BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season in dramatic fashion as they knocked off the previously undefeated and 20^th- ranked Seton Hill 14-8 in the regular season finale for both teams. With the win, the Huskies improved to 8-5 on the year while the Griffins dropped to 12-1 for the season.
 
Senior Abby Bergman (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) made history in the win as she recorded her 100^th career goal with her final strike of the afternoon. Bergman needs just nine goals to jump into the top-15 at BU. She also has 121 points in her career as a Husky.
 
Bergman led the team with six goals and an assist while junior Abby Kalish (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) had a pair of goals and three draw controls. Junior Kelsey Kilgallon (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) and freshman Cassidy Griffin (Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North) finished the day with a goal and a pair of assists each while sophomore Annie Rollins (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) had three assists on the day.
 
Senior Tiffany Diachynsky (Barto, Pa./Boyertown Area) had a stellar day on defense as she came away with a career-best seven caused turnovers and picked up for ground balls. As a team, the Huskies caused 20 of the Griffin's 26 turnovers for the game. Graduate student Angela DiPasquale (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) caused three turnovers and picked up a season-best seven ground balls.
 
DiPasquale made won her eighth game of the season with eight saves in net for Bloomsburg.
 
The Huskies and Griffins were tied 7-7 at the half after a back-and-forth first 30 minutes. Bloomsburg turned on the jets in the second half and out-scored Seton Hill 7-1 in the second half. Griffin opened the scoring in the second with her sixth goal of the season to break the 7-7 tie 4:19 into action. Bergman followed up with her 36^th of the year and second of the game to expend the Huskies lead to 9-7.
 
After just under 12 minutes of scoreless action, the Huskies piled on to break open the game. Bergman and freshman Madison Coyle (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) went back-to-back thanks to a pair of assists from Rollins to give BU an 11-7 lead. Bergman stretched the lead to with a pair of goals to 13-7 before Seton Hill got its final tally of the game with 2:22 to play.
 
Bergman scored her milestone goal with 1:19 to play on a low shot as she was falling down to seal the 14-8 win.
 
In the first half, Roberts and senior Anna Dempsey (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) scored back-to-back goals in the first three minutes of action for the 2-0 Husky lead before Seton Hill cut the lead down to one, 2-1. Bergman and Kilgallon scored a pair of goals before the Griffins came back to cut into the lead once again with two of their own to make it 4-3 with 19:59 to play.
 
The two teams went goal-for-goal with the next goals as Bloomsburg maintained its two goal lead, 7-5, with 3:41 left before the break. Seton Hill tied the game with a pair of goals in the final 3:30 as they two teams went into the break knotted at 7-7.
 
The Griffins held the 17-7 advantage in draw controls and a slight 25-24 advantage in shots. The Huskies held a 25-17 advantage in ground balls and were 25-30 on clear attempts.
 
The Huskies will now travel to East Stroudsburg for the opening round of the 2021 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament. The Huskies earned the No. 3 seed while the Warriors are the No. 2 seed. The two teams will square off on Saturday, May 1 and the opening draw is set for 1:00 pm. A full preview of the tournament will be available on buhuskies.com tomorrow.