BOX SCORE - MT ST MARY'S

BOX SCORE - KENYON

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The SVC women's lacrosse team was unable to hold a halftime lead and lost to Mount St. Mary's (NY) by a score of 13-12 in overtime, then fell to Kenyon 22-4 in a rare lax doubleheader played in Clermont, FL.

Down 1-0 in the Mount St. Mary's game, Natalie Ambrozic got SVC on the board at the 25:14 mark, and Maggie Nelson followed with a goal just 12 seconds later to put SVC in front.  Mt. St. Mary's would then add the game's next two goals to take a 3-2 lead, but SVC would close the first half in fine fashion, scoring four unanswered goals, two each from Ambrozic and Sarah Wallerstedt.

MSM quickly came back with a pair of goals to open the second half before Wallerstedt added her third goal of the morning at the 24:08 mark, a shorthanded goal.

Later, with the game tied 8-8, SVC got back-to-back goals from Nelson and Wallerstedt to take a 10-8 advantage with 15:35 to go.  Neither team scored for the next seven minutes, but SVC lost Wallerstedt near the 9-minute mark to her second yellow card of the game.

With 8:55 to go, MSM scored the first of three straight goals, and by the 5:50 mark had taken an 11-10 lead.  Nelson scored an unassisted goal just under two minutes later to tie the game at 11-11.  MSM had two free position attempts in the closing minutes, but SVC's Michelle Mitchell stopped both shots, sending the game to overtime.

MSM tallied two goals in the first of a pair of three-minute halves to take a 13-11 lead, but SVC's Amie Dobracki found the net with 11 ticks remaining in the first extra session.  However, SVC was unable to score in the final three minutes of play, falling by a score of 13-12.

Against Kenyon in 85 degree weather, SVC showed the effects of the long first game, which had ended less than 90 minutes earlier.  Nelson and Wallerstedt each scored twice for SVC.  Kenyon held a 12-4 lead at halftime and shut the Bearcats out in the final 30 minutes.

Saint Vincent is now 0-3 on the season and will return to action on March 11, hosting Shenandoah University on the SVC Turf.