ALBANY, N.Y. – The Binghamton women's lacrosse team opened America East play on Saturday afternoon as they were on the road at the University of Albany and it turned out to be a back-and-forth affair that wasn't settled until the fourth quarter. UAlbany was able to come away with the 15-13 win on John Fallon Field and loss dropped Binghamton to 4-6 overall and 0-1 in conference play.
 
Neither team was able to make the most of their first possessions as the respective defenses held strong and it was UAlbany who tallied the first score of the game with Ava Poupard who netted her sixth of the season at the 12:51 mark. After a successful clear, the Bearcats were able to make the most of an opponent green card as Kristen Scheidel scored on the man up for her 39^th goal of the season making it 1-1.
 
UAlbany would respond and make it 2-1, 8:50 into the first quarter with Megan Dineen finding the back of the net. Gabriella Meli had a chance to equalize but Grace Cincebox stood tall in the cage and made the save. The score remained the same going into the second quarter. The Great Danes tallied two more unanswered goals within the first five plus minutes of the period. Binghamton cut into the deficit making it 4-2 when Madison Murphy dished a pass that was finished off by Kristen Scheidel.
 
The Bearcats once again made the most of man-up opportunity as with six minutes left before half Carla Curth netted her seventh goal of the season making it a 4-3 game. Binghamton's surge continued as this time Madison Murphy scored from the free position to tie it up with 3:37 left in the half. The Bearcats would tally two more unanswered goals to go up 6-4, but UAlbany seized the momentum going into the halftime break scoring two in the final 11 seconds of the quarter.
 
The third quarter started with the Great Danes still having all the momentum as they fired two early goals to go up 8-6 and force a BU timeout. UAlbany went up 9-6, but another Binghamton run was scored with a man-up goal netted by Olivia Muscolino. Momentum continued and after a ground ball from Angelina Suau and a clear, Emma Blloshmi ripped a shot past the opposing keeper making it 9-8 with under eight left in the quarter. UAlbany scored another this time coming with 31 seconds left that was scored by Allie Maloney.
 
UAlbany added two more tallies to its lead making it a 12-8 game, but the Bearcats once again responded going on a 3-0 run to cut the deficit to one. The first goal was netted by Olivia Muscolino, Emma Billoshimi would then net one from the free position and with 7:18 remaining Muscolino scored another making it 12-11. The teams would then trade goals including an unassisted Madison Murphy effort that kept Binghamton within striking distance with under five minutes. Grace McCauley gave the home team breathing room finding the back of the net and putting up UAlbany 14-12 and they added one more with under a minute before Madison Murphy scored again for the 15-13 final.
 
The Great Danes ended up outshooting Binghamton 42-22, but the Bearcats placed 18 of them on target as Olivia Muscolino, Madison Murphy and Kristen Scheidel each netted a hat trick apiece.
 
Binghamton returns home to host the University of Massachusetts Lowell for an AEC matchup that is slated to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 23.