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MEDFORD, MA – Williams
women's lacrosse (12-5, 4-5 NESCAC) beat top seeded Tufts
(14-2, 8-1 NESCAC) 11-10 in overtime to advance to the NESCAC
finals. The Jumbos tied the game at 8-8 with
only three seconds left in regulation to take the game into
overtime, but the Ephs held on a man down through the first half of
overtime and came out on top in the second.
Chrissie Attura scored the first for Tufts at
28:36, but Eph senior Julia Nawrocki netted an unassisted goal at
25:30 to tie the score at one. Williams pulled
ahead in the next five minutes with two goals from junior Tina
Nawrocki.
After a free position goal for Tufts, junior
Whitney Thayer, sophomore Ali Page, and freshman Margie Fulton all
scored for the Ephs.
Amanda Roberts put another point on the board for the Jumbos, and
Williams entered the half with a 6-3 advantage.
Tufts was first on the board in the second
half, but Thayer quickly answered back, netting a free position
shot for the Ephs.
Tufts pulled within one before Tina Nawrocki scored her third goal
of the game to give Williams an 8-6 advantage with 9:08 left in the
half.
Williams went into a stall, but Tufts
capitalized on an Eph error and Roberts scored again at 5:47 to
pull within one again. With three seconds left,
Tufts' Emily Johnson scored off a pass from Alyssa Kopp to
tie the game and bring it to overtime.
Williams started the overtime a man down as a
result of a yellow card that carried over from the second
half. Tufts took
advantage of their momentum, and scored two goals in the first half
of overtime to take the lead 10-8.
However, the Ephs kept their poise and came
out strong in the second OT. Junior Alice Nelson
and Julia Nawrocki both capitalized on passes from senior Britt
Spackman in a twelve second span to tie the game 10-10 with 1:33
left. At 0:15, Spackman netted an unassisted
goal to take the advantage and win the game.
Sara Bloom made 6 saves for the Jumbos, and
sophomore Julia Schreiber had turned aside 18 for the
Ephs. Williams head coach Chris Mason noted that
Schreiber was “the player of the game.”
Mason was also particularly pleased with her
team's poise.
“I am really proud of how we stayed determined even when they
had the momentum in the first overtime. We had
great mental and emotional control throughout the
game.”
The Ephs play in the finals of the NESCAC
tournament tomorrow, May 3rd at 12:00 against Colby.
