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WLAX Celebration
10
Fairfield FFD 8-6, 3-3 MAAC
11
Winner Niagara NIA 9-5, 5-1 MAAC
Fairfield FFD
8-6, 3-3 MAAC
10
Final
11
Niagara NIA
9-5, 5-1 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT F
Fairfield FFD 1 3 2 4 0 10
Niagara NIA 3 3 1 3 1 11

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Niagara Defeats Fairfield in Overtime

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – Junior Lois Garlow scored the sudden-victory goal 36 seconds into the extra frame to lift Niagara (9-5, 5-1 MAAC) over Fairfield (8-6, 3-3 MAAC) Saturday afternoon in MAAC women's lacrosse action on Monteagle Ridge. 

Game Recap
First Quarter
• The Purple Eagles scored three straight goals to start the contest, with the first coming off the stick of Lex Braniecki. 
• Rachel Crane found her younger sister Jalyn Crane for the Purple Eagles' second tally of the contest at the 11:42 mark of the opening frame. 
• Garlow made it a 3-0 Niagara lead with her 39th goal of the season 5:32 into the first. 
• With 3:09 left in the opening stanza, Fairfield would beat Messenger for its game's first goal. 

Second Quarter
• The teams would trade goals in the second quarter, with Niagara taking a 6-4 lead at the intermission. 
• Jaclyn Crane scored two goals in the second, one via a free-position attempt.
• Braniecki scored her second goal of the contest at the 3:37 mark, putting Niagara up three before Fairfield made it a two-goal game 46 seconds before the end of the quarter. 

Third Quarter
• Fairfield scored two goals in the third to tie the game at six, with 5:26 remaining in the stanza. 
• Niagara, who was held scoreless for more than 18-minutes of action before Braniecki found the back of the net to put the Purple and White back up one, 7-6, with 14 seconds to go in the quarter,

Fourth Quarter
• The Purple Eagles would go up by two, 8-6 when Garlow found Rachel Crane for her first tally of the game. 
• The Stags would score back-to-back tallies to tie the game at eight with 9:05 to go. 
• Over the next six minutes, Niagara built its lead back to two goals with a pair of tallies from Braniecki, making the score 10-8 in favor of the Purple Eagles. 
• In the final two minutes of the fourth, Fairfield would tie the game and force overtime.

Overtime
• Niagara won the draw to start overtime, and 36 seconds later, Andra Savage found Garlow for the game-winner. 

Niagara Notes
• Niagara improves to 5-1 in MAAC play and currently sits atop the MAAC standings with two conference games left. 
• The Purple and White also improve to 4-0 at home and 6-1 when going into the fourth quarter with a lead. 
• Braniecki recorded her second five-goal performance of the season and eclipsed the 30-goal mark in the win. Braniecki is the first Purple Eagle to score 30 or more goals in each of her first two seasons since Rachel MacCheyne.
• Garlow reached 40 goals for the season with her two tallies Saturday afternoon. 
• Senior goalkeeper Michelle Messenger picked up her eighth win in the cage this season and her sixth-consecutive game with double-digit stops. 
• Jaclyn Crane recorded her first career hat trick in the win and now has 14 goals this season.
• As a team, NU won 14 of the games with 25 draw controls, with TaNia Cunningham recording a team-high six, followed by Jenna Brill with five. 
• Cunningham and Eliza Wild caused a pair of turnovers as the team picked up nine on the afternoon. 
• Mackenzie Bushnell led Niagara with four ground balls, followed by Wild with three and Rachel Crane and Jess Foley with two. 


Up Next
• Niagara will host ACC foe Louisville on Monday, April 18, to close out the non-conference portion of its schedule. The opening draw between the Purple Eagles and Cardinals is scheduled for noon on ESPN+.

 
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