Poughkeepsie, N.Y. —Behind a game winning goal from Bianca McGrayne Niagara defeated Marist 10-9 in overtime Saturday at Tenney Stadium.

The Purple Eagles improved to 8-7 overall and 7-0 MAAC. Marist dropped to 4-11, 3-4 in conference play.

Niagara trailed early after Anne Shine gave Marist a 1-0 lead at 13:41, but the Purple Eagles responded with four unanswered goals to end the quarter.

Abberly Dela Rosa converted a free-position shot while playing man-down at 11:06 to tie it 1-1. Delles then took over, scoring back-to-back goals, at 7:56 and 6:53, to push Niagara ahead 3-1. Maddy Gill capped the run with a goal off an assist from Delles at 2:31. Niagara led 4-1 after one.

Delles opened the scoring in the second quarter at 10:38 with her third goal of the game, assisted by Gill, extending the lead to 5-1. Marist countered with three consecutive goals. Caitlin McNaboe off a Jesse Manger feed at 10:10, Amelia Pirozzi on a free-position shot at 7:00, and Madison Leale assisted by Manger at 2:34. Niagara took a 5-4 lead into halftime.

Kate Gaven scored twice in the first four minutes of the third, assisted by Pirozzi at 13:10 and unassisted at 12:11, to take a 6-5 lead. Niagara responded with back-to-back goals from Maive Partlow, assisted by Delles, at 5:20, and Olivia Ng off a Kensington Keane assist at 4:24, to retake a 7-6 advantage. Gaven, however, completed a hat trick with a Manger-assisted goal at 3:32, sending the teams to the fourth quarter tied 7-7.

Ng scored off a Delles assist at 12:33 to put Niagara up 8-7 early in the fourth quarter. Pirozzi answered for Marist at 5:23 to tie it 8-8. Gill gave Niagara the lead again with a goal at 2:08, but Gaven cashed in on the player-up situation off a Manger assist at 1:30, tying the game at 9-9 and sending it to overtime.

Less than a minute into the extra period, Marist's Amelia Angelo received a green card at 4:45, putting the Red Foxes a player down. McGrayne capitalized on the man-up advantage, scoring off a Hannah Kent assist at 4:16 to end the game.

Game Notes

Niagara is now 13-18 all-time against Marist

Delles tallied her sixth hat-trick of the game

Gill has recorded a point in the last seven games

Ng has scored multiple goals in each of the last five games

Up Next

Niagara wraps up the regular season at home against Mount St. Mary's Saturday April 18 at 11:00 am.