SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The nationally ranked No. 13 Ithaca College women's lacrosse team suffered its first Liberty League loss of the season at Union College on April 1 as the Bombers fell to the Dutchwomen, 13-11, at Frank Bailey Field. Ithaca is now 7-3 overall on the season and 4-1 in the Liberty League.

IC and Union were tied at 11-11 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Dutchwomen scored the eventual game-winning goal just 34 seconds in the period and tacked on the final goal of the game at the 4:38 mark. The Bombers were held to just five shots during the final 15 minutes of action, four of which occurred over the final 2:11 and were all saved.

Prior to that, Union jumped out to a 6-2 lead after the first quarter of play. Union tallied its first two goals of the quarter just 1:24 apart to build a 2-0 lead, but the Bombers answered at the 10:13 mark on a free position from Chloe Nordyke.

The Dutchwomen then increased their lead to 4-1 before IC could find the back of the net again, as Caroline Wise took a pass from Maizy Veitch with 4:14 remaining. Union closed out the first quarter with two more goals in the final minute.

Both team scored three goals in the second quarter as Union took a 9-5 lead into halftime. Lily Cody scored the first goal of the period for IC with 7:18 remaining, but the Dutchwomen then pushed their lead out to 9-3 before Sydney Phillips scored off a pass from Nordyke with 2:26 to go and then Veitch capped off the period with 18 seconds to go.

The Bombers came out strong in the second half and outscored Union, 6-2, in the third quarter to tie the contest heading to the final quarter. Union tallied a goal just 45 seconds into the quarter, but the Bombers responded with a 5-0 run over the next four minutes to knot the game at 10-10.

Wise and Nordyke scored 24 seconds apart to make it a 10-7 difference and then Maddie Hall tallied a goal at the 12:30 mark to pull to within two. Nordyke then notched her hat trick with 10:53 remaining and Veitch tied the game off a feed from Hall with 9:43 left. Union ended the run a minute later and Wise capitalized off a pass from Gabby Rivera with under three minutes remaining in the quarter.

Wise won 12 draw controls to go along with three goals in the game, while Lexi Held made 12 saves.

Ithaca will travel to Bard next Friday, April 7 for a 2 p.m. contest.