The Binghamton women’s lacrosse team has found mixed results over its last two games. The Bearcats (4-5, 0-1 America East) suffered an overtime loss, 13-12, to America East-rival UMBC in a back-and-forth affair on Saturday, but responded with a 9-7 victory over Niagara in their following contest Monday.

Against the Retrievers (6-3, 1-0 AE), BU sophomore midfielder Callon Williams netted the first goal of the game just one minute into play. But only three minutes later, UMBC redshirt sophomore attack Sam Nolan scored her 10th goal of the season to even the score at one. After the Retrievers buried two shots into the back of the net to build a two-goal lead, BU junior attack Sophia Racciatti scored back-to-back goals, her 10th and 11th on the season, to even the score again.

The tie didn’t persist for long. Over the next 10 minutes, UMBC closed the half on a 3-1 run to head into the locker room ahead, 6-4.

But the Bearcats came out strong after the break. BU scored four consecutive goals in a nine-minute span to turn a two-goal deficit into an 8-6 lead.

“At halftime we just focused on us: taking care of our game, and adjusting our positioning and matchups on defense,” said BU head coach Stephanie Allen, according to bubearcats.com. “I thought that the girls adjusted well and stepped up defensively, and that helped open things up for us on the offensive end.”

The two teams alternated scoring in pairs over the next few minutes. When UMBC evened the score at eight with two consecutive scores, BU freshman attack Tiffany Ryan and Racciatti responded with a goal apiece to turn the scoreboard back in BU’s favor, 10-8.

It was at that point that Retrievers freshman midfielder Marissa Davey started to dominate. Davey scored three of the game’s next four goals, including netting the equalizer with three minutes left to send the matchup into overtime with the game tied at 11.

Davey carried her strong performance into overtime. After UMBC senior attack Abby Wilson opened scoring in the extra period, Davey buried the game-clincher to push the score, 13-11. BU senior attack Renee Kiviat scored with 29 seconds left, but it was too little too late as the Bearcats fell, 13-12.

After entering the matchup with just four goals on the season, Davey scored five total times in the contest.

“[Saturday] was a tough battle, I thought that UMBC was very skilled and athletic,” Allen said, according to bubearcats.com. “It was a tough test for our program, and unfortunately we were unable to hold the lead late in the game.”

The Bearcats responded on Monday with a non-conference victory over Niagara (3-6). BU fell behind early, 3-1, 12 minutes into play. Five minutes later, Arthur buried her first goal of the game to spark a four-goal BU run over the next nine minutes, swinging the scoreboard, 5-3, in Binghamton’s favor. With 42 seconds left in the half, Purple Eagles senior attack Carrie-Jo Farrugia netted her second of the game to cut BU’s lead to one heading into halftime.

But Niagara was unable to shrink its deficit in the second half. BU started the period on a 3-1 run — sparked by a goal from Racciatti and two from Williams — pushing the score to 8-5 with 12 minutes to play. After two unanswered goals by the Purple Eagles, BU sophomore midfielder Valerie DeNapoli silenced the run with a score of her own to secure the victory, 9-7, for the Bearcats.

Binghamton is set to return to action when it resumes conference play against UMass Lowell Sunday. First draw control is scheduled for noon from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.