Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/9/18
From Press Releases
Trailing 7-3 less than three minutes into the second half, the Lehigh women’s lacrosse team answered in a big way, scoring five of the final six goals of regulation and the game-winner in triple overtime to defeat Mount St. Mary’s, 9-8 on Friday.
Senior Kierstyn Voiro’s (Moorestown) second goal of the afternoon was the game-winner while she helped lead a Mountain Hawks’ defense which held the Mountaineers to just one goal over the game’s final 40:50 and none over the final 30:25.
“It was an exhausting game,” said Lehigh head coach Jill Redfern. “Give Mount St. Mary’s a lot of credit. They played really well and gave themselves good opportunities. We had opportunities, but couldn’t put it away there until the end.”
Trailing by four, a three-goal surge pulled Lehigh within 7-6. After a Mountaineers’ goal, Sondra Dickey (Conestoga) scored the final two goals of regulation to force overtime, setting up Voiro’s heroics.
Dickey finished with a team-high three goals, her sixth hat trick in seven games this season. Voiro finished with two goals, two groundballs, two draw controls and three caused turnovers. Senior Haley Wentzel (Boyertown) tallied a goal and assist.
Defensively, the Mountain Hawks caused 13 of 16 Mount St. Mary’s turnovers. Along with two from Voiro, Dickey had two (to go with three groundballs and three draw controls), senior Kellie Gough caused two turnovers, as did freshman goalkeeper Samantha Sagi.
“It was a tremendous defensive effort,” said Redfern. “We saw some really great decisions by our defense. Kayleen Kelly came up with a critical draw there at the end. Lexy King (Conestoga) had a really exciting caused turnover. Kierstyn Voiro was probably the difference in the game.
Delaware 16, Canisius 9
Delaware sophomore Christine Long scored six goals and fellow sophomore Mia DeRuggiero added nine assists, as the visiting Blue Hens defeated Canisius in non-conference action at the Demske Sports Complex. The win moves Delaware to 3-3 on the year, while the Golden Griffins slipped to 1-4 with the loss.
Delaware scored six unanswered goals midway through the second half, where the Blue Hens outscored the Griffs by an 11-3 count en route to the victory. Canisius led 9-7 with 19:35 left to play after junior Jourdan Roemer scored back-to-back goals 5:50 apart, but Long answered with a pair of markers in the span of 1:44 to even the score of 9-9.
Delaware took the lead for good with 15:51 left on the clock after Becky Gosher found the back of the net, and the Blue Hens added three more goals to drive the score to 13-7 with 12:52 left on the clock. During Delaware’s six-goal run, DeRuggiero was credited with four of her career-high nine assists.