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9
BUTLER BUTLER 2-3, 0-0
10
Winner WINTHROP WINTHROP 3-3, 0-0
BUTLER BUTLER
2-3, 0-0
9
Final
10
WINTHROP WINTHROP
3-3, 0-0
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Team 1 2 3 4 OT OT 1 OT 2 F
BUTLER BUTLER 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 9
WINTHROP WINTHROP 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 10

Game Recap: Lacrosse |

Eagles Down Butler In Three Overtimes On Scarlet Cifarelli's Goal

HARROGATE, TN– Winthrop moved to 3-3 on the season with a thrilling, 10-9 triple overtime victory over Butler on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University on Sunday morning on a goal by Scarlet Cifarelli. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Bulldogs scored 30 seconds into the game and took a 2-0 lead nearly five minutes later.
  • Grayson McKenzie notched the first Winthrop tally at the 5:35 mark.
  • Butler answered with a goal on the next play.
  • McKenzie scored her second goal of the game at the 1:35 mark to leave the Eagles down 3-2 entering the second period.
  • Butler started the second frame with a goal in a similar way the first period started.
  • McKenzie responded by getting a hat trick on the man-up at the 13:43 mark and Claire Witmer then tied it up a minute later.
  • Butler took a 5-4 lead at the 8:53 mark only for Gabby Pierpont to knot it up again a minute later.
  • The Bulldogs scored two goals to break the tie and go up 7-5 with four minutes left.
  • Witmer scored her second goal of the game with 1:48 remaining on a free position attempt, cutting the lead to 7-6. This score would hold for the rest of the half.
  • Neither team scored for six minutes to open the second half until Molly Dankowski tied the game at seven on the man-up at the 9:22 mark.
  • Witmer got a hat trick on the next play 20 seconds later and gave Winthrop their first lead of the day at 8-7.
  • Both teams then went into another six minute scoring drought until Butler scored to even the score at eight on a free position attempt at the 3:27 mark.
  • Dankowski got her second goal with exactly two minutes remaining in the third quarter to give Winthrop a 9-8 lead, which the Eagles would take going into the final 15 minutes of action.
  • Neither team scored for nearly the entire fourth quarter until Butler put one in the back of the net on the man-up to knot the contest up at nine with 1:22 left to force overtime.
  • Neither team scored in the first two overtimes.
  • Winthrop finally broke through 45 seconds into the third overtime when Scarlet Cifarelli scored on the man-up to win the game for the Eagles.
NOTABLES (TEAM)
  • Winthrop tied Butler in shots on goal at 13.
  • Winthrop had four saves to Butler's three.
  • Winthrop nabbed 11 ground balls to Butler's eight.
  • Winthrop forced 15 turnovers.
  • After giving up seven goals in the first half, the Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 4-2 the rest of the way and two players registered hat tricks.
NOTABLES (INDIVIDUAL)  
ON DECK
Winthrop travels to the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. to play the Flames on Thursday, Mar. 23 at 1 p.m. for the final non-conference matchup on the year.
 
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