Box Score

Canton, N.Y. - Lauren McCarthy scored with five seconds remaining to tie the game and Sydney Weill scored the lone goal in overtime as the Skidmore College women's lacrosse team erased a two-goal deficit in the final 2:06 of regulation to defeat St. Lawrence 11-10 in overtime, Saturday afternoon at Hall-Leet Stadium.

The Thoroughbreds improve to 7-3 overall and 3-2 in the league, while the Saints fall to 4-7 and 2-2.

The two teams were knotted at 5-5 after the first half, as the Saints had three different leads but Skidmore responded to level the scoring.  The Thoroughbreds capped the first half when Kimberly Segalas scored with 2.7 seconds left to send the game to intermission tied.

St. Lawrence took control for the first time by scoring three goals in 1:58 to take an 8-5 lead.  Junior Kendall Harty, Morse and Hurley each picked up a goal that gave the Saints a solid cushion.  However, Skidmore answered with three straight goals in 1:31 to again tie the score at 8-8.  Lauren Madden, Lexi Melville and Segalas helped Skidmore's tying run.

The Saints seemed poised to earn the victory in the final minutes of the second half, as Morse and Hurley scored back-to-back goals to open up a 10-8 lead with 6:17 to play.  Though Segalas would score with 2:06 remaining to make it 10-9, the home team won the ensuing draw control and had possession deep in Skidmore territory. 

However, the Saints would throw the ball away, and the turnover gave the Thoroughbreds enough time to clear the ball and set up their offense.  With less than 10 seconds remaining, Lindsay Stavola connected with McCarthy in front who bounced a shot towards St. Lawrence goalie Anna Marchand.  Though the senior captain got a piece of the shot, it rolled across the goal line with 5.2 seconds left to send the contest to overtime.

In the extra session, Skidmore controlled the ball for the majority of the time, which led to what proved to be the deciding goal from Weill with 19 seconds left in the first 3:00 minute period.  Though St. Lawrence would have a chance to tie with possession in the second period, Hurley was stopped on a shot in front by Skidmore goalie Rachel Klein to allow the visitors to celebrate the come-from-behind win.

Klein earned the win with eight saves, while Marchand suffered the loss after a six-save outing. 

The Thoroughbreds host Williams on Tuesday at 7 p.m.