ST. DAVIDS, Pa.-Eastern University Women's Lacrosse broke a 10-10 six minutes into the second half and pulled away to a 17-14 home win over the King's College Monarchs (7-5, 2-1 Freedom) to remain unbeaten in Freedom Conference play. Courtney Reinhold had five goals and an assist and Allie Fultz scored four times and added a pair of assists to pace Eastern (5-7, 3-0 Freedom).

Because of injuries, the Monarchs played the game down a player, and the visitors tried to control the pace of the game early with long possessions. Their strategy worked in the early going as they grabbed a 2-1 lead with slightly over 17 minutes to play. Jocelyn Paul jumped high to catch a Fultz pass and slammed home her first of two on the day to tie the contest at 2-2 at the midway point of the opening period.

The Monarchs scored nearly immediately out of their time out to grab a 3-2 lead. Eastern answered with three goals following three straight draw controls. The Eagles dominated nearly all the stats of the game except the draws. Led by Emily Foley's ten controls, the Monarchs won 21-of-31. Allie Gauthier scored twice and Reinhold had a single tally in the three goal spurt that took 90 seconds.

The Monarchs refused to go away. Chelsea Manes scored on a free position shot and then set up Krystina Villarreal to tie the score at 5-5. King's converted 5-of-6 free position shots. Eastern, on the other hand, was only 1-of-7 on the free shots. The Eagles took the lead on shot from Reinhold that deflected off a Monarch stick, and they pushed their lead to 9-7 on an Allie Gauthier free position shot.

Moments later, it appeared that the home side had earned a three-goal edge as Gauthier finished another free position shot, but an official waved off the goal for a foul away from the ball. Amanda Harney scored in transition off the violation with only 22 seconds to play. The Monarchs' leading scorer finished with three goals. The Eagles won the draw and the two teams went to intermission as Shannon Wilcox fired a perfect pass to Kendall Rood on the doorstep.

King's scored the first two goals of the second half, but the Eagles began to exploit their advantage in the midfield in the middle part of the second half. The Eagles pushed the lead to three for the first time on a Fultz shot after an aggressive dodge from behind the goal with 14 minutes to play.

The two teams traded goals twice and the Eagles held possession to close the game. The Eastern coaches felt that their team did well in transition and were pleased with the team's composure in the midfield game.

Kristy Getsay made seven saves to pick up the win in goal. Eastern honored seniors Fultz, Reinhold, Getsay, and Kelly Dando before the game. The Eagles now prepare for a match-up at Freedom Conference favorite FDU-Florham on Wednesday night.