PURCHASE, N.Y. - In the regular season finale, the Manhattanville University women's lacrosse team fell to Maritime, 17-10, on Friday night under the lights of GoValiants.com Field. With the result, the Valiants now sit at 3-5 in conference play, waiting for the final game in the Skyline landscape to see if they have secured a spot in the 2025 Skyline Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship tournament. 

To open the first period, Eva Garcia connected with Gabrielle Nicolosi, giving the Privateers the 1-0 lead just under two minutes into the opening period. Manhattanville was able to even the score at one-all from an unassisted tally by Kaci Pierce (Niantic, Conn./East Lyme), with 11:10 remaining the period. The two squads would continue to play tag into the second period, not holding more than a two-goal lead at any point, with Valiant tallies from Ashley Glass (Mahopac, N.Y./Lakeland) and Pietra Cabral (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola), seeing the score at an even 5-5 with five minutes to play in the first half. Maritime would find two goals before the halftime break, for a 7-5 margin. 

Maritime would rattle off four straight goals in the third period, jumping out to a 11-5 lead with 05:31 left in the third. Manhattanville would attempt to claw back into the contest with three of the next four goals, from the sticks of Sydney Natale (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich), Katherine Stahl (Middletown, R.I./Middletown) and Pierce, but the Privateers would net one back for a 13-8 mark heading into the final period of the regular season. 

Once again, Maritime would control the scoring, outscoring their counterparts four to two, seizing command of the contest, for a final score of 17-10. 

Cabral and Pierce paced the Valiants in scoring, with four and three points respectively. 

Mariah Stephens (Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo) caused the most turnovers on the defensive end with four. 

Megan McDonald (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) collected twelve saves on the day, spending all sixty minutes in net. 

Up Next 

The Valiants now wait to see their fate for postseason play. Stay tuned to govaliants.com and @GoValiants on social media for updates. 

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