ALLIANCE, Ohio -- In a meeting of 2014 NCAA Tournament participants, host Mount Union posted a 9-7 women's lacrosse win Saturday afternoon over Fredonia.

The Purple Raiders (3-0), in their third season as a varsity team, scored four unanswered goals in the first half, a run from which the No. 20 ranked Blue Devils (1-1) were unable to recover.

Kristie Kleine (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) led Fredonia's comeback attempt with three straight goals in the second half as the Blue Devils cut their deficit to one goal. Yet a save on by Mount Union goalkeeper Nikki Bonaduce on a point-blank shot by Audrey Yokopovich (Webster / Webster Thomas) sandwiched around a series of Blue Devil turnovers enabled Mount Union to score its first win ever over a nationally ranked opponent.

Mount Union broke on top 1-0 before a goal by Katie Miller (Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg) pulled the teams even 1-1. The Purple Raiders scored the next four goals to take a 5-1 lead. Fredonia gained a bit of momentum on a free-position goal by Marissa Cussins (Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post West) with 1:47 left in the half. A yellow card against Fredonia with 23 seconds left allowed Mount Union to start the second half with a player-up.

Mount Union took advantage of the man-up chance with a goal early in the second half to push their advantage back out to four goals.

A free-position goal by Emily Pollizzi (Rushville, N.Y. / Marcus Whitman) followed by a Mount Union goal set the stage for Kleine's barrage. Her goals came in a span of four minutes, the last one with 15:13 left, to trim the Mount Union lead to 7-6. Mount Union scored the next two goals before Miller scored her second goal of the game just as the final horn sounded.

Bonaduce finished with eight saves while Fredonia's Nicole Burrows (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) made seven stops in her second collegiate start.

With their scheduled game Sunday at Elmira postponed, the Blue Devils are now off until Thursday morning when they meet Roger Williams at Bradenton, Fla.