Mount Ladies’s Lacrosse Endures Heartbreak in MAAC First Round on Siena’s Sport Winner

EMMITSBURG, Md. (April 26, 2026) – Mount St. Mary’s ladies’s lacrosse conceded the profitable objective to Siena within the closing seconds of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) First Round. The gut-wrenching defeat concludes the Mount’s season, and they’ll end with a file of 10-7 for the 12 months.  
 
A silver lining was sophomore Brooke Molchanoff turning into the third particular person in Mount historical past to earn 60 targets in a season. She ties the second-most, beforehand earned by Jordan Butler in 2019, and the file holder Katelyn Catanese, who had 64 in 2008.
 
Molchanoff tied for the staff lead in objective with Haylee Bittinger, every scoring twice. Ava Kraszewski, Morgan Ortega, Morgan Baird, and MK Allingham all registered a objective. The defensive duo of Hailey Chester and Mackey Fick every generated three triggered turnovers.
 
HOW THE GAME UNFOLDED
 Mount St. Mary’s bought the early command of the sport, scoring 5 in a row after Siena bought on the board first. Bittinger provided each her targets on this span.

• The Saints rallied to attain three in a row earlier than halftime to shut the sport to 5-4.
• The guests then grabbed the lead at 7-6 earlier than posting one other to go up two.
• Ortega and Allingham led the cost to tie the rating. Allingham had the equalizer with 4:17 remaining.
• Siena bought a defensive cease to try to safe the win and obtained additional profit by way of two playing cards issued to Mount St. Mary’s. Cass Belsito capitalized on the benefit and rating the sport winner with 13 seconds left. The Mount had been unable to get a shot on objective on the ultimate possession.