Women's Lacrosse
Louisville
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-8, 1-7) fell 12-13 on the road to the Pitt Panthers (8-7, 2-6) on Saturday afternoon.
The Irish offense was led by Kate Timarky, who finished the day with three goals for her fourth hat trick of the season. She was followed by Kristen Shanahan and Fran Frieri with two goals apiece.
The Irish trailed 2-0 early, but a Katie Mallaber goal would put the Irish on the board to make it 1-2 at 8:43 in the first. Shanahan netted her first goal at 6:20 to make it 2-3, but the Irish would trail 2-4 heading into the second period.
Pitt opened the quarter with another goal to make it 2-5, but the Irish offense started to get hot as they responded with a 6-0 run. Frieri scored first to bring the Irish within two and was followed by Lila O’Brien, who netted her first career goal as she took it all the way after winning the draw.
Emma Murphy scored to tie it up at 5-all with 8:00 remaining in the half. Kathryn Morrissey scored at the 7:43 mark to put the Irish up 6-5, giving Notre Dame their first lead of the day.
Timarky netted back-to-back Irish goals to put Notre Dame up 8-5 as Pitt would score one more goal to make it 8-6 at the half.
The Panthers responded with a run of their own to open up the third quarter, scoring four straight goals to regain the lead 8-10 with 5:06 left in the period. Shanahan scored the only Irish goal of the period to make it 9-10, but Pitt netted one more goal to make it 9-11 heading into the fourth quarter.
Frieri opened the final period with her second goal of the day and was followed by Meghan O’Hare to tie it up at 11-all with 7:30 remaining. Pitt responded with two more goals to regain the lead 11-13 at 4:24.
Notre Dame worked to close the gap in the final minutes and while Timarky completed her hat trick with 24.5 seconds left to make it 12-13, the Irish would come up just short and fall 12-13 on the road.
The Irish will host the Louisville Cardinals in their final regular season game on Thursday, April 17 at Arlotta Stadium.