CLINTON, S.C.- Despite scoring four goals in the final four minutes of play to tie the contest, the Presbyterian College women's lacrosse team dropped a hard-fought 20-19 contest against Jacksonville on a rain-soaked field on Senior Day Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Hose conclude the regular season at 3-12 overall and 2-4 in conference play. The Dolphins now stand at 6-10 overall and 4-2 against league foes.

PC was led by Shannon Hartford's career-high eight points on five goals and three assists. Jordan Newberry accounted for five goals while Kirstin Stenoien added six points on two goals and a game-high four assists.

Katie Prisco (three goals) and Berkley Aiken (two goals) each had multi-point performances.

At the intermission, JU held an 8-7 advantage, but the home squad out-scored the Dolphins 7-5 in the final 23:13 of the half. After falling behind 3-0, Kirstin Stenoein found Newberry for the team's first goal of the afternoon.

Hartford then posted the first of her goals for the day less than a minute later after taking a brilliant pass from Katie Prisco to pull the team within one. Senior Berkley Aiken tied the contest off a pass from Stenoien at 22:08.

The Dolphins countered with a 4-1 run to go ahead 7-4 with 12:30 to play in the first stanza. Neither team could get a shot to connect for over six minutes until Aiken tallied her second score of the day. At the 4:11 mark, Lauren Lefeber connected on a free position shot. Just 20 seconds later, Marie-Lisette Dimitrew hit Hartford for another score, tying the contest at 7-7. The visitors tacked on a goal with 2:25 to go for the 8-7 halftime advantage.

The Dolphins went up two 1:20 into the final stanza only to have Hartford find Newberry for a goal with 25:31 to play. The squads traded goals until Jocelyn Jamison put the visitors up by two, 13-11, at the 13:58 mark. That goal started a 4-1 run by the Dolphins, giving the visitors a 16-12 advantage with just 9:56 to play.

Head coach Kristina Llanes' team would not give up. The squad roared back to tie the contest at 18-18 beginning with Stenoien's unassisted tally at the 8:35 mark.

Trailing 18-14 with under five minutes to play and in spite of the pouring rain, PC climbed back into the contest, scoring four straight goals in a span of 2:54.

Prisco took a pass from Lauren Lefeber for a score with 4:06 to go. Jenna Handshoe added another score at the 3:35 mark. A minute later, Jill Parker found dished off a beautiful pass to Katie Prisco on the right side of the frame. Prisco promptly fired the ball past the keeper to make the score 18-17. With 1:24 to go, Hartford notched her seventh point of the day when she was credited with an assist on the goal by Newberry.

Jamison scored with 32 seconds to play, giving the Dolphins a 19-18 lead. However, Hartford answered the call with a goal nine seconds later off a pass from Stenoien, tying the contest.

After Amanda Hurley scored on a free position shot with 15 seconds to play, the Blue Hose had one last chance. PC won the ensuing draw control and had an attempt with just a few seconds remaining, but Parker's shot was saved, resulting in the 20-19 win for the Dolphins.

For the game, PC notched 19-22 clears while each team won 20 draw controls. Due to the rain, each accounted for a high number of ground balls, with the home team being credited for 36 while the Dolphins had 32.

The Blue Hose return to action Friday at the National Lacrosse Conference Tournament. Their opponent is still TBA as is the time for their opening-round game.