THE BASICS

Score: Madonna University 13, Aquinas College (Mich.) 14
Records: Madonna (2-6, 2-4 WHAC), Aquinas (6-3, 5-2 WHAC)
Location: The MAC, Livonia, Mich.

LIVONIA, Mich. -  The Madonna University Women's Lacrosse team could not stave off a feisty Aquinas College (Mich.) team in overtime as it fell 14-13 in sudden victory on Sunday afternoon. 

The Saints took two quick scores in the first half before Brittney Leist got back-to-back strikes in the back of the net within ten seconds of one another to knot things up at 2-2 with a little over 25 minutes left in the half. 

Madonna began to catch good fortune as Arianna Rivera and Haley Skeens were able to connect for the Crusaders' first lead of the day. Valarie Patterson got the numbers opportunity from Madeleine Caswell for a 4-2 advantage before Aria Gettel reached an unassisted goal with 10:01 left in the half.

Aquinas broke the 5-0 run a little over a minute later as Makennah Blackman's goal was wedged in between a barrage of Aquinas shots as the Saints ended the half closing the gap to a 6-5 Madonna advantage. 

Leist and Gettel sandwiched an Aquinas score in the opening moments of the second half before Aquinas caught fire, going on a 5-1 run around Gettel's second goal of the half. With 14:33 marked in the game, the Saints held a 11-9 lead. 

Rivera and Gettel exchanged goals on a 4-0 Crusaders run before a late Aquinas score, Madonna still with a one goal lead. WIth 1:19 left, the Saints' prayers were answered tying up the game to send the two Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference foes to overtime.

The Crusaders were blessed with a few free position opportunities but ultimately fell short when Aquinas took the game-winning goal with 44 seconds left in the first overtime period.
Madonna ends the year 2-6, 2-4 in the WHAC. 

IN THE STATS:

• Gettel claimed five goals on eleven shots to lead the team, Leist was second in the category with three goals
• Three Crusaders tallied assists in Rivera, Leist, and Caswell
• Eloise Wilber snatched nine saves in 23 shots on goal
• In draw controls, Leist commanded 11 of the team's 14 total. As a team Aquinas only managed 13 total draw controls

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