The Lancaster Bible College women's lacrosse team opened North Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday, but unfortunately for the Chargers, it didn't go as planned. Penn St. Abington set the tone early and didn't give the Chargers much room all day as the Nittany Lions defeated Lancaster Bible, 19-9 in Abington, Pa. The loss drops the Chargers to 3-4, 0-1 NEAC, while Penn St. Abington improved to 5-0, 1-0 NEAC.

How it Happened: Lancaster Bible got on the board first as junior Myranda Kemrer scored 3:29 into the game to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead. Penn St. Abington took the game over from there however as the Nittany Lions scored five of the next six goals and took a 5-2 lead Marah Hayes' second goal of the game with 11:51 to play in the first half.

Lancaster Bible regained some momentum four minutes later as junior Amber Moore and Kemrer scored 1:16 apart to cut the Chargers' deficit to 5-4 with 5:56 left in the half. Just as Lancaster Bible was getting itself back into the game, Penn St. Abington scored five times in the final 4:35 of the opening half and grabbed a 10-4 lead at halftime.

Sophomore Hannah Thompson scored to open the second half for the Chargers, but they would not get any closer than 10-5 the rest of the way as the Nittany Lions proved to be too consistent on the offensive end. 

By the Numbers: Penn St. Abington led in shots, 32-21, as well as shots on goal, 25-14...Lancaster Bible picked up more ground balls, 28-27, but the Nittany Lions had a huge, 21-9 advantage in draw controls...Senior Alyssa Wesner had a team-high five goals for the Chargers and also picked up four ground balls...Kemrer had two goals and four ground balls...In addition to Thompson's goal, she had a team-high seven ground balls...Thompson and freshman Barb Foster had a team-high three draw controls.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster bible is now 4-5 all-time against Penn St. Abington...The Chargers defeated the Nittany Lions, 13-12 last season in Lancaster, Pa...The win marked the first time in Penn St. Abington's history the Nittany Lions have won five games in a season.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible is right back on the field on Sunday when the Chargers visit Bryn Athyn at 2 p.m.