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Bucknell Women's Lacrosse Suffers Tough 10-9 Overtime Loss at Holy Cross
4/6/2002 7:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 6, 2002
WORCESTER, Mass. - Holy Cross sophomore Kerry Daly netted the game-winning goal when she converted on a pass from teammate Justine Reeber 2:22 into overtime to lead the Crusaders to a 10-9 extra session victory against the Bucknell women's lacrosse squad in Patriot League action on Saturday afternoon.
In a see-saw game that included five ties and five lead changes, Bucknell jumped out to a quick 1-0 advantage when sophomore Amy Hasler scored on a free position shot at 2:13. Holy Cross knotted the game at 1-1 on Katie Britt's first of three scores in the half at 4:32. The Crusaders took their first lead of the game at the 5:00 minute mark when Reeber scored on a pass from Erin Rowse. Junior Suzanne Raffaele netted the next two goals of the game at 11:50 and 16:09 to reclaim the lead for the Bison. Britt answered with back-to-back goals (16:46 and 19:35) to five Holy Cross the 4-3 advantage. Rowse tallied her fourth point of the game on a goal at 20:38 to push the Crusaders lead to 5-3. Orange and Blue senior Melissa Montefusco closed the gap to 5-4 with 3:09 to go in the first, ending the scoring for the frame.
In the second half, the two teams traded goals for the first 15:00 minutes, as Holy Cross clung to a 7-6 lead. Daly, who scored the Crusaders final three goals, pushed the HC lead to 8-6 at 46:38. Bucknell put together a surge, scoring three unanswered goals to take a 9-8 advantage with 2:18 remaining in regulation. Daly's score at 58:29 tied the score, 9-9, to send the game into overtime.
Daly then scored the lone goal of the extra segment, which proved to be the game-winner, at 62:22.
Bison goalkeeper Nicole Kallis stopped 12 shots in net, while Holy Cross netminder Kellaigh Malangone made nine saves.
Bucknell falls to 6-5 overall and drops to 1-3 in the Patriot League. The Bison are back in action on Wednesday, April 17, when they travel to LaSalle for a 4:00 p.m. game against the Explorers. Holy Cross snaps a four-game losing streak to improve to 5-7 on the year and 2-3 in conference action.
BUCKNELL 4 5 0 -- 9 HOLY CROSS 5 4 1 -- 10Goal (Assist) B-H First Half B - Hasler (unassisted), 2:13 1-0 H - Britt (Rowse), 4:32 1-1 H - Tencati (Rowse), 5:00 1-2 B - Raffaele (unassisted), 11:50 2-2 B - Raffaele (unassisted), 16:09 3-2 H - Britt (unassisted), 16:46 3-3 H - Britt (Rowse), 19:35 3-4 H - Rowse (unassisted), 20:38 3-5 B - Montefusco (Raffaele), 26:51 4-5 Second Half H - Bryce (unassisted), 37:49 4-6 B - Raffaele (Hasler), 40:35 5-6 H - Tencati (Reeber), 42:25 5-7 B - Hasler (unassisted), 43:26 6-7 H - Daly (Hartigan), 46:18 6-8 B - Raffaele (unassisted), 50:07 7-8 B - Raffaele (Nuss), 55:33 8-8 B - Wright (Hasler), 57:42 9-8 H - Daly (Britt), 58:29 9-9 Overtime H - Daly (Reeber), 62:22 9-10
BUCKNELL BREAKDOWN: Goals - Raffaele 5, Hasler 2, Montefusco, Wright. Assists -
Hasler 2, Nuss, Raffaele.
HOLY CROSS BREAKDOWN: Goals - Britt 3, Daly 3, Tencati 2, Bryce, Rowse. Assists -
Rowse 3, Reeber 2, Britt, Hartigan.
Goalie Saves: Bucknell (Kallis) 12. Holy Cross (Malangone) 9.
Team Records: Bucknell 6-5 (1-3 Patriot League). Holy Cross 5-7 (2-3 Patriot League).
