Box Score SWARTHMORE, Pa. – McDaniel had the final say in a back-and-forth affair, edging Swarthmore 12-11 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse action on Wednesday.
Maggie Quinn (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) was one of five players to score two goals for the Green Terror (5-5, 2-1 CC), including netting the game-winning goal with 3:55 to play in regulation.
Kathryn Restrepo led the Garnet (5-5, 1-2 CC) with five goals.
Tied at 11-all after Briana Narzikul scored with 5:42 remaining, McDaniel won the ensuing draw control. Samantha Barbeito (Wolfsville, Md./Middletown) eventually found Quinn, who scored the game-winner.
The Green Terror won its 15th draw control and took nearly three-and-a-half minutes off the clock before Swarthmore had one last chance.
Quinn, however, had a stick check from behind that caused a turnover in the waning seconds and McDaniel was able to run out the clock.
Emily Brownawell (Sparks, Md./Oldfields) staked the Green Terror to a 1-0 lead just 36 seconds into the game before Quinn found Barbeito with 21:02 showing to double the advantage.
Restrepo netted her first 45 seconds later before Lindsey Farrell (Towson, Md./Loch Raven) and Allison Farrell (Towson, Md./Loch Raven) scored just shy of two minutes apart for a 4-1 lead midway through the opening half.
Two straight goals by Narzikul drew the hosts back within one with 12:12 to play.
Annemarie Duerr (Pasadena, Md./Chesapake) converted a free-position shot with 10:52 on the clock and Quinn took the ensuing draw straight to goal, making it a 6-3 game just 13 seconds later.
Trailing 9-6 at the break, Restrepo quickly closed the deficit to two, finishing a Tess Wild pass 15 seconds into the second half.
Shivani Chinnappan trimmed the margin to one with 27:05 on the clock before Brownawell responded with 23:43 showing.
Back-to-back Restrepo markers 2:12 apart evened the game with 18:44 remaining before Barbeito put McDaniel back in front, hitting a free-position shot with 13:39 to play.
The teams traded tallies through the first half of the second stanza to keep it a two-goal game until the final run.
Quinn added four draw controls and two caused turnovers to her two-goal, one-assist night. Brownawell, Barbeito and both Farrell sisters added two goals each.
The Green Terror returns to action at home against No. 5 Franklin & Marshall on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
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