READING, Pa. - Stevenson field hockey senior Rosemarie Neiva registered her eighth multi-goal game in her career with two goals but the Mustangs fell to unbeaten and 16th-ranked MAC Commonwealth foe Alvernia, 5-2, Saturday afternoon.

It was the second consecutive loss for the Mustangs versus Alvernia after winning four of the first five in the series. The Crusaders edged Stevenson, 4-3 in overtime a season ago.

The Mustangs (3-9, 0-4 MAC Commonwealth) scored the first of the game as Neiva score at the 12:04 mark with an unassisted tally as her hard shot hit off the foot off of goalkeeper Rebecca Brosious and into the net.

But the hosts responded just 2:39 later as Alexis Krall scored off a rebound that was initially saved by freshman Kelsey Eure.

The Crusaders took a 3-1 halftime lead as Andrea Wysocki scored two of her three goals in a 2:56 span, both assisted by Margarent Wentzel. Following a penalty by Wysocki, Wentzel had the stick stop before passing it back to Wysocki to make it 2-1. She made it 3-1 after finising a pass from Wentzel.

Neiva cut the lead back to one as she scored the opening goal of the second half off an assist from sophomore Sara McVey. McVey has totaled a point in four of her last five games while Neiva has scored a goal in three of her last five.

Alvernia scored twice in the second half, including Wysocki finishing her hat trick as her shot deflected off the crossbar and into the goal.

Eure totaled 11 saves while senior Blair Bitner totaled two defensive saves. Bitner has totaled five defensive saves this year after entering the season with three.

The Crusaders held a 28-7 advantage in shots and a 19-7 lead in penalty corners.

Stevenson returns home for three-game home stand as the Mustangs host a MAC Commonwealth contest versus Hood on Wednesday, October 19 beginning at 4:00 p.m.