WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Montevallo women's lacrosse's comeback effort falls short on the road at Palm Beach Atlantic.
 
The Sailfish jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first four minutes of action before stretching the lead to 3-0 at the 9:39 mark of the first. Claire Withington put the Falcons on the board with a man-up goal at the 6:27 mark with Hannah Rudge credited with the assist. The minutes later, PBA stretched its lead to 4-1 before a save from Ashlei Piazza sent the game to the second with the Falcons down by three.
 
To start the second, PBA added a pair of unanswered goals to push the lead out to 6-2 before Ally Rich scored on an unassisted effort at the 7:18 mark to end the Sailfish scoring run. Piazza added another save but PBA would end the quarter with two more unanswered goals to lead 8-2 heading into the half.
 
The Falcons struck first in the third quarter with Asha Jamieson's first goal of the day before Ellery Shearer got on the board to trim the Sailfish lead down to 8-4 with 8:04 left in the third quarter. Withington continued the Falcons' run at the 5:43 mark to cut the lead down to just three with an assist from Gencie Coan. The Sailfish answered with a pair of goals to close the third quarter with a 10-5 lead.
 
Freshman keeper Kamryn Francosky opened the fourth with her third save of the second half before freshman Morgan Dodge scored to trim the lead down to four. Bridget Quayle found the back of the net on a free-position shot before Shearer brought the Falcons within two with just 7:07 left to play. With 3:43 remaining, Jamieson's second goal of the day made the score 10-9 before Quayle tied the game at 10-10 with 1:34 remaining after her second free-position goal. With just 26 seconds left, PBA scored the game winner to take an 11-10 win over Montevallo.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 10 | Palm Beach Atlantic 11
Records: Montevallo 3-8 (1-0 GSC) | Palm Beach Atlantic 6-3
Location: PBA Soccer/Lacrosse Field | West Palm Beach, Fla.
 
GAME NOTES

• Montevallo took a total of 21 shots on the day with 19 on goal while PBA fired 34 shots with 24 on frame.
• The Sailfish posted a total of 28 ground balls to 23 from Montevallo while each side posted a total of 11 draw controls.
• Ellery Shearer led Montevallo's attack with three points on two goals and an assist while adding a pair of ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Bridget Quayle added a pair of goals on a 2-for-2 free-position mark while adding three ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Claire Withington and Asha Jamieson each scored two goals apiece.

 
UP NEXT: Montevallo heads to Huntsville, Ala. on Saturday, March 28 at 4 p.m. to take on Alabama-Huntsville.