The St. John Fisher College field hockey team saw their comeback attempt against host St. Lawrence University fall just short Tuesday as the Cardinals fell 5-4, snapping a three game winning streak.  Fisher fought its way back from being down 5-1, however it was unable to find the equalizer late in the game.
 
With the loss, Fisher falls to 9-4 overall, while St. Lawrence moves to 5-8.
 
The host Saints jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after 13 minutes of play.  Fisher would cut the lead to just one as Elizabeth Cusack put home a rebound for her twelfth goal of the season.
 
St. Lawrence added another tally before half to go up 3-1 at the break.
 
Utilizing their momentum after the first half, St. Lawrence continued to put pressure on the Fisher defense, finding the back of the net two more times within the first 10 minutes of the second half to take a commanding 5-1 lead.
 
The Cardinals, however, had a rally in them as Alexis Zakala, Stacie Skidmore, and Emily Markarian each scored in under a 10 minute span to cut the Saints lead to just one, 5-4.
 
Zakala started the rally for Fisher scoring off a penalty corner, with the assist credited to Skidmore.
 
Skidmore got on the board herself in the 57^th minute, taking the ball in on goal from quarter field and snapping a shot past the Saints goalie.  The senior has now recorded a point in each of the last six games.
 
Markarian continued her hot streak as well cashing in on good passing from the Fisher offense, capped off with an assist to Courtney Wittmeyer.  The freshman forward now has six goals in the last three games for Fisher.
 
The Cardinals kept pushing and had a solid scoring opportunity with :15 second remaining but Caitlin Allen saw her shot turned aside.

Danielle Famolaro made eight saves in net for the Cardinals.

Fisher returns to action at 5 p.m. on Saturday when it will host Elmira College in Empire 8 play.