Lycoming Beats FDU-Florham in Overtime
Cody Scores Four Goals, Peacock Nabs 15 Saves

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Lycoming’s women’s lacrosse team (8-0, 4-0) escaped an exceptional FDU-Florham team 11-10 in overtime on Saturday. The Lady Warriors remain undefeated on the year and stay perched atop the MAC standings.

FDU-Florham came out strong and stunned Lycoming with five goals by five different players in the opening six minutes. Junior goalie Kristina Peacock (Webster, NY) relieved starter Brittany Bryan (Petersburg, NJ) at 20:04 and racked up nine first-half saves. Peacock tallied 15 stops on the afternoon with a pair of ground balls.

Sophomore midfielder Crystal Cody (Rochester, NY) scored the Lady Warriors’ first goal eleven minutes into the game, followed by scores by junior Heather Suit (Annapolis, MD) and freshman Justine Titko (Wrightstown, NJ). Cody found the net again on a free-position shot with 1:43 remaining and Lycoming went into halftime down 7-4. Cody would finish the day with a team-high four goals on five shots.

Lycoming’s Titko, Christi Karr (Lansdale, PA) and Megan McIntyre (Baltimore, MD) scored the first three goals of the second half to even the score as momentum swung back to the blue and gold. Both teams traded scores throughout the rest of regulation, with Cody notching two and junior Megan Wallenhorst (Rochester, NY) scoring one for the Lady Warriors. 

The Lady Devils received their fourth yellow card with 1:32 left in the second half, but Lycoming was unable to capitalize on its one player advantage and the game went into overtime tied at ten.

In the first of two three-minute overtime halves, sophomore midfielder Sarah Wingerden (Macedon, NY) found the net to put Lycoming up for good. The Lady Warriors effectively kept the ball away from the Lady Devils until time expired.

Lycoming, who received the most votes outside of the IWLCA’s Top-20 last week, stand a good chance of cracking the national rankings this week. The Lady Warriors were ranked #18 in insidelacrosse.com’s most recent poll.

Lycoming travels to Scranton on March 29 and Montclair State on April 1 before returning home to play Alvernia at 4:00 pm on Thursday, April 5. Montclair State also received votes in the last week’s IWLCA poll, as did Catholic, whom the Lady Warriors defeated to open this season.