MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The LIU Brooklyn women's lacrosse team capped their 2018 season Sunday afternoon, falling to Robert Morris on the road, 18-8. Freshman Amanda Masullo had a hat trick to lead LIU in the defeat.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams stayed close throughout the first half of the game, but Robert Morris came out in the second half and scored seven straight goals to widen the margin.
• Sophomore Bianca Santucci opened scoring in the contest, scoring just four minutes into the game off a pass from senior Sierra O'Connor. Though RMU scored the next five straight, LIU would battle back.
• Santucci scored with nine minutes left to play, this time off a pass from senior Carlie Robinson. And just 12 seconds later, Masullo would score her first of the game on her own to make it 6-3.
• An RMU goal was followed by back-to-back goals for LIU. Freshman Elise Person scored on her own just before the four-minute mark, and Masullo had her second of the game two minutes later on a free position shot.
• Junior Dale Cosgave scored off a pass form O'Connor with 41 seconds remaining in the half, cutting LIU's deficit down to just two goals, 8-6 at the break.
• Over the first 13 minutes of the second half, however, RMU turned on the firepower, scoring seven unanswered goals to widen the gap to 15-6.
• LIU would stop the scoring surge a minute later, when Masullo scored her third of the game to make it 15-7.
• Senior Candice Mosal scored at 13:48 on her own, for LIU's eighth goal of the game, but Robert Morris had made the distance too much, and took the win, 18-8.

 
NOTES FROM THE NEST

• Amanda Masullo led LIU with three goals in the loss, along with eight draw controls and six ground balls.
• Senior Sierra O'Connor had two assists in the game, while sophomore Bianca Santucci had two goals.
• Carlie Robinson had four ground balls and an assist for LIU, while freshman Rachel Masullo had four ground balls, four draw controls and a game-high four caused turnovers.
• Freshman Sam Kidd made nine saves in net for the Blackbirds.
• With the loss, LIU finishes the season 3-13 overall, and 0-7 in the Northeast Conference.