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Connecticut College prevails in OT
Camels hand McDaniel first loss with late rally
ORLANDO, Fla. – Katelyn Driscoll scored with 1:12 to play in the first half of the first overtime period to give Connecticut College a 13-12 victory over McDaniel in non-conference women’s lacrosse action on Tuesday.
Sara Christopher tallied five times and added four assists for the Camels (1-1), including with 4:05 remaining in regulation to knot the score and force the extra session.
Chelsea Watkins (Columbia, Md./Hammond) led a quartet of players with two goals for the Green Terror (4-1), adding an assist.
Trailing 12-11, Christopher finished an Abby Hill feed to knot the game.
Nearly two-thirds of the way through the first half of the six-minute first overtime, Christopher found Driscoll for the game-winner.
Hope Barone tallied off the first Driscoll feed just 1:57 into the game to stake Connecticut to an early 1-0 lead.
Lisa Jurd (Columbia, Md./Hammond) and Sarah Mintz (Medfield, Mass./Medfield) found the back of the net nearly seven minutes apart to give McDaniel a 2-1 lead with 20:25 to play in the first half.
Hill and Christopher gave the Camels a one-goal lead 6:32 later before three straight Green Terror goals made it a 5-3 game at the break.
Chrisopher tallied 1:05 into the second half before Brianna Miller finished a solo run 13 seconds later to even the game at 5-all.
Goals from Brittany Baer (Manchester, Md./Westminster) and Kelly Scheler (Forest Hill, Md./C. Milton Wright) put McDaniel back on top by two with 22:26 to play.
Two Paige Cowie markers once again knotted the score before Jurd tallied unassisted with 19:16 to play.
The two teams traded two-goal bursts over the next 13 minutes capped by back-to-back Paige Messersmith (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney) goals for a 12-11 Green Terror lead with 6:31 to play.
McDaniel returns to action at Elizabethtown on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
Score by
Period
1
2
OT
- F
Connecticut College
(1-1)
3
9
1
-
13
McDaniel
(4-1)
5
7
0
- 12
Goals
Connecticut
College: Sara Christopher 5, Hope
Barone 2, Paige Cowie 2, Abby Hill, Libby Nichols, Katelyn Discoll,
Brianna Miller.
McDaniel: Chelsea Watkins 2, Paige Messersmtih 2,
Brittany Baer 2, Lisa Jurd 2, Sarah Mintz, Kelly Scheler, Brittany
Lines, Lauren Vilkas.
Assists
Connecticut
College: Christopher 4, Hill.
McDaniel: Mintz 2, Scheler, Watkins, Anna
Beaudry.
Shots: C 26, M 28. Ground Balls: C 18, M 18. Goalies: C (Ashleigh Kowtoniuk – 15 saves, 12 GA), M (Leanne Hollinger – 5 saves, 10 GA, 50:19; Katherine Herzog – 1 save, 3 GA, 15:41). Caused Turnovers: C 10, M 9. Turnovers: C 18, M 20. Draw Controls: C 18, M 10. Free Position: C 5 of 7, M 2 of 12.
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