CALDWELL, N.J. -- Sophomore Lucy Coogan (Kilkenny, Ireland) had a team-best 21 points, including five three-pointers, and freshman Jahnel Lewis (Jersey City, N.J.) added 18 as Caldwell Women's Basketball (1-2) fell, 71-54, to Franklin Pierce (3-1) in a non-league matchup at Newman Center.

The Cougars led after the first quarter, breaking a 15-15 tie on two free throws by soph Tyler Dendy (Ossining, N.Y.). After FPU tied it at 17, a layup by soph Alisa Blalock (Uniondale, N.Y.) gave the Cougars their last lead of the game at 19-17. 

Caldwell hung tough, trailing by just two at the half, and a three-pointer by Coogan pulled the Cougars to within a point at 32-21 early in the third quarter before a 7-0 run put the visitors ahead by eight, and CU would get no closer than five the rest of the way.

Coogan had five rebounds and two assists, while graduate Sophia DeMauro (New York) had team-bests of eight rebounds and five assists for CU.

Caldwell next hosts Queens on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Newman Center.