EASTON, Pa. – The Lafayette field hockey team never quit after an early deficit on Monday afternoon at Rappolt Field, scoring two goals within five minutes of each other in the early stages of the second half and holding on to complete the comeback over Penn, 2-1.

Junior co-captain Lisa van der Geest nailed the back of the cage with a low liner off a penalty corner to tie it up in the 43^rd minute before classmate Jenn DeLongis sent a seeing-eye shot through the middle of the crease that beat Penn keeper Ava Rosati to win it five minutes later. Penn's tally came in the ninth minute as Erin Kelly made a stellar individual play, juggling from the right side and sending a backhand shot back to the right to beat a diving Sarah Park.

The win is the third straight for the Maroon and White and improves their overall record to 5-8. Penn, a team that knocked off No. 14 Wake Forest to open its 2018 campaign, falls to 6-6 with the loss.

"The past three games, the attack penalty corners have been a highlight for us. When you have the ability to score on corners, it makes a big difference in the game," head coach Jennifer Stone said. "They had opportunity, we had opportunity and the result fell our way. Our girls absolutely earned it."

The attacking play from Lafayette continues to excel, with the team tallying multiple goals for the fourth straight game. DeLongis and senior co-captain Theresa Delahanty assisted on the first Leopard tally, while sophomore Audrey Sawers fed DeLongis for the game-winner, which was also the first career goal for the Hatfield, Pennsylvania native.

"I think it's great that our whole team is playing the way that we can play and the way we've been playing in practice every single day," junior Caroline Turnbull added.

Complementing the attacking play was the defensive effort for the Leopards, which held Penn off the scoreboard for 61 minutes following the early tally. The Quakers had their chances with five shots and five corners in the second stanza, but van der Geest, Sawers, senior co-captain Rachel Bird and Park did the job on the back end to keep them out of the cage.

"We're playing the best hockey we've played so far this season and, as a coach, you want your trajectory to be upward," Stone concluded. "Our messaging has been pretty consistent to the group in that there's still a whole lot we need to work on, but there's a whole lot that's going well for us right now. I'm very happy for the team to see that good hockey leads to good results and I'm proud of them for that."

Shots favored Penn by an 11-4 margin, while the Quakers earned 10 corners compared to just one for Lafayette. Park made three saves for her fifth win of the year, while Bird came up with two defensive saves as well.

Lafayette hits the road for four of its final five games to finish off the 2018 regular season slate, beginning on Saturday with a critical Patriot League effort against Holy Cross at 11 a.m.