Keene, NH 4/24/02 - Mo Deegan (Westport, CT) had three goals and five assists including the game-winner with four seconds to play in the first overtime to lift Eastern CT State University to a 12-11 Little East Conference women's lacrosse victory over host Keene State College on Wednesday.

With the loss Keene State (8-5, 3-2 LEC) missed an opportunity to secure second place in the Little East and get a first-round tournament bye. With a win against R.I. College on Sat., Eastern CT (10-3, 4-1 LEC) will get the second seed. KSC, which wraps up its regular season on Sat. at Southern ME, will host a quarterfinal game on Tues. April 30.

After Lindsay Carley (Newton, CT) gave ECSU a 10-9 lead with 41 seconds to play, Erin Mehner (Stamford, CT) sent the game into overtime with a goal with just four seconds on the clock.

Samly Phonesavanh (Killingly, CT) and Deegan scored in the first overtime to give the Warriors a 12-10 lead. Michelle Mason (Fairport, N.Y.) netted her sixth goal of the game in the second overtime to close the gap to 12-11, but KSC was unable to get the equalizer. Mason now has 57 goals this season.

Natalie Kent (Billerica, MA.) also added two goals for KSC.

Both goalies came up with big saves in the highly contested game. KSC's Colleen McSweeney (E. Longmeadow, MA.) finished with nine saves while Erika Blozie (South Windsor, CT) made 12 saves for ECSU.

It was the final home regular-season game for KSC seniors Erin Boudreau (Framingham, MA.) Katie Giles (Nashua, NH), Brianne Manley (Nashua, NH), Jen Edwards (Milford, CT) and Michelle Roy (Keene, NH).