BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Madison Coyle (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) and Amanda Stoll (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) combined for 16 draw controls as the Bloomsburg lacrosse team defeated Shepherd 13-9, Saturday afternoon. The Huskies improved to 6-6 on the year and 3-4 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East action. The Rams dropped to 5-7 on the year and 1-6 in conference play.
 
The Huskies dominated the draw against the Rams as they won 17 of the 24 draws, including six in the second quarter. Coyle and Stoll won eight a piece while Maya Fulmer (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) won one.
 
Senior Kelsey Clauss (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) led the Huskies in scoring with three goals and a pair of assists. She assisted on Haley Williams' (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) first goal of the game for her 100^th career point at Bloomsburg. Stoll added four goals for BU and Williams finished the day with two goals and two assists.
 
Defensively, Amanda Biehl (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) led Bloomsburg with four caused turnovers and picked up three ground balls while Clauss, Kristen Lee (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South), and Cassidy Griffin (Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North) each had two caused turnovers. Lauren Foley (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) needed just two saves for her sixth win of the year and picked up three ground balls.
 
The Rams jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals in the first half of the opening quarter. Stoll cut the lead in half with her 13^th of the year and freshman Julia Cote (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) tied the game with her 13^th of the year at the 3:46 mark. Shanna Dextrauder gave the lead back to Shepherd with 59 seconds to play in the first but Clauss got a pass from Annie Rollins (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) and buried her shot with 11 seconds to go to tie the game 3-3.
 
Rollins gave the Huskies the lead for good with 11:21 to play in the second before Clauss, Stoll, and Knize went on a three-goal run to push the BU lead to 7-3. The Rams scored back-to-back goals with 2:38 to play to cut the lead back to two, 7-5. With 16 seconds to go before the half, Lee caused a turnover and picked up the ground ball to get it to Williams. Williams fed it to Coyle who scored with 00:02.9 to play before the break and Coyle picked up her 18^th goal of the season for the 8-5 lead.
 
The Rams cut it back to one goal with two straight tallies to open the third quarter but Bloomsburg used a four-goal run in the final 5:53 of the period to push its lead to 12-7 with 15 minutes to play.
 
Kaiye Edwards and Holly Poe scored for the Rams in the final 5:13 of the game but Williams found the back of the net to give BU an 13-8 lead with 2:01 to play as the Huskies swept the season-series against the Rams.
 
The Huskies return to action on Wednesday, April 12 as they travel to Millersville University for a 4:00 pm PSAC East contest. Bloomsburg looks to even the season-series against the Marauders as Millersville won 14-12 earlier this year.