ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT junior Zoe Heffernan scored the game-winner with 1:43 remaining in overtime to lead the No. 3 Tigers to a 13-12 win over No. 6 St. Lawrence in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament, Tuesday.
It is RIT's first Liberty League Tournament win since the Tigers beat Skidmore in 2018 and will face No. 2 Ithaca in the semifinals.
Senior Lily DePalma led RIT with five goals and junior Morgan Nichter tallied three goals and an assist. Heffernan and junior Adele Jones each scored two goals and an assist and junior Jenna Bovenzi had three assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Keira Dodd scored with 10:07 remaining in the first quarter to give St. Lawrence the lead.
- DePalma scored off an assist from Jones to tie the score at 1-1.
- The Saints scored two straight goals, taking a 3-1 lead on Jessica LaPlaca's free position goal with 6:56 to play in the opening quarter.
- Nichter and DePalma scored back-to-back goals, tying the score at 3-3 on DePalma's goal with 57 second remaining in the first.
- St. Lawrence scored the first two goals of the second quarter, taking a 6-3 lead on Hamilton's free-position goal with 9:10 to play in the quarter.
- RIT ran off three straight goals, tying the score at 6-6 on Heffernan's goal with 2:09 to play in the half.
- Hamilton scored for the Saints with 18 seconds to play in the second quarter to give St. Lawrence a 7-6 halftime lead.
- Cate Rathnam scored with 11:28 remaining in the third quarter to give the Saints an 8-6 lead.
- Stephen scored a free-position goal to make it 8-7 and Nichter tied the score at 8-8 on her goal off an assist from Bovenzi with 9:06 to play in the third.
- St. Lawrence tallied two straight goals taking a 10-8 lead on LaPlaca's goal with 1:47 to play in the third.
- Jones scored with 1:02 remaining in the third to cut the deficit to 10-9.
- Jones scored 37 seconds into the fourth quarter off an assist from Bovenzi that tied the score at 10-10.
- DePalma gave RIT an 11-10 lead on her goal with 10:42 remaining in the fourth.
- Phoebe Spaeth tied the score at 11-11 on her goal with 9:20 remaining.
- DePalma scored a woman-up goal with 7:57 to play to give RIT a 12-11 lead and Spaeth scored with 7:31 remaining to knot the game at 12-12.
- Heffernan scored on a free-position shot with 1:43 remaining in the overtime to make it a 13-12 final.
GAME NOTES
- RIT outshot St. Lawrence, 30-28
- Junior Ellie Ruddy made three saves while first year Grace McDonald made five stops in the second half and overtime to earn the win in goal.
- Senior Jane Hudson caused three turnovers and Jones had eight draw controls and four ground balls.
- RIT was 20-of-24 on clearing attempts and won 18-of-29 draw controls
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Friday (May 2) at Ithaca in the Liberty League Tournament Semifinal.
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