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KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University women's lacrosse team saw its four-game win streak come to an end at Andre Reed Stadium Tuesday night (Apr. 3), when they dropped their Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) contest to Kutztown 17-10.

The Huskies scored four of the first five goals and started out to a 4-1 lead early on. Tracy Rusen (Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) began the scoring with her 19^th of the season from Cailyn Gormley (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) just 22 seconds in, before Gormley netted a free position goal for her 20^th less than three minutes in to double BU's lead. Kutztown would get on the board less than four minutes in when Madison Carlucci would score from Sarah Gabriele to make it 2-1. Two Bloomsburg goals just 1:03 apart stretched Bloomsburg's lead to 4-1, with Sydney Collins (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) scoring her sixth of the year (26:25) on a free position attempt and Hannah Jaskuta (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Area) scoring her 16^th of the year (25:22) from Grace Kelleher (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side). From there, Kutztown would score the next four goals over 11 minutes to take their first lead of the half at 5-4. Lauren Schmidt assisted by Makayla Bowman (25:06), Emily Smith on a free position (24:25) and Gabriele on back-to-back free position attempts (17:32 and 14:18) put the Golden Bears up 5-4. Anna Dempsey (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) would tie the game at five with her seventh of the season on a free position attempt with 10:17 to play in the half, before Allison McCormick would put KU back up 6-5 just 58 seconds later. The first half would tick down into the final five and a half minutes before Jaskuta's 17^th of the year from Coyle tied the game at six. Schmidt would score from Gabriele with four minutes left for yet another Kutztown lead that would be short-lived. Abby Bergman (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) scored her fifth of the season assisted by Rusen to knot the game at seven just 50 seconds later. As the clock ticked down inside a minute and a half to play, Rusen scored from Kelleher with 1:12 left to put the Huskies up 8-7. The final goals for each team were scored in the final 30 seconds, with Kelleher scoring unassisted with 24 seconds left and Makayla Bowman scoring unassisted with six seconds left. Bloomsburg took a 9-8 lead to the break.

The second half would prove to be a very different story for the Huskies, as they were out-scored 9-1 and held without a goal for the first 13:59 of the period. Kutztown scored the first seven goals of the half, with six of them coming in the first 10 minutes of the frame. Gabriele scored from Carlucci 1:07 into the half to get the scoring started, before Gabriele scored from Smith less than three minutes in to tie the game at nine. 58 seconds later, Smith scored from Destanee Watkins to give KU a 10-9 lead and the Golden Bears never looked back. Schmidt would score unassisted six and a half minutes into the half to put the Golden Bears up by two, before Gabriele scored from Bowman just under nine minutes in to pad the lead further. Approaching 10 minutes into the half, Cyla Cafferata got in on the scoring assisted by Schmidt to put Kutztown up 14-9. Gabriele would score unassisted with 16 and a half minutes to play in the half to put KU up by six, before Rusen finally ended the drought with a goal from Bergman at 16:01. Watkins would score unassisted with under 13 minutes to play, before KU's final goal would come with 29 seconds left off the stick of Bowman assisted by Carlucci.

Bloomsburg totaled 26 shots to Kutztown's 40 in the contest, including 17 shots on goal to KU's 31. Rusen led the Huskies with a hat trick, her second in a row and sixth of the season. Jaskuta also scored twice in the win, along with one goal each from five others. Kelleher registered two assists on the night, while four others helped on one Bloomsburg goal each. BU collected 25 ground balls to KU's 32, led by a game-high seven from Angela DiPasquale (Paramus, N.J./Paramus). Collins and Erin Boulger (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area) each recorded three in the game, while four others scooped up two each and another four Huskies snagged one apiece. Bloomsburg caused 18 of Kutztown's 24 turnovers, led by a game-high four from Delaney Schappert (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport South Manor). Tiffany Diachynsky (Barto, Pa./Boyertown Area) caused three turnovers, while Boulger and Erika Biehl (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) each forced two and another seven players each caused one. Bloomsburg was edged 15-14 in draw controls in the contest, with Bergman leading the team with a game-high five. Taylor Turner (Corning, N.Y./Corning West) grabbed three while Boulger and Gormley each recorded two and Megan Smith (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Jefferson Township) and Dempsey each snatched one. DiPasquale (6-3) made 14 saves in the loss between the pipes, just one stop shy of her single-game season and career-high.

Bloomsburg is now 6-3 and 4-2 in the PSAC, while Kutztown improves to 5-4 and 2-2 in the conference.

The Huskies will play the back end of their two-game road swing on Thursday (Apr. 5) when they travel to Shepherd for a 4:00 p.m. start.