Senior Kayla Schmalz and junior Olivia Slade each had two goals for the St. Lawrence University women's lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon in the Saints' season-ending loss to Rensselaer, 12-8, on North Country Field at Hall-Leet Stadium in Canton, New York.

Fellow seniors Ashley Norris and Greta Massey also factored into the scoring for the Saints with a goal apiece, while Schmalz picked up a team-high three ground balls and Jacqueline Sovie finished with two caused turnovers. Morgan Barlow and Campbell Armstrong also scored for the Saints.

Michelle Bolger and Maddy Aslansan recorded hat tricks for the Engineers in the win, as Aslansan opened the scoring for RPI at 23:02 of the first half to put the visitors in front 1-0.

Minutes later, Schmalz and Slade scored back-to-back goals for the Saints in a span of 39 seconds to take a 2-1 lead. The goal for Slade was her first of the season.

She scored her second of the season and the game at 12:40, exactly one minute after RPI had tied the game, to give St. Lawrence a 3-2 lead. Campbell Armstrong gave the Saints' a two-goal margin at 4:58, but RPI scored two straight near the end of the half to tie the game at 4-4 heading into the break.

RPI took its first lead since the game's opening goal at 28:49 of the second half with another from Aslansan, and went on to score three in a row to take a 7-4 lead.

St. Lawrence pulled within two three times during the second half, but could not fully close the gap against the Engineers.

Barlow made it 7-5 in favor of the visitors at 17:51 and, after RPI answered with a goal by Morgan Doyle, Massey cut the deficit to 8-6 with her 12th of the season at 15:08.

Norris and Schmalz rounded out the scoring for the Saints at 9:07 and 7:02, respectively, before Bolger gave the Engineers a pair of insurance goals in the final minutes to push to the 12-8 margin.

The Saints finished with a 27-26 edge in total shots, while RPI had a 19-18 advantage in shots on goal.

Olga Lukas made seven saves for St. Lawrence in the loss and Aleena Milinski finished with 10 saves in the win for RPI.

Records – St. Lawrence (4-11, 2-8 Liberty League), RPI (8-5-1, 6-4 LL)

Of Note – The Saints celebrated the seven members of the Class of 2018 with a pregame ceremony on Saturday. Rachel Boghosian, Monica Manning, Greta Massey, Ashley Norris, Kayla Schmalz and Jacqueline Sovie played their final game on North Country Field Saturday afternoon.