Box Score KEENE, N.H.--Senior Katlin Nolan forced overtime with 1:24 left in regulation, then netted the game winner in sudden death as the Keene State College women's lacrosse team picked up a 7-6 overtime win over Roger Williams University in non-conference action at Owl Athletic Complex.
Records
- Keene State: 3-4
- Roger Williams: 4-3
Up Next
- Keene State hosts No. 14 Tufts on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
- Roger Williams welcomes Wentworth for a Commonwealth Coast Conference game on March 29 at 4 p.m.
Tale of the Tape
- Nolan led Keene State with three goals and two assists. Samantha Ballard had two markers, and Jenna Bellano and Tori Weinstock had one each.
- Alison Argiro made five stops in 61 minutes of action for Keene State. Counterpark Kimberly Bolk also made five stops.
- The game was even throughout - both teams had 21 shots, while Keene State had a 22-17 edge in ground balls and forced 24 Roger Williams turnovers.
- McKenna Everding had three goals. Abby Wollenburg, Kaelin Hogan, and Marin Owens had one each.
First Half Highlights
- Nolan got the first goal of the game, scoring off a feed from Weinstock with just 50 seconds elapsed.
- There would not be another goal for another 10 minutes, before the Hawks broke through with Everding's first of the game. Roger Williams added another goal a minute later from Hogan on a free position shot.
- Keene State levelled the score with 11:05 left, as Taylor Graf setup Weinstock while Roger Williams' Carly Martin was serving a penalty.
- Roger Williams boosted the lead back to 4-2, as Everding and Wollenberg scored on free position shots three minutes apart. Nolan set up Ballard with 1:51 left in the half to cut the lead to 4-3 at halftime.
Second Half Highlights
- Bellano scored an unassisted goal on another man-up opportunity to the score three minutes into the second half.
- Goals continued to be at a premium, as Owens scored 11 minutes later, and Everding did the same at the 8:32 mark for a 6-4 advantage.
- Keene State pulled back within one as Ballard scored her second of the game, but Keene State could not seem to find the tying goal as time wore down.
- Laura Gendreau forced a turnover, and Taylor Farland raced down the field to find Nolan in space for the game tying goal with 1:24 left. Neither team could find a winner in regulation.
Overtime Highlights
- Both teams had chances as Nolan shot wide on a free position shot with 4:39 left, and Hogan did the same with 3:57 to go. Farland and Graf both had shots, but the winner game as Nicole Hanna was whistled for a foul with 1:44 left, and Nolan made no mistake with the free position shot to tie the score and win the first overtime game at Owl Athletic Complex since a 13-12 win over MIT on April 3, 2014.