EASTON, Pa.- Senior midfielder Brooke Logel scored her first goal of the season to tie the game in the 62^nd minute. But Lafayette's Melissa Lynskey recorded three second-half tallies as LIU Brooklyn women's soccer fell to the Leopards, 3-1. The Blackbirds dropped to 0-4-0 in the loss. 

Lafayette (3-0-1) held the Blackbirds' offense in check in the first half limiting them to two shots.

The Leopards fired three shots on goal in the first stanza, but sophomore keeper Aline Allmann, who made five saves, stopped the opportunities.

LIU Brooklyn created a pair of chances in the beginning of the second half. First, sophomore Josie Watson sent a shot on goal, which was stopped by Lafayette keeper Danielle Sedillo in the 47^th minute. Then senior Brittany Galske's try was denied by Sedillo.

Lynskey opened the scoring for Lafayette, who outshot the Blackbirds 15-7, in the 52^nd minute.

Red-shirt junior Jenn Peters, who recorded an assist, responded with a chance in the 58^th minute, as she rang a shot off the crossbar.

After Logel knotted the score, the Blackbirds had chances, but Lynskey's two goals in the 71^st  minute and 77^th  minute were the difference.

LIU Brooklyn returns to action on Friday, Sept. 2 when they head to Charleston Southern to play the Buccaneers. Kickoff is slated for 4:00 p.m.