DURANGO, Colo. – Colorado State University women's lacrosse saw its three goal fourth period lead evaporate here on a snowy and windy Saturday afternoon as the ThunderWolves fell 10-9 to Fort Lewis in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action at Ray Dennison Stadium.
 
With the setback, the Pack drops its fifth straight game as its record falls to 2-7 overall and 0-5 in the RMAC, while Fort Lewis improves to 2-7 overall and 1-4 in the RMAC. Saturday's game was third of five straight road games for the Pack as they conclude the road trip next weekend with games at Westminster and Colorado Mesa.
 
The Pack were outshot, 37-23, but led 7-2 at the half and held a 9-6 lead following a goal by freshman midfielder Reese Wasmund (Portland, Ore./West Linn) on a free position shot just 102 seconds into the fourth period. The Skyhawks, though, rallied as they scored three goals in a span two-plus minutes to tie the game at 9-all and then used an unassisted goal by Ellie Martinez with 1:11 left in the game to take a 10-9 lead.
 
Following Martinez's goal, the Pack won the draw control, but a shot from Wasmund with 37 seconds left was high and the Pack gave the ball back to the Skyhawks on a turnover by freshman attacker Leeah Carmine (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) sealed Fort Lewis' win.
 
Wasmund, along with senior midfielder Baylee Mee (Reno, Nev./Galena) and graduate student attacker Sedona Sargent (Bellingham, Wash./Sehome) each tallied two goals for the Pack in Saturday's game. Mee, Sargent, and sophomore attacker Elise Magee (Port Moody, British Columbia) each tallied three points as Mee and Sargent had an assist, while Magee had two assists and a goal.
 
The Pack scored the first goal of the game just 67 seconds into the game as Magee scored an unassisted goal. The goal was the team-high tying 18th this season for Magee.
 
Wasmund scored her first goal off the game off an assist by Carmine with 9:39 left in the opening period to take a 2-0 lead in the game. Mee would give the Pack a 3-0 lead with 7:57 left in the first period. Mee's goal came off an assist by Sargent.
 
The Skyhawks would get on the scoreboard on a goal by Caprietta Abbadessa with 3:14 left in the period and the Pack capped the scoring in the opening period on a goal by Carmine that was assisted by Meet to give the Pack a 4-1 lead after the opening 15 minutes of play.
 
Sargent scored the first two goals of the second period to give the Pack a 6-1 lead just two-plus minutes into the period. The next two goals came within 13 seconds of each other as FLC's Autumn Rymerson scored an unassisted goal with 8:46 left to pull the Skyhawks within 6-2 and Mee scored off an assist by Magee with 8:33 left in the period to give the Pack a 7-2 lead. The Pack held a 7-2 lead at the half.
 
Fort Lewis would outscore the Pack, 8-2, in the second half as they scored four of the five goals in the third period to pull within 8-6 after three periods of action. The Pack's lone goal in the period came from freshman Clara Drinkwater (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown) on a free position shot.
 
The Pack pushed its lead to 9-6 just 102 seconds into the fourth period on Wasmund's free position goal, before FLC used goals by two goals by Rymerson and a goal by Piper Price to tie the game at 9-9 with 4:32 left in the game. Martinez's unassisted goal with 1:11 left capped the scoring.
 
Mee (7) and Magee (6) combined for 13 of the Pack's 23 shots, while Mikki Brown (9), Rymerson (8) and Abbadessa (7) combined for 24 of FLC's 37 shots.
 
Both teams finished with 33 ground balls on the day as redshirt freshman defender Lani McCombs (San Diego, Calif./Patrick Henry) and freshman goalie Breonna Mason (Colorado Springs, Colo./Air Academy) each had six ground balls for the Pack. Samantha Rodgers had eight ground balls for the Skyhawks.
 
Fort Lewis won the draw battle, 13-9, but the Pack was 21-for-34 on clears, while FLC was 20-for-25 on clears.
 
Magee had five of the Pack's nine draw controls and Mee and sophomore attacker Audrey Allendorf (Stow, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls) each had two caused turnovers for the Pack as they finished with eight in the game.
 
Mason played all 60 minutes in goal for the Pack and allowed 10 goals and had 15 saves.
 
Abbadessa and Rymerson combined for seven of Fort Lewis' 10 goals, while Mikki Brown had six draw controls and Rodgers was credited with five caused turnovers.
 
The teams combined for 59 turnovers in the game.
 
Caley Lay earned the win in goal for the Skyhawks as she played the entire second half in the cage and allowed two goals, while recording eight saves and collecting two ground balls.
 
The Pack will return to action next Friday, April 12 as they travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, for a 4 p.m. game at Westminster, before playing a 1 p.m. game on Sunday, April 14 at Colorado Mesa. Westminster earned a 14-3 win over the in Pueblo on March 16 and Colorado Mesa picked up a 15-4 win over the Pack on March 17.