PITTSBURGH, Pa. / Mar. 14, 2012– Five different Colonials tallied on Wednesday night as the Robert Morris women's lacrosse team fell to cross-town rival Duquesne 12-6. MacKenzie Lawler led the Colonials with two goals on the night.

After Duquesne jumped out to a two-goal lead early in the first half, the Colonials responded with two goals of their own to even the score – all in the game's first 20 minutes. Senior Courtney Sicinski (Downingtown, Pa. / Downingtown West) opened the night for RMU with her eighth goal of the year with 25:56 left in the first half after being set up by freshman Jessica Rutherford (Pylesville, Md. / North Harford). Freshman Kristin Yoviene (Easton, Md. / Saints Peter and Paul) would net her ninth goal of the year for the equalizer with 22:16 remaining.

The Colonials (1-6 overall, 0-0 NEC) would net a third unanswered goal less than three minutes later at 19:43 when sophomore Emily VanDyne (Webster, N.Y. / Webster Thomas) tallied her second goal of the season to put RMU up 3-2.

But the lead would not last. Duquesne (4-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10) would score four-straight goals to reclaim the lead before sophomore Talia Waskowicz (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny) ended the Dukes' run with her 10th goal of the year at 27:01 of the second half. Lawler (Okemos, Mich. / Okemos) would add a pair of second-half goals (22:44, 8:30) to give the Colonials six on the night, but the hosts would increase their goal total to 12 as regulation came to an end.

Sophomore Kaitlin Pentz (Sykesville, Md. / Century) took the loss for Robert Morris with an eight-save performance. Liz Walker made four saves to pick up the win for Duquesne. Haley Marafioti led the Dukes with five points and three goals in the win.

Robert Morris returns to action on Saturday at Joe Walton Stadium against Davidson. Saturday's game is scheduled for a 12 p.m. start time.

-Robert Morris University-