GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo women's lacrosse concluded its two-game road trip to open Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play here Sunday by suffering a 20-5 setback to 24th-ranked Colorado Mesa at C.H. Unity Field.

With the setback, the ThunderWolves fall to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the RMAC, while Colorado Mesa improves to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the RMAC.

Sunday's game came less than 48 hours after the Pack opened RMAC play with a 21-18 loss on Friday at Westminster.

In Sunday's game, the Pack were held to 17 shots and scored a season low five goals, with four of the five goals coming in the second half after Mesa had built a 17-1 lead.

Five different Pack players scored in Sunday's game with freshman midfielder Katie Broom (Houston, Texas/Spring) leading the way with two points as along with scoring a goal, she added the lone assist of the game for the Pack.

While the Pack had 17 shots, Mesa took 39 shots and held a 25-15 edge in ground balls in the win.

Mesa opened the scoring with a goal by Justine Anderson less than two minutes into the game, but junior midfielder Baylee Mee (Reno, Nev./Galena) tied the game following her goal that was assisted by Broom with 12:11 left in the opening period.

That would be as close as the game would be as the Mavericks 15 straight goals over the final 16-plus minutes of the first half to hold a 16-1 lead at the half.

Kiley Davis scored a goal just 76 seconds into the third period to give the Mavs a 17-1 lead, but the Pack would stop the scoring flurry by Mesa with an unassisted goal by senior midfielder Sedona Sargent (Bellingham, Wash./Sehome) with 11:23 left in the third period. Sargent's goal made the score, 17-2 in Mesa's favor. Mesa would add two more goals in the period to take a 19-2 lead heading into the final period of play.

The Pack would outscore the Mavs. 3-1, in the fourth period to set the final margin. The Pack goals in the period were scored by Broom, freshmen midfielders Katie Schimpf (Edmonds, Wash./Edmonds Woodway) and Elise Magee (Port Moody, British Columbia/Dr. Charles Best Secondary).

Broom and Sargent each took five shots for the Pack and they combined for five of the Pack's 10 shots on goal in the game. Broom, Mee and senior defender Jillian Kelly (Pueblo, Colo./Centennial) each had three ground balls for the Pack.

Mesa got four goals from Davis, while Anderson had three goals in the win. Three Mavs added two goals on the day.

The Mavs controlled the draw control in Sunday's game, 19-9 and forced the Pack into 19 turnovers. Mesa committed 14 turnovers in the contest.

Broom and senior midfielder Caira Lessick (Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City) had four and three draw controls respectively for the Pack. Ali Bryant paced Mesa with six draw controls.

Sophomore goalkeeper Naomi Price-Burton (0-3) play all 60 minutes in the cage and recorded seven saves and allowed 20 goals.

Shannon Murphy (2-1) played all 60 minutes in goal for Mesa and recorded five saves to go along with allowing five goals.

The Pack will return home to the Art and Lorraine Gonzales Soccer and Lacrosse Stadium in Pueblo for a 2 p.m. non-conference game on Thursday, March 16 against Rockhurst University.