols led the attack for the Rams scoring three goals a piece in the rally. 
 
Holy Family followed with three straight scores of its own to cut the lead down to 10-5 after LaRose scored the second of her two goals in a two-minute span.  Both teams exchanged scores two more times to close out the half as Philadelphia entered halftime with a 12-7 advantage.
 
Philadelphia took advantage of Holy Family miscues throughout the game as the Tigers committed a season-high 27 turnovers.   
 
In the second half, Philadelphia maintained a five-plus goal lead the rest of the way as the Rams led by as many as nine goals.  A four-goal surge by the Rams gave them a 19-10 advantage at the 12:06 mark of the half.  Brian and graduate student Kristen Blye each scored two goals during that span.
 
Sophomore goalkeeper Grace Deckert (Jarrettsville, Md./Fallston) made eight saves in net for the Tigers, while junior Kristen Moran had seven stops in net for the Rams.
 
Holy Family is back in action on Saturday, March 22 as the Tigers face Post University in a CACC contest.  Game time is slated for 11 a.m. at Dixon Field on the campus of Cabrini College.