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Syracuse, N.Y. – Nicole McKee scored the game-winning goal with 19 seconds left as sixth-ranked University of New Haven rallied for an 11-10 win over the fourth-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team on Wednesday afternoon at Ted Grant Field.
The Dolphins scored twice over the opening 13:06 to take a 2-0 lead. Sophomore attacker Claire Monnat (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) opened the scoring with an unassisted goal with 22:20 remaining. Freshman midfielder Amari Pollard (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) put the Dolphins up two with an unassisted tally at the 16:54 mark.
New Haven got on the scoreboard with 12:03 remaining as Corinne Fisher netted an unassisted goal.
Le Moyne responded with a pair of goals in a span of 1:53. Junior attacker Catie McKay (Penfield, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy) scored from in front of the goal with 10:34 left after taking a pass from senior midfielder Victoria Nies (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt). Senior attacker Kathleen Conese (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) gave the Dolphins a 4-1 advantage with an unassisted goal with 8:41 remaining.
The Chargers trimmed their deficit to two with 4:08 to go in the half on a free-position goal by Kathryn Campbell.
The Dolphins took a 6-2 lead into the intermission by scoring twice in the final 23 seconds of the half. Pollard netted her team's fifth goal, while sophomore attacker Mary Fadden (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) finished off a feed from junior attacker Sam Yaro (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) with six seconds left.
New Haven opened the second half with five straight goals over the first 7:14 of the stanza. Off the opening draw of the half, Campbell raced up field and netted her 23rd goal of the season just 12 seconds into the half. After a Le Moyne turnover, McKee pulled the Chargers within 6-4 after taking a pass from Campbell with 28:17 left. Just 30 seconds later, Courtney Ackland scored from the left edge of the crease to force a Le Moyne timeout. Following alternating turnovers by each team, Campbell knotted the score at six from in front of the goal after taking a pass from Nicole Belanger on the right side. After a turnover by each team, Ackland gave New Haven its first lead of the contest with her 14th goal of the season from the left edge of the crease with 22:46 left.
The Dolphins ended New Haven's run as Nies scored one minute later.
Following a turnover by each team, the Chargers regained the lead on an unassisted goal by Campbell with 19:09 remaining.
The Dolphins evened the score again just over five minutes later as Monnat netted her team-best 17th goal of the season on a free-position shot.
After two empty possessions by each team, defender Brittany Ast cleared the ball and then netted her first goal of the year with 10:43 remaining to put the Chargers up 9-8.
Following a New Haven turnover, Pollard knotted the score at nine on a free-position shot just 59 seconds after Ast scored.
The Chargers regained the lead though only 38 seconds later as McKee finished off a pass from Ackland on the front edge of the crease.
Le Moyne tied the score for the final time with 7:11 remaining as Nies scored from the crease after receiving a pass from Monnat on a free-position attempt.
Following a pair of New Haven turnovers and a save by New Haven goalkeeper Alyssa Gianotti on a Le Moyne free-position shot with 2:13 left, the Chargers cleared the ball and then called timeout. After running the clock down, McKee scored from the front of the crease with 19 seconds left after taking a pass from Campbell on the left side.
The Chargers won the ensuing draw and ran the clock out to capture the victory.
Freshman goalkeeper Christina Humbert (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) made 10 saves, including seven in the first half, in the loss for the Dolphins. Gianotti recorded seven saves to earn the win.
Le Moyne (7-2, 4-1 NE-10), which lost at home to a team other than Adelphi (2-3 against the Panthers in Syracuse) for the first time in 30 games as a Division-II program, returns to action on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Stonehill College, which received votes in the latest IWLCA poll.
