The St. Lawrence University women's soccer team dominated with a 17-5 edge in shots in the game but were unable to find an equalizer as the Saints fell 1-0 to SUNY Potsdam at the Maxcy Hall Turf Field on Tuesday night.

The Saints fell to 1-1-1 on the year, while the Bears improved to 2-0.

St. Lawrence came out fast with the first three attempts in the contest. Lily Pleau had a look eight minutes in but her shot sailed left of the woodwork. Later in the half, Grace Mochnal and Kylie Burnett each had a chance on Savannah Bowie but were turned away.

It was Potsdam that would instead break the tie after forcing a corner kick in the 27th minute. The kick bounced into the St. Lawrence box and pinballed around until the luck landed on the foot of Sarah Emmi, who buried the effort to take the lead.

Barrett Freeman had a chance to knot the game later in the half but was stopped to keep the game at 1-0 after 45.

With the Bears falling back into a defensive shift, the Scarlet and Brown turned up the heat in the second half generating 13 shots on the Potsdam frame. Freeman and Meredith Donahue were dangerous in the opening 20 minutes forcing Bowie to make three saves.

The Saints kept pushing and had one of their best looks from Mia Cence, whose free kick was ripped at the Bears' net and barely saved by the keeper.

The pressure kept mounting on Potsdam as the Scarlet and Brown had five corner kicks in the last six minutes of the contest. In the barrage, St. Lawrence had four shots and two on net but were unable to find the equalizer as the clock hit 90.

Both Keely Snode and Darcie McDonough finished with a save in the Saints' net, while Bowie had eight for the Bears.

St. Lawrence dominated in all categories outshooting Potsdam 17-5 and had an 8-3 edge in shots on goal. The Saints also had eight corner kicks to the Bears' two.

The Scarlet and Brown will rest up and begin to prepare for the Manchester Cup over the weekend. The Saints will take on Babson College on Saturday, September 9, then will line up against Castleton on Sunday.