Box Score

The Shippensburg University women's lacrosse team recovered from two goals down with under eight minutes remaining in regulation at Kutztown on Saturday afternoon before scoring twice in the final 1:26 of overtime to again erase a deficit for a 7-6 Raiders win over the Golden Bears.

Junior Kayla Dalzell paced the Raiders (3-5, 1-1 PSAC) with her second career hat trick, with the second goal tying the game at 5-5 with 2:43 left in regulation and her third goal again knotting things up at 6-6 with 1:26 left in overtime.

Senior Lindsey Kennedy then scored the eventual game-winner with 38 seconds remaining to complement team-highs of three assists, six groundballs and four caused turnovers.

The two teams played a low-scoring first half, with the Golden Bears (2-4, 1-1) taking a 2-1 lead into intermission. SU tied it less than 11 minutes into the second half on a goal from sophomore Courtney Kennedy before taking a 3-2 lead less than two minutes later on a Dalzell strike.

Kutztown then scored three consecutive to give itself a 5-3 lead with 8:20 left on the clock, setting up the SU comeback. Senior Roxanne Brown netted a man-up, free-position goal with 7:09 left before Dalzell's first tying goal on a Lindsey Kennedy helper.

Courtney Kennedy nearly won the game with 12 seconds left in regulation on a shot that hit the post. She then had another shot two-and-a-half minutes into overtime that was saved by the KU goalkeeper. The Golden Bears scored first in overtime with 1:38 on the clock before Dalzell's and Lindsey Kennedy's game-ending heroics. 

Courtney Kennedy finished with two goals and four groundballs and sophomore Sheila Johnson contributed two assists.

Defensively, junior Bennett Widlake picked up five groundballs while seniors Sarah Chrencik and Jenna Simmons each caused three turnovers.

The Raiders travel to IUP on Tuesday for a 4 p.m. contest.