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LOS ANGELES - Loyola Marymount hosted eight of the 16 games of the 17th Annual LMU Invitational Friday. The Lions (12-11) split their two games on the tournament's first day, falling in a thriller to San Jose State and then responding with a win over Harvard.

GAME 1: #21 San Jose State 8, #11 LMU 7 (SD) | Box Score

The Lions erased a 6-1 second-quarter deficit to force sudden death before ultimately coming up short in the eighth period against the Spartans.

LMU responded with six consecutive goals between Abbey Grosse's second and third of the game to close out the first half and Hana Vilanova's three-straight. Daniela Hernandez added one to open the third.

SJSU scored the game-tying goal to force overtime with 1:22 remaining in regulation. Neither team let up in the extra period or the first sudden death before the Spartans scored the game-winner with 26 seconds remaining on the clock.

Claire Wright recorded seven saves in her 44 minutes in the cage.

GAME 2: #11 LMU 10, #22 Harvard 5 | Box Score

LMU scored all four goals of the first half, as well as the first two of the second half, before Harvard scored a pair in the third to make it a 6-2 game. Of the six, Hana Vilanova scored three and Daniela Hernandez, Abbey Grosse, and Kiana Harpstrite each added one.

The Lions responded with a goal by Annika Armstrong and then Vilanova's fourth of the game to push it to 8-2 heading into the fourth.

Serena Zafiris and Melyssa Moore each scored in the fourth quarter to make it a 10-3 before the Crimson added a pair of late goals before time expired.

Claire Wright made nine saves in the win.

Saturday Games

LMU closes out the Invitational with games at 9:15 a.m. against #9 Michigan and at 1:00 p.m. against #17 Princeton. Both of those teams went 2-0 in their two games Friday.

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