Bethlehem, PA – The Wagner women's lacrosse team claimed the team's first victory of the season and the
Kelly McPartland era, 8-7, in double overtime on Saturday afternoon.
For the third consecutive game, the Seahawks opened the scoring in the contest. This time, it was Senior
Kasey Dorney 2:30 into the game. Graduate student
Victoria Tucci gave Wagner a 2-1 lead after the Mountain Hawks responded to Dorney's opening game. Dorney claimed her second goal of the afternoon midway through the first to give the Green & White a 3-1 lead after the first stanza.
Lehigh tied the game at three with the first two goals of the half and the game remained tied until
Kasey Dorney scored her third goal of the game with 19 seconds remaining in half to give Wagner a 4-3 lead at the intermission.
Junior Katia Carnevale completed her hat trick with the opening two goals of the second half to give the Mountian Hawks a 5-4 lead with 11:29 remaining in the third. Both of Carnevale's goals were assisted by classmate Gabby Schneider.
Lehigh took a 5-4 lead into the final quarter and extended their lead to 7-5 with 11:49 remaining on a goal from sophomore Olivia Memeger. Graduate student
Madeline Seims brought Wagner to within one goal when the Seahawks took advantage of a Lehigh. Five minutes later,
Victoria Tucci scored her second goal of the afternoon to tie the game at six with 5:10 remaining. Seims tallied her second goal of the quarter on a free-position opportunity with 2:16 remaining. Lehigh tied the contest with six minutes remaining to force overtime.
Senior goalkeeper
Lauren DiStefano made two crucial stops in overtime to set up opportunities for Wagner to capitalize and put a stamp on the contest.
Victoria Tucci fired a shot that was stopped by the Lehigh goalkeeper. The rebound was scooped up by
Madeline Seims who found
Kasey Dorney and fired the winning goal and her fourth of the contest.
For Wagner, it is their first win of the season and the first win of the
Kelly McPartland era.
Kasey Dorney found the back of the net four times on six shots while scooping one ground ball, causing one turnover and accumulating five draw controls.
Victoria Tucci scored two goals on 12 shots while scooping three ground balls.
Lauren DiStefano stopped 15 shots while scooping three ground balls and causing a turnover.
The Seahawks will be back in action on Tuesday, March 8 for the final game of the team's four-game road trip when they head to Hofstra for a 3:00 P.M. start.
