St. DAVIDS, Pa.– Eastern University Field Hockey fell to the No. 10 Messiah University Falcons, 7-0.

The Eagles were forced to make some late adjustments when Grace Wise took an injury on a deflected ball in warm-ups. Lily White dropped into the center back role and performed well, but for the Eagles to have to make changes on the fly made a difficult task even more daunting.

The Falcons struck early on their second penalty corner of the match. Kelsey Heltzel took the insert and ripped a shot into the far corner. The Falcons scored another penalty corner goal in the first quarter and a third at the midpoint of the second quarter. Messiah scored on three of their six first-half corners.

A three-goal burst to start the second half put the game away for the visitors. The Falcons scored their final goal in the final minutes. Abby Agapito made 18 saves for the Eagles.

Eastern (4-8, 1-3) are at Lebanon Valley College on Wednesday.