Women's Lacrosse Falls to Princeton in Overtime

Sunday, May 16

Princeton, NJ

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Dartmouth College

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Women's Lacrosse Falls to Princeton in Overtime

5/15/2004 8:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

By: Dartmouth

May 16, 2004

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PRINCETON, N.J. - Jamie Sundheim's overtime goal pushed the No. 1 Princeton Tigers to a 6-5 victory over Dartmouth in NCAA quarterfinal action on Sunday.

For the defending NCAA champion Tigers, it was their first lead of the game after the Big Green held a 5-3 advantage with 6:49 left in regulation.

Princeton, who hosts the NCAA final four next weekend, stayed undefeated at 18-0 on the year. Dartmouth finished the season with an 11-6 record.

"It was a heckuva game," said Big Green coach Amy Patton. "It was a pretty typical Dartmouth-Princeton game."

Still mindful of a 17-8 loss to Princeton on April 24, Patton noted that Dartmouth made adjustments in its approach. "We just came in with a completely different game plan than when we played them the first time. I think that took them a little by surprise and I think they had trouble against what we were trying to do with them for most of the game until maybe the last minute or so."

After a slow start for both teams, the Big Green crafted a 3-0 lead with 20 minutes played. Junior Katieanne Christian took a feed from sophomore Casey Hazel and beat Princeton goalie Sarah Kolodner with a high shot at 16:08.

Two minutes later, Hazel made the score 2-0, and four minutes after that, Kristen Zimmer tallied again for Dartmouth.

The Tigers broke through with 4:47 left until the break when Kathleen Miller connected on a free position shot.

There were two flurries before the half. Kolodner made a big save on Dartmouth's Kate Killen with 17 seconds on the clock, before the Big Green's goalkeeper, Devon Wills, stopped Jamie Sundheim's point-blank shot with seconds to go.

Wills made four saves for Dartmouth in the first half, including three early in the going, as the Big Green defense effectively protecting the space in front of Wills.

At the start of the second half, Christian scored her second of the game for a 4-1 lead, but Princeton answered less than two minutes later with a free position shot by Elizabeth Pillion.

In the final 10:46 of regulation, Princeton scored three of the last four goals. Tara Hardiman took a feed from Theresa Sherry to get within one, 4-3, before Dartmouth's Molly Jenkins rebuilt the Big Green back to two with 6:49 on the clock.

Sherry, Princeton's second-leading scorer, found the net at the 5:20 mark before Hardiman got the tying goal 48 seconds later at 4:32.

There was a flurry in the final 13 seconds when Miller hit the crossbar on a free position shot for Princeton before Sherry got the ground ball for another shot saved by Wills.

With 1:24 gone in overtime, Miller lined up for a free position shot and passed to Sundheim for the gamewinner.

"I thought our defense played an amazing game," said Patton, whose Big Green kept Princeton's leading scorer, Lindsey Biles, off the board. "I don't think they could have played any better than they did."

Wills finished with 10 saves for the Big Green, while Kolodner had seven for Princeton.

"I thought our kids played an incredible game," added Patton. "It honestly could have gone either way."