CHARLESTON, S.C. - Montana Hinson, Vanessa Aponte and Lea Raedle had goals in a wild first half that ended with The Citadel in front 3-2, but East Tennessee State scored three unanswered goals after the break in a 5-3 victory over the Bulldogs in a Southern Conference women's soccer match on Sunday at WLI Field.

The Citadel (5-11, 1-5 SoCon) matched its season high in goals when Raedle took a ball that was deflected by a Buccaneer defender and scored for the fourth time this season with just 53 seconds remaining before halftime to put the Bulldogs ahead for the second time in the period.

Earlier in the half, Hinson scored her second career goal when her hard shot hit the crossbar and dropped behind ETSU goalkeeper Jasmine Elliott to tie the game at one. Vanessa Aponte gave The Citadel its first lead of the contest when she collected the rebound of her own shot and scored for the seventh time this season and 23rd time in her career.

Aponte also assisted on the Raedle goal, while Mady Riegel picked up an assist on the tally by Hinson. Aponte, Nicholle Griffith, Grace Raines, Karina Schneider, Flo Amess and Ana Mesa were honored on Senior Day prior to the contest.

The Buccaneers (12-4, 4-2) entered the game as the highest-scoring team in the nation with just under four goals per outing and showed why in the second half. Thomai Vardali tied the game in the 60th minute, and Hannah Short scored two of her three goals in the 62nd and 72nd minutes to put ETSU back in the lead for good.

Short's hat trick increased her national-leading total to 20 goals. Jasmin Dutton collected three assists and Sarah Zadrazil had one to leave the Buccaneer duo atop the national leader board in that category with 15 each.

Elliott gave up all three Citadel goals and made four saves before being replaced by Anna Yancey two minutes into the second half. Yancey finished with one save and was the goalkeeper of record. Naomi Carter made five saves for the Bulldogs, who were outshot 17-15.

The Citadel wraps up its regular season home schedule on Friday at 4 p.m. against Mercer.