March 7, 2009
Box Score
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - In a battle of unbeatens, Marist and Columbia gave one another all they could handle in a non-conference women's lacrosse tilt on Saturday afternoon. Fifty-three seconds into the third overtime period, Holly Glynn of Columbia scored the game-winning goal, as she beat freshman goalie Kelsey Thoms (Newark, N.Y.) to best the Red Foxes, 16-15.
Senior Stephanie Garland (Long Valley, N.J.) paced the Marist (2-1) offense, as she totaled five points (3 G, 2 A). Junior Erin Wilson (Ida, Mich.) had a hat trick, and junior Lindsay Rinefierd (Smithtown, N.Y.) and freshman Ariel Kramer (Syracuse, N.Y.) both had two goals apiece.
Defensively, junior Morgan Dillon (Freeport, N.Y.) notched four caused turnovers, a ground ball, with a draw control. Senior Cristin Begley (Brookville, Md.) had three ground balls, in addition to five draw controls. As a team, the Red Foxes held a 24-9 advantage in ground balls over Columbia and totaled 11 caused turnovers on the afternoon.
Columbia struck first just 1:05 into the game when Glynn scored her first of five goals for the visitors. However, Marist responded quickly with three goals of their own to take a 3-1 lead with 26:36 remaining in the opening frame. Wilson scored on a free position shot, Rinefierd and senior Carolyn Sumzick (Syosset, N.Y.) also tallied goals during the stretch. The Lions ended the first half on a 6-1 run to take a 11-8 lead into the locker room.
After a Brittany Shannon goal for Columbia which came with 28:40 to go, Garland began a 5-1 Marist run that spanned over 14 minutes. The run was capped by back-to-back Marist goals by Kramer to knot the score at 13.
Columbia would score a goal with 9:45 remaining to reclaim the lead at 14-13. Six seconds after the Lions' goal, they took a penalty that gave Marist a man advantage for the next three minutes.
The Red Foxes scored two goals in 10 seconds on the man advantage. Goals from Wilson and sophomore Lauren Ciccarello (Wantaugh, N.Y.) gave Marist a 15-14 lead with 9:19 to play in regulation; however, Columbia answered with 2:22 to tie the game in the waning minutes of regulation.
Marist will wrap-up a three-game home stand on Tuesday, March 10 at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field. The Red Foxes will play host to the University of Connecticut Huskies at 4 p.m. The Red Foxes are 1-1 at home this season.
