SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University lacrosse team put forth a spirited effort in its home opener Saturday but yielded an overtime goal to visiting No. 25 IUP in a 14-13 loss to the Crimson Hawks in front of a sizable crowd on a sunny day at Robb Sports Complex.
 
Shippensburg (1-1) nearly snapped a nine-game losing streak to IUP (1-0) and scored its most goals against the Crimson Hawks in eight years. Shots (32-32) and draws (14-14) were dead even in Saturday's game.
 
SU raced out to a 4-1 lead at the 10-minute mark but was held scoreless for the remainder of the first half. A play that proved quite pivotal occurred just before halftime. The horn sounded to end the first half, but the officials deemed a foul had occurred just before the horn and put one second back on the clock. The Crimson Hawks converted a free position within that second to take a 6-4 lead into halftime.
 
The Raiders scored five of the first seven goals of the second half to take a 9-8 lead. SU led 11-9 with nine minutes to go, but a 4-0 run put IUP up by two, 13-11, with 5:29 left. Undaunted, the Raiders rallied once again to even the score at 13-13. IUP goalkeeper Carly Mansur made a save with 37 seconds left that ultimately sent the game into overtime.
 
Shippensburg thwarted IUP's initial scoring salvo in overtime, but a false start gave the ball back to the Crimson Hawks and resulted in a free-position golden goal by Chloe Borland.
 
Sophomore Hannah Seifried led all players with a career-high five goals to go along with three draw controls and two groundballs. Through the first two games of the season, Seifried has already matched the goal output of her freshman season (eight goals).
 
Fellow sophomore Gabby Savarino posted her second hat trick to start the season, scoring three times to complement four draw controls, three groundballs and two caused turnovers. Junior Alana Cardaci scored her 16th career hat trick to put her over the 100-point mark for her career.
 
Senior Kami Holt found the back of the net twice in the second half and picked up two groundballs. Junior Jena MacDonald had two assists, and sophomore Sydney Costanza had one assist.
 
Junior Jessica DeMarte was integral to the Raiders in the center circle, leading all players with a career-high seven draw controls. DeMarte also had four groundballs and a caused turnover.
 
Freshman goalkeeper Ally Weneta finished the game with 10 saves, including seven in the first half. Mansur made 14 saves for the visitors.
 
IUP got hat tricks from Jordan Kulp and Kayte Zeiler along with four points and six draw controls from Borland. Seven different Crimson Hawks scored in the game.
 
Shippensburg travels to Greensburg on Wednesday for a 3:30 p.m non-conference matchup at Seton Hill.