UMass Gives McMahon Her First Win in Dramatic Fashion
from press release
WORCESTER, Mass. - Angela McMahon earned her
first win at UMass in dramatic fashion as the women's lacrosse team
defeated Holy Cross 12-10 in overtime on Wednesday at Hart Field.
Haley Smith and Danielle Pelletier each netted hat tricks for the
Minutewomen. Jackie Lyons scored the game-winning goal with 2.7
seconds left in the first half of OT.
The Minutewomen will host Vermont on Saturday (1 PM) at McGuirk
Stadium to begin the home schedule.
UMass (1-0) led 6-2 at halftime thanks in part to goalie Katie
Florence who made nine of her 15 saves in the first.
Holy Cross (0-1) scored three of the first four goals to start the
second half to pull within two, 7-5, with 25:40 left in regulation.
The Crusaders continued to chip away and control possession in the
second half scoring four straight goals to take a 10-9 lead at the
3:17 mark.
After the Crusaders won the ensuing draw control and worked to run
out the clock, senior defender Nazy Kerr was able to force a
turnover setting up Smith's game-tying goal with 55 seconds
left.
The Minutewomen won the draw control to start the first half of
overtime holding possession until Lyons scored with 2 seconds left
before the teams switched sides of the field. UMass again won the
draw control allowing them to run out the clock until Pelletier
scored on the empty net to end the game.
Holy Cross held a large advantage in shots, 43-to-27, but were
unable to gain possession in overtime. The Crusaders also held an
18-to-11 edge in groundballs and committed just 7 turnovers
compared to 12 for UMass.
