TAMPA, Fla. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team was tripped up on Saturday evening at Tampa by a final score of 10-9 at the Naimoli Athletic Complex. UAH slips to 5-2, while UT improves to 1-4.

Tampa controlled much of the first half after scoring three early, unanswered tallies with goals by Amanda Voges at 28:10, Shannon Sweeney at 23:26 and Amanda Rom at 19:02.

The Chargers were able to end the string of UT goals as Natalie Pachinger cut the Tampa lead to 3-1 at 16:31, but Sweeney added her second of the contest at 9:25 to give the Spartans a 4-1 lead through 30 minutes.

UAH rebounded in the second half to outscore Tampa 8-6 in the final 30 minutes, despite falling 10-9 in the Saturday road contest.

Nicole Federovitch led off the scoring at 26:06 with Elizabeth Brown scoring at 25:37 to reduce the Spartan lead to 4-3.

After Tampa's Sweeney added her third of the game, the Chargers proceeded to score four straight goals to take a 7-5 lead in the matchup as Pachinger scored at 21:47, Megan Hartnett at 19:37, Federovitch at 18:23 and Megan Hart at 15:12.

The Spartans would overtake the Chargers lead with a trio of tallies before the game went into its final seven minutes of play, but Nicole Federovitch scored her third and fourth goals of the game at 5:27 and 3:34, respectively.

However, Tampa would score twice in the final two minutes for the eventual 10-9 victory, with Natalie Carraway scoring at 2:14 and Madison Creech at 1:10.

Haleigh Comp takes the loss in goal after stopping three Spartan shots while allowing 10 goals. Comp now holds a 5-2 record in net this season.

The Chargers totaled 13 ground balls in the contest with Hartnett leading the way with four scoops, while Pachinger paced the Blue and White with four draw controls.

UAH will wrap up the two-game road trip through the Sunshine State with a non-conference matchup against Ave Maria tomorrow at 1 p.m. CST in Tampa, Florida.