Lehigh University
St. Joseph's
Lehigh comes up just short in overtime vs. St. Joe's
3/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
Lissy King opened the game with a score just 38 seconds in, off of a feed from senior Sarah Starsoneck and Chamberlain followed that up five minutes later with her first score off of an assist from Barrie Cominsky and the Mountain Hawks were in front 2-0. St. Joe’s came back though, as Shannon Scott and Jenny Egan tallied goals in a span of three minutes to knot the score at two.
Starsoneck and Cominsky then put the home team back up by two scores with
Smith began the second half with another free position shot and Lehigh was in business, up 7-4. Egan, Kristina Jaggers and O’Connell scored one goal each though, and with
Smith and Chamberlain did their best to keep Lehigh in front, as they scored one goal apiece in just 11 seconds, but as they did all day, the Hawks kept coming back. McCool scored twice and O’Connell found the back of the net once, and with
In the extra session, McCool opened the scoring just 16 seconds in to put St. Joe’s up by one. But Cominsky took a feed from Smith one minute into the extra period and the game was tied at 12. O’Connell then spoiled the Mountain Hawks day as she scored
Lehigh out shot the Hawks 26-21 on the day, and had 21 groundballs to St. Joe’s six. In goal for the Mountain Hawks, Kyle Begina sent back three shots and was then relieved by Brittany Besler who stopped five shots on the afternoon.
Lehigh returns to action on Wednesday afternoon as the Mountain Hawks welcome
