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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Freshman Alissa Peterson scored four goals, seven shots and six ground balls to lead the Rensselaer women's lacrosse team to a 9-7 win over Skidmore in Liberty League action.  The Engineers improve to 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the league, while the Thoroughbreds fall to 4-4 and 0-2.

Skidmore's Lauren Madden tallied the game's first goal at the 25:12 mark, giving the Thoroughbreds the early lead, but Afton Marshall tied it up less than two minutes later.  Peterson then made it 3-1 with back-to-back goals and Rensselaer held the lead from that point on.

Abbie Hamlin made it 3-2 with her first goal of the season, but the Engineers added three more markers to take a 6-2 lead.  Peterson, Sam Fennessy and Whitney Kukol notched the goals for the visitors.  Madden and Jen Greenwood exchanged goals before Skidmore's Abbie Klaus netted her first of the game with 1:04 remaining to make it a three-goal deficit (7-4) going into the half.

The Thoroughbreds scored the first two goals of the second half as Klaus and Lindsay Stavola scored 26 seconds apart to cut the lead to one at the 21:56 mark.  Rensselaer answered right back with a Fennessey goal just 46 seconds later to make it an 8-6 game.

Stavola cut the lead back to one on her 20th goal of the season at the 18:01 mark. After 12 minutes without a goal, Peterson scored her fourth goal of the game and 20th of the year with 6:01 remaining to make it 9-7.  The Engineers were able to maintain possession for a majority of the remainder of the game to seal the victory.

Ariana Hood made seven stops for the Engineers, while Thoroughbred goalie Rachel Klein had 14 saves. RPI outshot Skidmore 36-19.