The Misericordia University women's lacrosse team fell to Scranton, 12-4, Thursday evening.

Olivia Garcia, Lexee Willey, Cara Spector and Amy Roth all scored goals for the Cougars.  Kaila Quinlivan had an assist, four ground balls and three draw controls. 

Garcia had two ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Katie McLoughlin had six saves and four ground balls.

Scranton scored the game's first three goals before Garcia scored from Quinlivan midway through the first half.

The Royals answered with five goals over the final 14:12 of the first half to take an 8-1 halftime lead.

Spector, Roth and Wiley all scored in the second half to pull MU within 9-4, but Scranton sealed the win with three goals over the final 6:40.

Misericordia, 1-2, will visit Marywood, Monday.