Down Four, Griffs Rally to Win in OT
from press release
The Canisius College women's lacrosse team trailed by four goals
late before rallying and earning an overtime victory against Marist
on Sunday afternoon at the Demske Sports Complex, 16-15. With the
win, the Griffs improve to 6-7 on the season and 1-1 in the MAAC,
while the Red Foxes fall to 5-6 and 2-1 against conference
foes.
"It was a great character win today," said Canisius head coach
Scott Teeter. "We need to build off this and I think that this type
of game is what this team needed. We now believe in ourselves and
can move forward with a lot of confidence from here."
Sophomore Megan Oosting led the Griffs' rally, scoring four
second-half goals. In addition to her career-best four scores,
Oosting set personal highs with six ground balls and four caused
turnovers.
Junior Ashley Curtis matched Oosting with four goals, while junior
Taylor Gray also posted four points with a goal and three assists.
Senior Marissa Brown and junior Jackie Loson added two tallies,
while senior Brett Poissant, sophomore Kristy Wilensky and freshman
Meghan McGunigle rounded out the scoring for Canisius with a goal
apiece.
Junior Allison Daley anchored Canisius' defensive effort, posting
a season-best 15 saves on the afternoon.
Marist controlled the play early in the contest, racing out to a
4-1 lead 8:38 into the game. Curtis ended the run with her second
goal of the day but the Red Foxes held the Griffs off the
scoreboard for the next 13:35, while adding two goals for a 6-2
lead. Gray scored with 6:14 remaining in the half but Marist added
two more goals for its largest lead of the day, 8-3. Brown wrapped
up the scoring in the first half as the teams headed into
intermission with the Red Foxes leading, 8-4.
The two schools played an even game for the first 16 minutes of
the second half before Canisius began its rally. With the Griffs
trailing 11-7, Oosting started the run with her second goal of the
period with 13:56 left in regulation. The sophomore added a goal
with 7:03 remaining and then Poissant and Loson scored 35 seconds
apart at 5:55 and 5:20, respectively, to knot the game at 11.
Canisius won the ensuing draw control and McGunigle was awarded a
free-position shot. The Marist goalkeeper stopped McGunigle's shot
but Oosting cleaned up the rebound and found the back of the net to
give Canisius its first lead of the game with 3:21 left in
regulation, 12-11.
Marist won the next draw control but a pair of saves by Daley gave
the Griffs possession in the closing minutes. However, Marist
forced two Canisius turnovers and Kelly Condon scored an unassisted
goal with 17 seconds remaining to tie the game at 12. The Griffs
had one last opportunity to earn the win in regulation but junior
Carly Quinn had her shot saved as time expired.
The Griffs won the first draw control of the overtime but a Marist
save led to Condon scoring on the other end to give the Red Foxes a
13-12 lead. Brown answered for the Griffs, scoring her second goal
of the day on a free-position shot. Marist reclaimed its lead with
20 seconds left in the first half of the overtime but Loson scored
with 2.4 ticks left off a feed from Gray to tie the game 14 after
the first overtime session.
Loson won the first draw control in the second session of overtime
and McGunigle scored her fourth goal of the season off a feed from
Quinn to give Canisius a 15-14 lead with 2:15 remaining. Quinn won
the ensuing draw control and Curtis hammered home her fourth goal
of the afternoon with 1:30 left to give Canisius a two-goal
advantage, 16-14.
Marist won the next draw control and scored with 54 ticks left to
pull within one, 16-15. After another Red Foxes' win in the draw
circle, Poissant caused a turnover. Marist was able to reclaim
possession but Lauren Ciccarello was called for a charge with four
seconds remaining, giving the victory to Canisius.
Canisius outshot Marist, 41-36, and held an 18-16 advantage in
draw controls. Condon led the Red Foxes with eight points, five
goals and three assists, while Alyssa Littin stopped 12 shots in
goal.
The Griffs continue MAAC play on Friday with a game at Siena.
First draw is set for 4 p.m.
Game Notes: Sunday's game can be seen on tape delay on Time Warner
SportsNet ... The overtime contest was the first for the women's
lacrosse team at the Demske Sports Complex ... Canisius won for
just the second time in 15 all-time meetings against Marist ... The
Red Foxes eliminated Canisius in each of the last two MAAC
Tournaments ... Curtis now has 36 goals on the season, the fifth
most in school history ... Poissant recorded six draw controls and
now has 128 career draw controls, just two shy of Chelsea
Martinez's school record ... Gray now has 39 career assists,
passing Alana Chan for third in the program's history.
