FREDONIA, N.Y. – Fredonia pulled within one goal of No. 12 Brockport before the visiting Golden Eagles took command and dealt the Blue Devils an 18-10 loss in SUNYAC women's lacrosse.

After digging themselves an 5-0 hole, the Blue Devils trailed 8-4 at halftime and cut their deficit to 8-7 when Monica Van Donsel (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) one-time a pass from Kristie Kleine (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) after Kleine raced through the Brockport defense.

The Golden Eagles scored the next eight goals, including three by Kelly Wall, while goalkeeper Paige Lammers made five saves over the final 24 minutes in relief of starter Sara Shaddock.

Mackenzie Schuber led the Brockport offense with five goals and two assists while Wall had four goals and Keeley Rice had three.

Kleine led Fredonia with three goals and one assist while Audrey Yokopovich (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) and Jade Williams (Tully, N.Y./Lafayette) had two goals each. Goalkeeper Nicole Burrows (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) made 12 saves and collected seven ground balls. Yokopovich had four ground balls, four draw controls, and four caused turnovers.

The Blue Devils return to action 5 p.m. Thursday at home against No. 18  St. John Fisher. The Cardinals are the third ranked team Fredonia will have faced since last Saturday when No. 1 Cortland visited.