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Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University women's lacrosse team came up short in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship game versus cross-town rival Philadelphia University by the score of 18-14 on Sunday morning on the Chestnut Hill College Campus Field.
 
Holy Family concludes its season at 9-9 overall, while Philadelphia improves to 17-1.
 
Junior Brianna Lancetta (Marlton, N.J./Bishop Eustace) led the Tigers with a game-high five goals to lead the offense.  Lancetta converted 2-of-3 free position attempts and totaled two ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers.
 
 Junior Brigit LaRose (Lumberton, N.J./Holy Cross) came away with three scores and a game-high four assists to total seven points on the afternoon.  With her seven points, LaRose capped her season with 71 points becoming the second player in program history to record over 70 points in a season.  Former standout Jennifer James totaled a program record 79 points during the 2011 season.
 
Sophomores Erin Harmer (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) and Paige Settar (Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional) each totaled two goals for the Tigers.  Senior Marissa Lawson (York, Pa./Central York) led the team with four ground balls and caused three turnovers on defense. Lawson finishes her career ranked third all-time in program history with 44 caused turnovers. She also ranks third all-time with 110 career ground balls.
 
Lancetta, LaRose and Settar represented the Tigers on the All-Tournament team.
 
For Philadelphia, junior Lauren Hartman finished with seven points to lead the Rams.  Hartman totaled five goals and two assists to go along with two draw controls.  Sophomore Katelynn Parent also scored five goals to go along with an assist for six points.  Parent totaled seven draw controls.  Senior Libby Nichols, who was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, finished with five points (3G/2A) and controlled the draw for the Rams.  Nichols had a game-high 11 draw controls and caused three turnovers.
 
Philadelphia took full control of the draw throughout the game as the Rams controlled 26 of the 33 draws, including 17 in the second half.  Trailing 6-5 at the half, Philadelphia scored the first two goals of the second half to take a 7-6 lead. 
 
Holy Family responded with an equalizing goal from Settar to tie the game at 7-7.  However, Philadelphia went on to score four straight goals in a six-minute span to take an 11-7 advantage after Parent capped the scoring with a goal at the 19:39 mark.
 
Despite the deficit, Holy Family came soaring back scoring six of the next seven goals in the game to recapture the lead at 13-12.  Lancetta helped the surge scoring three of the team's six goals as the Tigers led by one score with 11:32 to play.
 
The lead would be short lived as Philadelphia responded within :15 seconds of Lancetta's score when graduate student Kristen Blye tied the game at 13-13.
 
Blye's goal jump started a rally of five unanswered goals as the Rams went on to take a 17-13 lead with 4:25 to play.  Hartman scored the final three goals of the rally.
 
Lancetta scored minutes later to cut the lead to 17-14 with 2:25 remaining on the clock, but that would be the final score of the day for the Tigers as Philadelphia held on to the victory.

Sophomore goalkeeper Grace Deckert (Jarrettsville, Md./Fallston) finished with ten saves in net for the Tigers, including eight stops in the first half.  Deckert also collected a pair of ground balls and caused one turnover. 
 
Junior Kristen Moran finished with eight saves in net for the Rams.
 
Holy Family was appearing in its fifth straight CACC Tournament and are now 6-3 all-time in the tournament, including 2-2 in the championship game.