NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Westminster College women's lacrosse team won, 7-6, in overtime at home over Washington & Jefferson College in a battle for the number one spot in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) standings Tuesday night.
Washington & Jefferson (4-7, 2-1 PAC) scored first, off the stick of Alexis Miller from a free-position shot with 23:09 on the clock. Westminster (8-2, 3-0 PAC) tied the game, capitalizing off a free-position shot of its own six minutes later, courtesy of senior
Emily D'Amico (Moon Township, PA / Moon Area). D'Amico put the Titans in front, 2-1, with her second-straight goal with five minutes left in the half. Westminster extended its lead with two more goals before intermission as first-year
Katie Cipriani (Hermitage, PA / Kennedy Catholic) scored her first collegiate goal after junior
Margo Mason (Pittsburgh, PA / Chartiers Valley), the PAC Women's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, found her with a pass (2:28) and Mason scoring a goal of her own at the 2:05 mark. The Presidents started the second half strong with four-straight goals to take a 5-4 lead with 20:45 left. First-year
Magen Polczynski (Irwin, PA / Norwin) knotted the game at five, while Mason earned another assist, with 12 minutes on the clock. Mason put the Titans back in front (6-5) with a goal with less than three minutes remaining in regulation. W&J's Clara Sherwood forced overtime with a goal with 46 seconds on the clock. In extra minutes with just over a minute on the clock, Mason avoided a couple of President defenders and found Polczynski in the circle for the game-winner.
Mason gathered in a game-high nine ground balls, while junior
Bria Braddock (Beaver Falls, PA / Blackhawk) had five. Mason also tallied a game-high five caused turnovers. Following her game-high five-point performance, Mason now leads the team and conference in goals (55) and points (72).
Freshman
Emma Bradley (South Fayette, PA / South Fayette), the PAC Women's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week, collected nine saves in a complete-game effort, while improving to 8-2 on the year.
Westminster edged W&J in ground balls (28-27), while the Presidents held a 7-4 advantage in draw controls.
The Titans are back in action Saturday, April 13 with a road PAC game at Chatham University at 3 p.m.
