GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Freshman attack
Grace Forry (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) scored her first collegiate goal 18 seconds into the second overtime Tuesday night to lift the Grove City College women's lacrosse team to a 12-11 double-overtime victory over visiting Medaille (1-1) in non-conference action at Don Lyle Field.
Forry became the eighth different Grove City player to score in the game when she received a feed from sophomore midfielder
Emily Arnold (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) on the first possession of the sixth period and then fired in the game-winner. The score also marked Grove City's first man-up goal of the 2023 season.
Senior midfielder
Madison Nazigian (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) helped pace Grove City's balanced attack by scoring three goals. Junior attack
Madeline Dunda (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) and sophomore defender
Sarah Jackson (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield) both scored a pair of goals for the Wolverines (1-2).
Arnold, sophomore midfielder
Abby Roetering (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg), freshman attack
Jackie Rowell (Laurel, Md./Reservoir) and sophomore defender
Amber Wartman (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) joined Forry in the scoring column.
Arnold also assisted Nazigian's third goal of the evening, which cut Medaille's lead to 10-9 in the fourth quarter. Nazigian, Roetering, Rowell, Wartman and sophomore attack
Sarah Pindel (Hartville, Ohio/Lake) also notched assists.
Grove City trailed 10-8 with 10:35 left but consecutive goals from Nazigian, Jackson and Arnold put the Wolverines ahead with 6:59 left. Medaille's Kara Anderson scored at 4:58 to forge the seventh and final tie of the game.
Jackson led the Wolverines with four caused turnovers. Nazigian and Wartman both caused two turnovers. Medaille finished the game with 25 turnovers while Grove City recorded 26 turnovers.
Jackson also paced Grove City by picking up seven ground balls. Arnold and Nazigian both had four ground balls. Nazigian won nine draw controls.
Grove City outshot Medaille, 30-24. Each team had 17 shots on goal. Sophomore goalie
Elyse Kiggins (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) made six saves for the Wolverines.
Katelynn Deveans paced the Mavericks with five goals. Anderson and Cameron Briggs both scored twice.
Grove City will face Drew in non-conference action Sunday at 12 p.m. in Clearwater, Fla.