GRANTHAM, Pa. - Juniors Caroline Murphy and Mary Marc combined for five goals as the Stevenson women's lacrosse team fell short, 10-8, in an upset bid against No. 12 Messiah in the MAC Commonwealth semifinals on Thursday night at Messiah Lacrosse Turf.

• Marc put Stevenson (10-4, 4-3 MACC) on the board first as her and Murphy connected at the 28:50 mark.
• Hope Flack tied the game for Messiah (15-0, 8-0 MACC) when she got a pass from Makenzie Schnur just less than two minutes after the Mustangs goal.
• Stevenson netted it's second goal as Murphy found the back of the net at 24:47, 2-1.
• After a defensive turnover, Messiah tied the field again when Emma Lytle scored for the Falcons, 2-2.
• The Falcons took their first lead of the game when Lytle found AbbyEllen Wood to put them up one over the Mustangs.
• Messiah reeled off four consecutive goals in the next seven minutes of the half.
• Kaitlyn Kozlowski scored her first goal of the game prior to Murphy netting her 48th goal of the season to come within three of the Falcons at the 5:35 mark.
• The Falcons scored two goals in a span of 57 seconds to cap the quarter of by leading, 9-4.

• Messiah opened the second half with a goal from Rachel Delate to pull away from Stevenson by six.
• Kara Yarusso scored her first goal of the day at 22:20 following a turnover by Messiah's Delate.
• Hannah Huff found the back of the net at the 18:44 mark to come within four of the Falcons, 10-6.
• On her third and final goal of the game, Murphy brought Stevenson within three of the Falcons with a goal at 15:13.
• With 3:09 remaining, Marc capped scoring off with her 27th goal of the game to end the game, 8-10.
• The Mustangs scored four out of the five goals in the second half and held Messiah scoreless for the final 28 minutes of the second half.

• Messiah and Stevenson each had 26 shots on the evening.
• Stevenson picked up 16 ground balls while Messiah had 15.
• The Mustangs took 11 draw controls, Kozlowski held six while Murphy had five.
• Kirsten Foster, Shannon Snyder, and Annee Kopecky each recorded two caused turnovers.
• Sophie Shucosky had 10 saves on the evening, making six in the first half.
• Murphy finished the season with 104 career goals, 136 career points, and 49 goals on her junior season, also in nine games this season she scored three or more goals.
• Kozlowski had five or more draw controls in six games this season.
• Marc scored multiple goals in eight games this season, while Lan Le Crotty had six.