STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- The Grove City College women's lacrosse team dropped to 2-1 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference with a 16-15 overtime defeat Wednesday at Franciscan. The Barons scored 3:50 into overtime to stop Grove City's three-game win streak.
Five Wolverines posted multi-goal performances Wednesday. Senior midfielder
Madison Nazigian (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) paced Grove City with four goals. Senior midfielder
Meredith Basham (Olathe, Kansas/Olathe East), junior attack
Madeline Dunda (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) and sophomore midfielder
Abby Roetering (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) all recorded three goals. Sophomore attack
Meah Groves (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) scored twice.Â
Grove City trailed 3-0 eight minutes into the game but forged a 4-4 tie by the end of the first quarter. Nazigian scored three unassisted goals while Roetering added a goal. The Wolverines took their first lead of the afternoon, 5-4, when Groves scored with 10:50 remaining in the first half. Basham assisted the Groves goal.
Roetering, Basham and Dunda all scored in the fourth quarter to give Grove City a 15-12 lead with 4:22 left. Franciscan scored three times in a three-minute span to force overtime, though. Joanna Hilkert tied the game with 46 seconds left in regulation. Kiera Wilson then scored the overtime game-winner for the Barons.
The game featured nine ties and seven lead changes.Â
Dunda assisted two goals while Basham, Groves, Nazigian and freshman attack
Jackie Rowell (Laurel, Md./Reservoir) all tallied assists.
Nazigian had 11 draw controls and sophomore defender
Sarah Jackson (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield) totaled six draw controls. Dunda caused two turnovers.Â
Sophomore defender
Emily Arnold (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) led Grove City with five ground balls. Basham, Jackson, Nazigian, Roetering and sophomore attack
Maddie Krabitz (Catonsville, Md./Chapelgate Christian) all collected three ground balls.Â
Sophomore
Elyse Kiggins (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) stopped eight shots in goals. Grove City outshot Franciscan, 42-32. Grove City finished the game with a dozen turnovers while the Barons had 18 turnovers.Â
Grove City hosts Waynesburg in conference play Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.