Megan McLaughlin	KristaMundy

Box Score

READING, Pa.—The University of Scranton field hockey team dropped its second straight games and fell to 2-3 on the season with a 3-1 loss to Albright College in non-conference action Saturday afternoon.

After a scoreless first half, the Lions took command by scoring three consecutive goals within a 19-minute span to improve to 5-1 on the year.  Albright out-shot Scranton, 11-7, and enjoyed a 13-1 advantage in penalty corners in the second half.

Senior midfielder Kaitlyn Pietrusewicz (Fleetwood, Pa./Brandywine Height) led Albright with a goal and an assist and junior forward Alyssa Tourdot (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon) and sophomore midfielder Allison Dombrowski (Malvern, Pa./The Shipley School) tallied a goal apiece.

The Royals avoided the shutout when junior midfielder Megan McLaughlin (Rye Brook, NY/School of the Holy Child) scored her first goal of her career, unassisted, in the 59th minute. Sophomore goalkeeper Krista Mundy (North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) made her second straight of the season and finished with six saves.  Her counterpart, junior Marguerite DeLucas (West Reading, Pa./Wyomissing Area), stopped nine shots for Albright.

Albright has defeated the Royals twice in the last three years, but Scranton still holds a commanding 17-4-2 lead since the all-time series began in 1982

The Royals will return to action next Saturday in their Landmark Conference opener against Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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