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ERIE—The Bloomsburg University women's lacrosse team began defense of its PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) championship by beating Mercyhurst, 17-10, on Tuesday in a quarterfinal playoff game. The win was the seventh straight for the Huskies and puts them in Friday's PSAC semifinals against top-seeded Lock Haven.
 
Tied at 8-8 at halftime, the Huskies offense went on a 9-0 run to over the first 25 minutes of the second half to take control of the game and lead Bloomsburg to the semifinals.
 
The first half was a back and forth battle between the teams.  Bloomsburg jumped out to 2-0 lead scoring two goals in the second minute of play. Maggie Canavan (Erdenheim/Springfield) got the Huskies on the board just 1:08 into the game followed by a goal from Julie Falk (Millersville/Penn Manor) 40 seconds later.
 
Mercyhurst answered with three straight goals over a four-minute stretch to lead 3-2. The Huskies countered with goals from Canavan and Falk, again 40 seconds apart, to lead 4-3.
 
The Lakers came back scoring four of the next five goals to lead 7-5 with 7:45 to go in the half. Falk then caught fire and scored three goals in two minutes to put the Huskies back on top 8-7. But the home team scored with under a minute to play to knot the score at 8-8.
 
In the second half the Huskies offense lit up the scoreboard to put the game out of reach. Sam Mazzie (Barto/Boyertown) got Bloomsburg going scoring the first four goals of the period over the first 16 minutes of play giving the defending PSAC champs a 12-8 lead.
 
The Huskie added to their lead with goals from goals from Falk on either side of two goals from Patrice Coleman (Media/Penncrest ) to make it 16-8. Bloomsburg's final goal of the game came from Marisa Moley (Phoenixville/Spring-Ford) with 5:35 left giving the Huskies a 17-9 advantage.
 
The Lakers added two goals, but it wasn't enough as the Huskies scored the win.
 
Falk finished with eight goals, one assist and six draw controls for the Huskies. Mazzie added four goals, while Coleman and Canavan had two each. In goal Sara Bates (Wading River, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) made six saves in the game and an interception to secure the win.
 
The Huskies move to 10-7 overall and will face the PSAC's top-seed, Lock Haven, on Friday at 1 p.m. at Lock Haven.