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ROCHESTER, NY – Second half goals by juniors Addilys Geitner, Lily Aldrich and Emily Allen along with the third goal of the game from freshman Emma Robinson allowed the Nazareth College women's lacrosse team to pull away from the Rochester Institute of Technology for a 9-7 victory Tuesday afternoon at RIT.

After a close first half, Nazareth (9-7) scored five of six goals to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 9-6 lead and the Golden Flyers held on to post the non-conference road win.

RIT (6-9) opened the scoring with the first goal of the game coming 2:17 into the contest.

Just 39 seconds later, Robinson scored the first of her three goal to even the score and five minutes later sophomore Callahan Lyon scored on a free-position shot to give Nazareth a 2-1 lead.

The Tigers scored three times in a span of five minutes to surge ahead 4-2 before sophomore Regan McGwin scored late in the period to close the gap to 4-3 at the halftime intermission.

The teams traded goals early in the second half with Robinson scoring for the second time at 25:58 and RIT answering back at 25:06.

Allen and Aldrich scored to give Nazareth a 6-5 edge before Robinson completed her hat trick to put the Golden Flyers up two goals at 7-5.

RIT trimmed the lead to a goal with just under nine minutes to play but Allen and Geitner scored unassisted goals to extend the Nazareth lead to 9-6.

RIT added a late goal with just eight seconds remaining for the final score.

Robinson finished with three points on three goals while Aldrich contributed three points on a goal and two assists. Senior Brianna Rizzari Made 11 saves in the Nazareth goal.

The Golden Flyers wrap up regular season play Saturday at home against Alfred in Empire 8 play.