Junior Jenny Griffin scored in the 104th minute of play to lift the Canisius College women's soccer team to a 3-2 double overtime win over No. 25 Siena at the Demske Sports Complex on Friday night. With the win Canisius improves to 9-4-0 overall and 3-1-0 in the MAAC while Siena falls to 12-1-0 overall and 4-1-0 in MAAC play.

"I think it's a fantastic win for the girls and for this program," Canisius College head coach Jim Wendling said. "Siena is a good team and they outshot us and had more corner kicks than us, but we played hard and kept working until the end."

Siena opened the scoring in the 20th minute as Brittany Pfaff scored off a header to put the Saints up 1-0. The score would stay that way until Caroline Robert fired home a loose ball in the box to tie the game at 1-1 in the 46th minute. Canisius freshman Brianna Smith scored her eighth goal of the year as she took a pass from junior Kelly Reinwald to give the Griffs the go-ahead tally and a 2-1 lead. Siena would tie the game up at 2-2 off the foot of Lindsay Tegas with an assist credited to Ashleigh Barone just 1:35 later. The Griffs and Saints exchanged chances through one overtime period but in the second overtime period Griffin found a loose ball and fired it home for the Griffs' fifth overtime victory of the season.

Senior Lesley Ivinac made seven saves and allowed two goals to earn her eighth win of the year. Siena goalkeeper Laura Ettinger would be credited with the loss making four saves and allowing three goals in the contest. Coming into the weekend, Siena was the last unbeaten, untied Division I women's soccer team in the country.

"This is a step in the right direction," Wendling said. "It shows everyone on this team that we're talented enough to play and really compete with a top-25 team in this country."

Women's soccer will be back in action on Sunday afternoon when the team plays host to MAAC rival Marist at the Demske Sports Complex at 1 p.m.

Game Notes: With the win Canisius now improves to 8-12-0 against Siena in program history... The Griffs are now 5-0-0 in overtime this year and are 7-0-6 in three years under Wendling... The Blue and Gold continues to take advantage of its home turf as the team remains undefeated at the Demske Sports Complex with a perfect 5-0-0 record... After tonight's game the Griffs have scored 25 of their 27 tallies in the second half or overtime.