SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – With 2:26 to play in the fourth quarter, sophomore AnnMarie Davenport (Elkton, Md./Elkton) took advantage of a Raiders turnover for her first career goal to lift the Bloomsburg lacrosse team to a 15-14 win over Shippensburg, Wednesday afternoon. The Huskies improved to 5-3 on the year and 1-2 in the PSAC East while the Raiders dropped to 5-3 and 0-3 in conference play.
 
With 2:38 to play in regulation, Marykate Sitko (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) put a shot on cage for the potential game-winner but was turned away by Kayla Vosburg. As the Raiders attempted to clear the ball, Davenport intercepted a long pass and immediately went on the offense as she ripped a shot that got past Vosburg for the 15-14 Bloomsburg lead at the 2:26 mark.
 
Sitko won the ensuing draw control for the Huskies but Shippensburg caused a turnover and successfully completed the clear. The offensive attack was short lived as the Raiders turned the ball over with 58 seconds to play. Emily Simpson (North Wales, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) picked up the ground ball and head coach Shannon Hertz immediately called a timeout. Bloomsburg maintained possession for the final minute of action before turning the ball over as time was expiring for the 15-14 win.
 
Mia Boccippio (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) led the Bloomsburg offense with three goals and an assist while Sitko and Brianna Austin (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) each had three goals as well. Maya Fulmer (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) finished the day with a pair of goals while Davenport, Delaney Fox (Barto, Pa./Boyertown), Kayla Stressman (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) and Alexis Guzylak (Corning, N.Y./Horseheads) each scored for the Huskies. Tori Bruno (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) finished the day with a team-leading four assists.
 
Boccippio got the Huskies on the board first with her eighth goal of the season just 2:22 into action in the first. Shippensburg answered right away at the 12:13 mark to tie the game at 1-1. The tie did not last long, however, as Boccippio gave the Huskies a 2-1 lead 13 seconds later and kicked off a run of three-straight, with tallies coming from Fox and Stressman for the 4-1 Bloomsburg lead with 6:53 to play.

The Raiders answered with three-straight of their own to tie the game at 4-4 with 1:16 to go in the first before Austin gave the Huskies a 5-4 lead with 51 seconds to play in the opening period.
 
The Raiders took their largest lead of the game to start the second quarter with three-straight goals in the first four minutes to take a 7-5 lead. Sitko and. Fulmer scored back-to-back goals to re-tie the game at 7-7 before Ali Pioli gave Shippensburg an 8-7 lead with 6:53 to play before halftime. Austin found the back of the net for the second time with 38 seconds to play before the break to tie the game at 8-8.
 
The Raiders took a 9-8 lead to open the third as Maddie Phommachanh scored for the 17^th time this season, but the Huskies answered with goals from Sitko, Fulmer, and Austin to take an 11-9 lead with 4:34 to play in the third period. Shippensburg rattled off three of its own to close out the quarter to take a 12-11 lead into the final period of regulation.
 
Sitko and Jamie Carvin traded goals to open the fourth before Guzylak and Boccippio went back-to-back to give Bloomsburg a 14-13 lead with 5:00 to play in the quarter. Phommachanh tied the game just two minutes later before Davenport's game-winner came at the 2:26 mark for Bloomsburg.
 
Defensively, Reiley Knize (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) led the Huskies with three caused turnovers and three ground balls while Mikayla Viola (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) finished the day with a pair of CTs. Simpson led the Huskies with four ground balls and added a caused turnover and draw control win. Lauren Foley (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) played the full 60 minutes in net and finished the day with nine saves.
 
Sitko led the team with a career-best 12 draw control wins while Guzylak finished the day with four draw controls.
 
As a team, the Huskies won the ground ball battle 27-24 and held a 19-14 advantage in draw controls. The Huskies caused 13 of the Raiders' 30 turnovers.
 
Bloomsburg returns to action on Saturday when the Huskies host Shepherd at Steph Pettit Stadium for a 1:00 p.m. PSAC East contest on March 23 in Bloomsburg, Pa.