BLOOMSBURG – Sophomore attack Lauren Nunes scored four goals to keep East Stroudsburg University even with Bloomsburg at halftime, but the Huskies used a strong second half for a 15-9 win in PSAC lacrosse on Thursday afternoon.

ESU (7-7, 2-7) scored four goals in the final 8:00 of the first half – two by Nunes, one by sophomore attack Kaitlynn Wiltraut and another by junior midfielder Whitney Wilkinson with 10 second s left in the period – as the Warriors closed a 7-4 gap.

Marisa Moley, who led Bloomsburg (8-5, 6-3) with five goals, scored four in the first half and her fifth early in the second half, part of a 3-0 spurt by the Huskies to take the lead for good.

Wiltraut cut the deficit to 11-9 with 15:16 left, but Bloomsburg scored the final four goals to pull away.

Julie Falk and Ashley Bossert scored three goals each for Bloomsburg, which is fourth in the PSAC standings going into the final 10 days of the regular season.

Nunes led ESU with four goals, Wiltraut scored two and Wilkinson, senior midfielder Nicole Miller and sophomore midfielder Annastasia Porpora also scored for ESU. Miller has 99 career goals with three games remaining.

Bloomsburg held a 37-18 advantage in shots. Redshirt freshman Jessica Maxwell had seven saves for ESU, and Abbey Burnett had six saves for the Huskies.

ESU travels to Edinboro (7-6, 3-6) on Saturday.