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After starting out the season with three straight wins, the women's lacrosse team dropped their third straight to Drexel, 9-7, on Saturday afternoon. Bernadette Smith tallied five goals for the Hawks while Drexel's Jaime Connahan netted four goals. SJU (3-3) could not muster any offense as they scored just two goals in the first half. The Hawks first goal did not come until the 9:17 mark after Drexel had already gone out to a 3-0 lead. Drexel extended its lead to 4-1 with 53 seconds left in the first half but the Hawks answered scoring with six seconds remaining to make it a 4-2 game at halftime. The Dragons scored five of the first seven goals in the second half to take a commanding 9-4 lead with 1:38 remaining in regulation. The Hawks would not go away as they rallied to score three straight goals, all by Smith, in a 1:09 span to make it a 9-7 game. The Hawks, however, would run out of time. Drexel (1-4) keeper Shirley Sarker was the thorn in the Hawks side as she turned back 17 SJU shots. SJU's Lauren Bradley posted 9 saves. Freshman Amie Schmoltze added a goal and two assists for the Hawks.