GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine women’s lacrosse team scored 13 unanswered goals to overcome a two-goal, first-half deficit en route to a 16-7 victory over visiting University of Maine at Farmington in a nonconference game Thursday afternoon at Hannaford Field.

Down 5-3 in the latter stages of the first half, the Huskies scored twice to pull even, then scored 11 consecutive goals in the second half to pull away. Juniors Anh Nguyen and Sarah Pelligrinelli scored the two late first-half goals that leveled the score at halftime.

Sophomore Lauren Lessard paced the Huskies offense with a six-point day. Lessard scored a game-high five goals and passed off one assist.

For UMF, junior Ayla Allen had a hat trick, while freshman and former Mt. Ararat High School standout Sierra Gilley had a goal and passed out two assists. Rookie Carly Raymond, also from Topsham, had a goal and one assist.

Allen scored twice to spark a three-goal run by the Beavers that gave the visitors a 4-2 lead with 16:45 to play in the half. Laplante and Raymond traded goals 49 seconds apart to leave the Beavers with a 5-3 advantage with 11:30 to play.

Southern Maine, in the middle of a four games in six-day stretch, opens Little East Conference play on Saturday at 12 p.m. hosting Keene State College. UMaine Farmington travels to Husson University on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. for a North Atlantic Conference match.