Box Score The Seton Hill Griffins women's lacrosse team takes down East Stroudsburg University 14-13 in OT on Wednesday afternoon. Seton Hill completes their regular season with 13 wins and 4 losses and a PSAC record of 8-4.
The first goal of the game is scored by Seton Hill's
Emma Simmers on a pass from
Morgan Cain. ESU was quick to tie the game on a free position shot at 27:35.
The Griffins go up 3-1 with two goals from
Emily Fagan and
Christine Palmeri at 25:26. Five more back forth goals between the Griffins and ESU, the Griffins find themselves up one with 8:18. Goal contributions from
Morgan Cain and
Emily Fagan allow the Griffins to pull away 7-4 with 3:16 to play in the first half.
This was not enough for the Griffins to hold the lead as ESU's Kaitlynn Wiltraut scores three goals in the last 1:04 to tie up the game at 7 leading into halftime.
ESU started the second half with some momentum and scored two goals 0:32 apart to gain a two-goal lead. Trying to stop the ESU momentum. Seton Hill's
Elizabeth Otwell scores on an assist by
Emma Simmers to make the score 9-8 ESU.
ESU scores at 26:58 to gain back the eluding two-goal lead. ESU called a timeout from the sideline. Cain scored for the Griffins at 21:39 on a play started by a caused turnover by
Rachel Hilbert, the score 10-9 ESU.
Griffins found themselves down 12-9 with 14:40 left to play in the game. Two goals by
Christine Palmeri and
Emma Simmers bring the Griffins with in one with 14:05 to play. ESU scores at 4:25 to go up 13-11. At 2:57
Emily Fagan helped bring Seton Hill with in one. Then at 0:38
Rachel Hilbert scored the game-tying goal.
The 1:11 into the tie-breaking period, for her second goal of the game,
Rachel Hilbert scored the game-winning goal assisted by
Renee Kania. Women's lacrosse overtimes are not played the first to score wins the game, the Griffins had to play solid defense to ensure victory. ESU did not get one shot off for the rest of the game.
Scoring Summary:
Goals: Emily Fagan (4);
Morgan Cain (2);
Rachel Hilbert (2);
Elizabeth Otwell (2);
Emma Simmers (2);
Christine Palmeri (2)
Assists: Morgan Cain (3);
Rachel Hilbert (2);
Renee Kania (2);
Emma Simmers (1);
Emily Fagan (1);
Christine Palmeri (1)
