
Keiser: Women’s Lacrosse Falls Just Short in Overtime 13-12
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
via press release – photo via Keiser web site
Game Information
Score: Keiser 12, Lourdes 13
Records: Keiser (0-6), Lourdes (1-2)
Location: West Palm Beach, Fla.
Weather: 75 and sunny
Keiser Highlights
- The Seahawks nearly came away with their first victory of the inaugural season, falling to Lourdes by the final score of 13-12 in overtime.
- Tabetha Fike led the squad in goals scored with three, scoring three goals on six shots during the contest.
- Fike, Dakota Zdun and Maria Johnson paced the team in points with three.
- Mary Reich and Mickey Sherrill split time in goal for Keiser, combining for 13 saves while Sherrill finished the contest with her first loss of the season.
- Keiser scored the first goal of the contest when Jordan Sullivan scored just 44 seconds into the game, assisted by Dakota Zdun.
- Fike doubled the Seahawks’ lead to 2-0 with 25:11 left to play in the first half, netting her fifth goal of the season.
- The Gray Wolves evented the contest with two goals in the next two minutes as Ashley Hunt and Alyssa Long netted one goal apiece.
- Fike and Sullivan accounted for the next two Keiser goals, just 41 seconds apart, claiming the lead for the Seahawks, 4-2.
- Lourdes regained the momentum in the first half as Long, Tiara Reed and Anna Marie Weber scored three unanswered goals to claim the 5-4 lead in favor of the Gray Wolves.
- The Seahawks responded with three goals of their own as Margo Reed, Maria Johnson and Amanda Hartman netted one goal each in a span of 1:52, taking the 7-5 advantage with 5:24 left to play in the opening half.
- After Lourdes scored two goals to tie the contest at 7-7, Zdun found the back of the net for her third goal of the season with 41 seconds left in the half, providing Keiser with an 8-7 advantage at the half.
- The Gray Wolves came out of the half wasting no time, scoring three consecutive goals including two by Shelby Kellar to give Lourdes the 10-8 advantage.
- Frankie Parshall and Fike delivered much-needed goals to rally Keiser, tying the contest at 10-10 with 17:40 left in regulation.
- After back-to-back goals by the Gray Wolves, Zdun buried her second goal of the contest and fourth of the season, pulling Keiser to within one with 12:58 to play.
- Despite Lourdes trying to play keep-away, Keiser scored the game-tying goal with just 2:19 left to play in regulation as Johnson scored an unassisted goal.
- Both squads had their chances in overtime to notch the game-winning goal, but it would be Reed of Lourdes who capitalized on the opportunity, netting her game-high fourth goal to down the Seahawks in extra time.