Senior Amanda Makoid matched a career-best with five points and junior Brit Ferguson registered a career-high nine draw controls in leading the American University women's lacrosse team to a 15-13 victory at Bucknell on Saturday afternoon in Lewisburg, Pa. The win evens the Eagles' record at 1-1 in Patriot League play.

Makoid began the scoring for American (3-6, 1-1 PL) 16 seconds into the game with her opening goal off a pass from Lauren Schoenberger. Bucknell (1-8, 0-2 PL) responded with the next three goals to take a 3-1 advantage before the Eagles fired back with three straight goals of their own to regain the 4-3 lead at the 13:01 mark of the first half. Schoenberger scored the first and third goals during the stretch, while Makoid recorded the second strike. Makoid also picked up an assist on Schoenberger's first goal while Kimberly Collins was credited with the helper on Makoid's goal. The Bison scored two of the next three goals to knot the score at five with 6:52 remaining in the opening half. Chiara Speziale scored AU's fifth goal of the game, which came unassisted.

The Eagles scored the final two goals of the half to take a 7-5 lead into intermission. Emily Burton was credited with the first goal and Samantha Marshall followed with the final goal of the half for AU.

Marshall began the second half strong for AU with an opening goal to give American an 8-5 lead. Bucknell, however, fired back with three straight goals over the following three-plus minutes to tie the score at eight. Paige Lin registered the game's next goal at the 23:22 mark to give AU a 9-8 advantage, and it was followed by strikes by Makoid and Emily Stankiewicz, which extended American's margin to three, 11-8, with 22:35 to play.

Bucknell converted three of the game's next four goals midway through the half to cut AU's lead to one, 12-11, although Makoid broke up the momentium with a key goal to open American's lead back to two at the 11:34 mark. The Bison again cut the deficit to one, 13-12, with 9:14 to play, and the game remained knotted at that score for the next seven minutes.

With time winding down and the outcome still in doubt, Lin converted a key insurance goal with 2:14 to play to extend AU's lead back to two, 14-12. Stankiewicz quickly followed with another strike to give AU a 15-12 lead with 1:36 to go, and the Eagles held on for the 15-13 victory.

Makoid matched career-bests with four goals and five points, while Burton, Lin, Marshall, Schoenberger and Stankiewicz each contributed a pair of goals for the Eagles. Emma Larkin led the Eagles with three groundballs, while Ferguson registered a career-best nine draw controls. Ferguson also forced two caused turnovers, while Erin McDevitt recorded a team-best three.

Kaska Komosinski played all 60 minutes in goal for the Eagles, recording five saves for the victory.

The Eagles outshot Bucknell by a 42-21 margin, and held a 16-11 advantage in groundballs collected. AU also controlled 19 of the game's 30 draws.

AU will return to Jacobs Field for each of its next three games, beginning on Wednesday, March 24 when the Eagles host George Mason. Game time is slated for 4 p.m. All AU women's lacrosse home games are broadcast live on Eagles Vision TV, featuring multiple camera angles and enhanced on-screen graphics. For more information on Eagles Vision TV and to signup, click here.