The St. Lawrence University women's lacrosse team suffered a 12-10 setback on Saturday, as Rensselaer improved to 9-0 on the season in Troy, NY. Stephanie O'Rourke led the Saints with three goals, but Allie Arnal's 10-save performance in goal allowed the Engineers to celebrate the two-goal league victory.

St. Lawrence (4-4, 1-1) and Rensselaer (9-0, 4-0) each had 23 shots while the visitors held a narrow 20-19 edge in ground balls and a 14-10 lead in draw controls.

First-year student Soeurette Morley had two goals and three assists for the Saints, while four Engineers including Meg Colitz, Madeline Sisson, Marissa Page and Shannon Maguire each scored twice.

Rensselaer had the better of the play in the opening half and held a 6-3 advantage through 30:00 minutes. The Engineers took a 3-0 lead before senior co-captain Kendall Harty got the Saints on the scoreboard with 17:30 to play in the stanza. Though RPI took a 6-2 lead, Morley kept the visitors within striking distance with a goal to make it 6-3 to cap the first half scoring.

The home team again took the momentum in the opening stage of the second half and pushed the lead to 9-3 behind three consecutive goals. Sisson and Jamie Wakefield scored only 24 seconds apart before Page made it 9-3 with 22:14 remaining in regulation.

St. Lawrence would counter with three goals of its own from Morley, Regina Rogers and O'Rourke to make it 9-6, but back-to-back goals by Rensselaer would make it 11-6 with 8:43 to play. Though the Saints would score four more goals, they were unable to tie the score and fell 12-10.

Arnal made five saves in each half for the Engineers to earn the win, while senior co-captain Paige Powell made four stops in the loss for St. Lawrence. Junior Holly Noyes had a game-high six draw controls while senior co-captain Margie Bailey added five.

St. Lawrence will be in action again on Tuesday, April 10 in Potsdam, NY as the Saints square off with Clarkson University under the lights at 7:00pm.