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Freshman Marissa Malvaso
9
YALE YALE 4-1, 1-0 IVY
10
Winner Canisius CAN 2-4, 0-0 MAAC
YALE YALE
4-1, 1-0 IVY
9
Final
10
Canisius CAN
2-4, 0-0 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT OT 1 OT 2 F
YALE YALE 4 5 0 0 0 9
Canisius CAN 5 4 0 0 1 10

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Women’s Lacrosse Bests Yale in Triple-Overtime Thriller

Marissa Malvaso's goal with- 4:47 left in triple overtime, helped lift the Canisius women's lacrosse program to a 10-9 victory over Yale at the Demske Sports Complex, Sunday. The marker was the third of the game for the freshman attacker, and helped the Golden Griffins to improve to 2-4 on the season, while handing Yale its first loss of the 2018 campaign, as the Bulldogs dropped to 4-1.
 
Canisius held a 9-5 advantage midway through the frame, however a late Bulldog run of four unanswered goals, capped by Barrett Carlson's tally, with 2:29 remaining in the game, forced extra time.
 
The two teams went scoreless for a total 15:42, spanning the end of regulation, and nearly two and a quarter overtime periods, before a decisive marker was scored.
 
Jourdan Roemer was once again the team's points leader at the end of the game, tallying three goals and two assists. Malvaso also tallied a hat trick with three goals and one assist for four points.
 
Jen Reininger managed to fire 12 shots on cage but came away with one goal and one assist, while Allie Stewart and Bryar Cummings recorded two points and one point respectively.
 
Yale's scoring was spread around as three player recorded two points apiece. Emily Granger, Olivia Markert and Katie Smith all had a pair of points, with Granger leading the Bulldogs in goals with two.
 
The nation's leader in draw controls, Izzy Nixon, had another stellar performance, recording 12 of the teams 19 draw controls herself.
 
The Blue and Gold played another close first half as the team took a 5-4 lead into halftime, as Malvaso's back-to-back free position goals capped the scoring headed into the break.
 
The Griffs then opened up the second half scoring four goals, with Roemer, Cummings and Stewart taking part in the run.
 
With 6:37 left in the second half Maggie Pizzo started the Yale comeback, as Olivia Markert and Madeline Gramigna, also recorded markers, to set up the Carlson equalizer.
 
COACH DALEY'S POSTGAME COMMENTS
"We saw a lot of resiliency today from our players. Our pregame message before the game was that we needed to be resilient coming off Friday's game, working through yesterday and having a day to prepare for Yale. We challenged them to be resilient when we're up and resilient when were down and they had a great response to that. I couldn't be happier for them."
 
"I can't speak enough about our leaders and our senior class. They've really been phenomenal from day one. They've allowed our team culture to come to life and have bought in from the beginning. I think that shows in a game like today with Rebecca and Nicole, and their positive attitude on the back end knowing we can make stops defensively. Offensively with Jen, Jourdan, Allie and Lauren producing for us and doing some great things. They have that composure and calmness that helps lead us on offense. We have a really strong group that is really buying in to our team culture and I think that showed today."
 
GAME NOTES
• With the win the Griffs earned its first-ever victory over Yale, evening the all-time series to 1-1.
• Yale came into the game earning votes in the polls and was ranked in the US Lacrosse Magazine poll at No. 16, before today's loss.
• With the win over its Ivy League foe, the victory marks the first ever win over an Ancient Eight opponent in the program's history.
• Today's game was the longest contest in the history of the program, and the first three overtime contest.
• Both Roemer and Reininger advanced their point streaks, with Roemer now having gone 35 straight games with at least one point, and Reininger having tallied one in every single career contest, spanning 26 games. 
 
UP NEXT
The Griffs continue its homestand on Thursday when the team welcomes Bryant to the Demske Sports Complex. The game is set for a 4 p.m. start.
 
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