Women's Lacrosse | 3/29/2011 6:35:00 PM

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PITTSFORD, NY -- The visiting Tigers trailed 7-4 at the half, but allowed a seven-goal run in the second half, losing to host Nazareth College 16-9 in Empire 8 action on Tuesday afternoon. #Shelby Vakiener (Fairport, NY/Fairport)# scored five of the TIgers nine goals who fall to 1-6 overall and 0-1 in the Empire 8.

The Golden Flyers opened the game with a three goal run before #Megan Henriksen (Silver Spring, MD/Our Lady of Good Counsel)#'s goal at the 22:32 mark cut the Nazareth lead to 3-1.

After a pair of Nazareth goals built the lead to 5-1, the Tigers rattled off three straight goals, pulling the score to 6-4 on a Vakiener free-position goal with 8:50 remaining in the half. She had two goals in the run, while #Tina Podrasky (Scranton, PA/Wyoming Seminary)# added the other.

The Golden Flyers closed out the half with two straight goals, including a goal by Chelsey Amidon with :20 remaining in the half to make it a 7-4 halftime deficit for the Tigers.

Vakiener opened the scoring in the second half with her third of the contest to pull the Tigers within two goals at 7-5.

Nazareth seized control of the game from there, rattling off seven straight goals over a 14:32 stretch to build a 14-5 lead.

Henriksen finally broke the run by the Flyers with her second tally of the game with 7:55 remaining in the contest to make it a 15-6 Nazareth lead.

The Tigers rallied late with four goals over the final 7:55, but it was too little too late for RIT. 

Podrasky and Henriksen each finished with two goals for RIT who were outshot by Nazareth 35-23. The Tigers won 11-of-27 draw controls, and grabbed 17 ground balls.

#Katelyn Crane (Palmyra, NY/Palmyra-Macedon)# got the start in net for RIT, allowing 16 goals while making nine saves.

RIT returns to action on Saturday, April 5 with a key Empire 8 matchup with Ithaca College at 1 pm in Ithaca, New York.