WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Palm Beach Atlantic women's lacrosse returned home to face Lynn University tonight. The Sailfish fell behind early against the No. 25 ranked Fighting Knights and hung around throughout but were never able to close the gap to put game pressure on Lynn before falling 16-7. 

The Sailfish honored five seniors before the game in Anna Laskaris, Kiki Cinotti, Chelsea Smith, Brooke Schoch, and Amaya Estrada. After the pregame festivities, it was the ranked Lynn side that jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in just four minutes of play. Ella Howlin broke through for the Sailfish at the 7:38 mark to cut the deficit to three, but the Sailfish struggled to gain possession early on as they won just one of the first eight draw controls. 

When the 'Fish did possess the ball early on, they struggled on their early clear attempts, committing 11 first-half turnovers. Laskaris found the back of the net twice for the Sailfish in the second quarter as she broke the 20-goal mark on the season but the Sailfish trailed 11-3 at the half. 

PBA came out strong in the second half as they quickly scored two goals behind Cinotti and Howlin to make the game 11-5. Six ended up being it as close as the game would get as Laskaris and Cinotti would each score one more goal but the 'Fish ultimately fell 16-7. PBA was outshot 31-20 in the game and was only able to win 8-of-26 draw controls in the game. Sailfish goalie Courtney Rausch was able to make eight saves as she zeros in on the school's single-season record and is now nine short of the record. Laskaris' hat-trick and two goals each by Cinotti and Howlin were the offense for the Sailfish as they have been most of the season.

The Sailfish wrap-up play on the season when they host Florida Southern on Saturday at the Rinker Athletic Campus. The Mocs are 11-3 on the season and 3-2 in SSC play.