Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Senior Michelle Mangiaruga continued her stellar play, scoring three of her four goals in the second half as East Stroudsburg University overcame a four-goal deficit to earn an 11-8 win at Philadelphia University in non-conference lacrosse on Monday afternoon.

The Warriors (8-5) won for the fifth time in six games by outscoring the Rams (5-5) 8-1 in the final 18 minutes after falling behind 7-3.

Mangiaruga, coming off a pair of five-goal games, led a quick 4-0 run that tied the game at 7-7 with 13:42 remaining. She scored ESU's first goal of the second half with 17:55 left, then scored the middle goal in a 3-0 spurt in a 31-second span that pulled the Warriors even.

Senior Molly O'Hara scored to start the run and assisted on Mangiaruga's third goal of the game 13 seconds later, and sophomore Ali Green tied it 18 seconds after that. Philadelphia went back in front on Taylor Peltzer's second goal with just under 11 minutes left before Mangiaruga tied it back up less than 90 seconds later.

Freshman Nicole Miller gave the Warriors their first lead of the game, 9-8, with a free position goal with 6:08 remaining. They maintained the one-goal lead until the final 1:30, when sophomore Sarah Ginn scored on an assist from freshman Sarah Studdiford and junior Laura Riegel added the game's final goal, assisted by Green, just before the buzzer.

Junior Amanda Simms played the second half in goal and made five saves for the Warriors, who limited Philadelphia to two goals on 10 shots after intermission led by starting defenders Xeni Barakos, Brittany Bissell and Kimberly Daly. Sophomore Katie Zollo got the start and made two saves in the first half.

Green, senior Jamie Wesztergom and Mangiaruga scored goals in the first half, getting ESU within 4-3 before the Rams scored twice in the last three minutes of the period to take a 6-3 halftime lead.

Mangiaruga has doubled her season scoring output in the last four games, compiling 18 goals and 10 assists after recording 15 goals and 11 assists in her first eight games. She moved into a tie for fifth in school history with 135 career goals and is just five goals away from the third spot.

O'Hara's goal and three assists give her 197 career points, passing Antonia Giannopoulos for the third-most in school history. Megan Macauley ranks second with 201 points, a mark that O'Hara can reach this weekend. Mangiaruga (33 goals, 21 assists) and O'Hara (37 goals, 12 assists) have combined for almost half of the Warriors' offense this season.

ESU will take a 5-3 PSAC record to Slippery Rock and Edinboro on Friday and Saturday. The Warriors are currently tied for third and hold the tiebreaker over Gannon. The top half of the 12-team conference will qualify for the PSAC Playoffs.