ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– Junior midfielder Julie Haggan scored three goals in a 90-second span in the second half and scored her 100th career goal, but it was not enough as the Eagles could never gab a lead against the visiting Widener University Pride and fell 16-14.

While the Pride never trailed in the game, the Eagles stayed within two goals for nearly the entire game. Anna Charlebois had three goals and two assists in the first half, and Liz Brennan had two goals as the Eagles trailed 10-9 at the half. Haggan had one first-half goal and Mackenzie Dix and Sam Brennan also scored.

The Eagles kept the Pride from putting together any kind of major scoring runs with good work on draw controls. Eastern held a 12-7 edge in draws through the opening half hour. Charlebois had five of her six in the first half.

Widener put together its best run of the game with three straight tallies to start the second half. Haggan, who entered the game with 97 career goals,then took over the game. The speedy midfielder drew and converted two-straight free position shots. The second of those two closed the gap to 13-11 and resulted in much celebration from a nice crowd of alumni and family in attendance. Haggan now has 101 goals in 42 career games.

Less than a minute later, Sam Brennan stripped a Widener player of the ball and found Haggan in transition. Haggan charged into the circle and scored to force a Widener timeout.

Liz Brennan scored the final two Eastern goals of the game, but the Pride scored three to hold a two-goal lead with seven minutes to play. The visitors controlled possession for much of the final six minutes to earn the win. Melanie Bert had six goals and an assist and Kelly Lynch had three goals and six assists to lead Widener. Widener goalie Grace Morales stopped 14 Eastern shots.

Liz Brennan had five goals to lead the Eagles.

The Eagles return to action at Elizabethtown College for their final non-league tune-up prior to the MAC Freedom schedule.