Women's Lax Drops Heartbreaker

WINCHESTER, Va. - Shenandoah University staged a furious comeback, but came up just short in a 19-18 non-league women's lacrosse loss to Centenary (N.J.) Tuesday afternoon on Sprint Field at Shentel Stadium.

Shenandoah (1-4) trailed 17-9 three minutes into the second half before roaring back to tie the Cyclones (3-0) at 18-18 with 8:45 to play.

The two teams then went the next 5:59 scoreless before Michelle Garone tallied the game-winner unassisted for CC.

Jennie Ott, who led all players with three goals and four assists for seven points, saw her potential game-tying free position attempt go just wide with six seconds remaining.

The game is the third highest-scoring contest in school history; in 1998 SU had a 23-16 win over Hollins before losing 25-17 to Villa Julie (now Stevenson).

The Hornets opened the scoring on Tuesday with a Rebecca Hibble goal 18 seconds in, but this would be the only lead they would hold all day.

The game was tied at 3-3 and 4-4 before Centenary appeared to take total control with an 11-5 run that sandwiched halftime. The Cyclones led 14-9 at the half and scored the first three goals of the second before Shenandoah went on its game-tying run.

Sara Mucciaro backed up Ott with three goals and two assists while Danielle Lawson made a career-best 17 saves.

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SU is back on the field on Saturday at Wesley.