Feb. 24, 2007
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – A Caitlin McKinney (Lafayette Hill, Pa./Germantown Academy) goal with seven seconds left in double-overtime gave the No. 5 Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team a 12-11 win over No. 18 Stanford on Saturday afternoon in the Loftus Sports Center. McKinney, a junior, led the Irish with six goals and one assist and her sophomore teammate Jillian Byers (Northport, N.Y./Northport) chipped in three tallies as the Irish improve to 2-0 on the season. The loss drops the Cardinal to 1-3.
With the Irish trailing 11-9 with just under eight minutes remaining in regulation, McKinney notched her fifth goal of the day off a free position shot to cut the deficit in half. Senior Lena Zentgraf (Charlottesville, Va./Charlottesville) then scored, off an assist from McKinney, with 4:02 left in the half to knot the game and send it to overtime.
There was no scoring in the first three-minute overtime period. The game appeared headed to a sudden-victory overtime session before McKinney deposited an unassisted goal to give Notre Dame the victory.
A back-and-forth first half featured eight goals for both teams. McKinney and senior Kaki Orr (Darien, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall) put the Irish up 2-0 early. The Irish would enjoy two-goal leads on three different occasions in the first half. A Byers goal with 22:24 remaining would put Notre Dame on top 3-1 and a Heather Ferguson (Newtown Square, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) score off a free position shot with 18:23 left gave the Irish a 5-3 advantage.
The Cardinal responded with three straight goals to take a 6-5 lead with just over six minutes to go in the half. Notre Dame used three goals from McKinney to recapture the lead at 8-7 before a Stanford tally with 20 seconds left in the half made it an 8-8 contest going into the intermission.
Stanford struck first in the second half as Megan Mclain netted her second goal of the afternoon. Byers knotted the game once again before the Cardinal ran off two straight scores to take an 11-9 advantage.
Notre Dame goaltender Erin Goodman (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Lakeland Panas) picked up the win as she collected six saves. Her counterpart Laura Shane made 17 saves for Stanford. The Irish out-shot the Cardinal 40-23. Daphne Patterson led Stanford with three goals.
#18 Stanford (1-3) – 8 3 0 0 – 11
#5 Notre Dame (2-0) – 8 3 0 1 – 12
Stanford Scoring:
Goals: Daphne Patterson 3, Megan McClain 2, Liz Piselli 2, Lauren Schmidt 1, Michelle DeChant 1, Bis Fries 1, Maris Perlman 1
Assists: Bess Siegfried 3, Megan McClain 2, Julie Christy 1, Leigh Lucas 1
Notre Dame Scoring:
Goals: Caitlin McKinney 6, Jillian Byers 3, Lena Zentgraf 1, Kaki Orr 1, Heather Ferguson 1
Assists: Lena Zentgraf 2, Alicia Billings 1, Caitlin McKinney 1, Kaki Orr 1
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