MORSE TALLIES GAME WINNER IN SUDDEN DEATH; SAINTS DEFEAT SPRINGFIELD 13-12

Mar. 21: First-year Kim Morse tallied her second game winner of the week Friday morning as her free position goal gave the St. Lawrence women’s lacrosse team a victory against Springfield College, with the Saints defeating the Pride 13-12 in double overtime at the 2008 Spring Fling, held at Lake Lytal Park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

After a scoreless first overtime, both teams battled for control of the ball in sudden death, with Springfield taking two shots on goal in the period and rookie Anna Marchand (Concord, MA/Middlesex) coming up big in goal for

St. Lawrence, saving both of them from hitting the back of the net.

With three seconds left, Springfield fouled Morse (Peaks Island, ME/North Yarmouth Academy) inside the 8-meter, giving her a free position shot. Morse sealed the win for the Saints after slipping the ball past Pride goalie Lauren McAulay to give the Scarlet and Brown the 13-12 win.

St. Lawrence, who are now 3-1 overall, won all three games this week in West Palm Beach, while Springfield fell to 2-3 following the loss.

Springfield was first on the scoreboard after a free position goal less than four minutes into the contest, but sophomore Lexi Wisnowski (Middlebury, VT/Middlebury Union) followed with her own shot from the 8-meter to tie the game 1-1 and spark a 3-0 run for the Saints, which included goals from sophomore Mary Jane Sweetland (Hopewell, NJ/Stuart Country Day) and junior Amanda Forbes (Glens Falls, NY/ Glens Falls), to give them a 3-1 lead with 18:59 left in the first.

The Saints never relinquished their lead in the first, despite a number of close calls from the Pride, who brought it within one goal on a number of occasions, before St. Lawrence climbed out ahead to grab a 9-5 lead heading into halftime.

The second half saw the Pride storm back as they accumulated five goals in the first fifteen minutes of the period, three from Erin Doolan, while the Saints scored one from Morse in the same amount of time as Springfield tied the Saints 10-10. Forbes scored on a free position with 14:20 left to give the Saints an 11-10 edge that they held until Springfield scored with 8:59 left in regulation.

The teams traded goals in the final minutes, with St. Lawrence maintaining the lead after a goal from senior co-captain Alanna Waters (Darien, CT/Taft) with 6:53 to go, but the Pride came back to score with two seconds remaining to tie the game 12-12, sending the game into its first overtime, which ended scoreless after six minutes of intense play on both sides of the field.

Leading the Saints was Morse with four goals, while Forbes and Waters each tallied three a piece. Also scoring for St. Lawrence was Wisnowski, Sweetland and classmate Julie Wooters (New Canaan, CT/ New Canaan), who each had one.

The Saints will host their home opener against SUNY Geneseo, a game rescheduled from earlier in March, on Wednesday, March 26, with the draw scheduled for 6:30pm on North Country Field.