EDINBORO, Pa. – The Edinboro University women's lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking defeat on Saturday afternoon as Shippensburg scored at the horn to pick up an 8-7 victory at Sox Harrison Stadium. With the loss, the Fighting Scots fell to 2-13 overall and 0-10 in the PSAC while the Raiders improved to 7-8 and 3-8, respectively.
 
Saturday's contest seemed destined for overtime before a clearing pass sent from midfield to Shippensburg's Allison Fugate set up the game winning goal as the horn sounded. After deliberation, the officials confirmed the goal was scored before the clock expired and the Raiders were awarded the victory.  
 
The Raiders game winner came on the heels of an incredible effort by the Fighting Scots to knot the game up at 7-7 just over a minute earlier. Down a man and trailing 7-6, Emily Peters forced a turnover and found a streaking Sidney Dobbins down the field. Dobbins broke away from the defense and slid the ball in behind the goalkeeper for her first goal of the season.
 
The sequence perfectly encapsulated the second half as the score was tied three occasions. The Fighting Scots tied the contest up for the first time in the second half halfway through the period. Edinboro found themselves in a 5-2 hole to open the half, but three straight goals by Edinboro knotted things up at 5-5 with 15:09 remaining.
 
Emily Peters opened the scoring in the contest go give Edinboro a 1-0 lead with 19:14 remaining in the first half. The Raiders knotted it up a few moments later on an Ali Harclerode goal with 14:57 remaining. Shippensburg scored the next three goals on markers from Amanda Frank, Krya Shank, Morgan Stone to take a 4-1 lead.
 
Mary Uplinger stopped the Shippensburg spree with her sixth goal of the season to make it a 4-2 game before the Raiders scored with 23 seconds left on a Shank goal to make it 5-2 at half.
 
The Fighting Scots came out of the break firing on all cyclinder as Peters opened the scoring in the second half with a free position goal at 19:48, her 44^th marker of the season. Elysia Garland made it 5-4 with her 16^th goal of the season with 15:43 remaining and tied the contest up at 5-5 just 34 seconds later with her 17^th goal of the year.
 
The Raiders quickly regained the lead at 6-5 on a T.J. Johnson goal with 10:30 remaining, but the Fighting Scots continued to battle, knotting the contest up again at 6-6 on Peters' third goal of the game.
 
Harclerode found the back of the net again with 6:53 remaining to give the Raiders a 7-6 lead. Dobbin's breakaway goal tied the game for a final time before Fugate's last-second winner.
 
Paige Skinner (2-13) made 11 saves in defeat and picked up three groundballs. Bridgette Morrissey (6-7) made four saves and picked up a pair of ground balls.
 
Peters led all scorers with three goals, adding a pair of groundballs and causing a turnover. Garland tallied a pair of goals and won four draw controls in the contest. Shank and Harclerode finished with two goals apiece. Fugate finished with a match-high four points, picking up three assists to go along with her game winner.
 
The Fighting Scots return to action on Wednesday, April 26, making the short trek up to Erie to face local PSAC rival Gannon. The match is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.