HAVERFORD, Pa. – Visiting Washington College forced overtime with nine seconds left on a score by junior midfielder
Carson Crawford (Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's County) and won it with 1:03 to go in the overtime session on a goal by junior attackman
Peyton Gestole (Sudlersville, Md./Queen Anne's County) in a 12-11 walk-off win in overtime over host Haverford in in Centennial Conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Swan Field. The Shoremen improved to 11-3 on the season and 5-1 in the conference, while the Fords fall to 8-6 overall and 2-4 in the conference.
Washington College (11-3, 5-1 CC) 12 Haverford (8-6, 2-4 CC) 11 (OT)
How It Happened
- Trailing 3-2 with 5:35 left in the first quarter, the Shoremen dominated the rest of the first half with six of the last seven goals to take an 8-4 lead into halftime with
Jake Laubach tallying the final goal of the second quarter with 4:48 to go. Washington scored the first five goals of the 6-1 run spanning the first and second stanzas.
- Haverford outscored Washington in the third to cut the lead to 9-6 after three.
- The Fords netted the first four of the fourth quarter to take a 10-9 lead with 8:19 remaining.
- Down 11-10 with under a minute left, Washington forced a shot clock violation and would tie the game with nine ticks to go on a Crawford tally from
Jake Arcudi and the game would go to overtime.
- In overtime, both teams had a chance to win it with shots on target, but were saved. Washington got the ball for the second time in the extra session and
Nate Winters found Gestole for the golden goal with 63 seconds to go.
For The Shoremen (11-3, 5-1 CC)
- Scoring: Gestole and Winters (three goals and one assist), Laubach (two goals),
Talan Behler (two assists), Crawford and
Reeve Hargrave (goal and assist)
- In Goal:
Keegan Dunn (62:57, 11 goals allowed, seven saves)
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Ronan Miller (nine face-off wins),
Paxson Warnock (eight ground balls), Dunn and
Connor Updegraff (two caused turnovers)
- The Shoremen were outshot by the Fords 36-34 and captured 11 face-offs.
- Washington was 17-for-19 in clears in the contest and did not have a man-up chance.
- Washington had 13 turnovers, while causing eight Haverford turnovers and picked up 31 ground balls.
Up Next
4/15 v. Swarthmore – 7:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference Game)