ST. DAVIDS, Pa. – Eastern Women's Soccer dropped a 2-1 decision to FDU-Florham. Emily Cole scored her 20th goal of the year, but the visiting Devils rallied to claim the season-finale for both teams. The Eagles honored seniors Stephanie Le, Mary Kulikowski, and Laura Martin before the game.

Cole got Eastern on the board in the 30th minute. Hannah Bomberger chased down aoutside the edge of the box and rolled a pass back to Courtney Davis on the right side. Davis curled a driven ball to the back post. Cole volleyed it into the left side of the goal to give the Eagles a lead. Cole has has goals in 11 of Eastern's 19 games this fall. She is only the second player in program history to reach 20 goals in a season.

"That goal was as pretty as any we have scored all year," Head Coach Dan Mouw said. "Hannah showed great composure in rolling it to Court. Courtney has really been working on shaping her service, and Emily was in the right spot with a clean finish." Coming into today's match, the Eagles had not lost a match where they scored first.

Moments later, the Devils responded following a short clear on a corner kick. Gabriella Florio's 35 yard floater hit the underside of the crossbar and went in.

In the 43rd minute, Cole unleashed a hard shot from just outside the 18, but FDU-Florham goalkeeper Annie George tipped the ball over the crossbar to keep the score even at 1-1. Both teams had six shots in the opening half.

FDU-Florham tallied the game winner in the 58th minute when Brittni Calleo got her head on a bouncing ball in the box.

"It was a tough way for the season to end," Mouw said, "I know that the players really wanted to send our seniors out on a positive note. I am very grateful to Steph, Mary, and Laura for what they have brought to the program over the past four years. They will each do very well as they go onto the next things in their lives."

Eastern (7-11-1, 2-5 MAC Freedom)  tallied 12 total shots in the match putting eight of them on net.