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Audrey Harrington game-winning goal, 5-11-25
Nikki Mondo
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Haverford HAVERFOR 15-6, 6-2
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Winner Salisbury SALISBUR 15-4, 2-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Haverford HAVERFOR 2 2 0 4 8
Salisbury SALISBUR 0 4 4 1 9

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Will DeBoer | Nick Lewis

No. 13 Women’s Lacrosse outlasts No. 19 Haverford, 9-8, in NCAA Second Round

Harrington scores with seven seconds left to propel Sea Gulls to regional semifinal

SALISBURY, Md. – After the Sea Gulls let a four-goal lead slip away late, Audrey Harrington deposited one in the back of the cage with seven seconds remaining, propelling the 13th-ranked Salisbury University women's lacrosse team past 19th-ranked Haverford Fords, 9-8, in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Division III Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Sea Gull Stadium.
 
With the victory, the Sea Gulls advance to the regional semifinals to face sixth-ranked St. John Fisher on Saturday. The game time and location will be determined in the coming days.
 
The Fords took control of a low-scoring first quarter, using an early strike by Ellie Hughes and one by Daniela Martini to take a 2-0 lead after the opening period. The Sea Gulls answered early in the second as Liz Haney found Miranda Mears for a player-up goal to cut the deficit in half, then after the teams traded a marker each Avery Dunbar fed Harrington to tie it at 3-3. Brooke Epstein countered with a Haverford tally, which Julianna Ott answered with 38 seconds until halftime, sending the teams into the break knotted at 4-4.
 
Mears gave SU their first lead two minutes into the third quarter, setting off a 3-0 run that put the Sea Gulls in the driver's seat, 7-4, and forced the Fords to call timeout. Regan McDonnell struck soon after the timeout, and Salisbury took an 8-4 lead into the final session after holding HC scoreless in the third.
 
Epstein broke up the Haverford drought early in the fourth quarter with two goals in quick succession, then Bella Gattuso brought the Fords within one at 8-7 at the 8:33 mark. After both goalies made key saves on free positions, Gattuso struck again with 1:56 remaining to tie it at 8-8.
 
After winning the succeeding draw control, SU ran the clock all the way down and fed Harrington behind the net. Harrington backed down her defender and fired a low snipe into the onion bag, giving the Sea Gulls their final lead with just 7.2 seconds remaining. Haverford had no time to answer, allowing Salisbury to advance.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Audrey Harrington fired three goals including the game-winner, putting five of her six shots on goal. Harrington brings her career point total to 90 heading into the regional semifinal.
  • After netting her 100th career goal in last week's C2C title bout, Miranda Mears set a new career mark for goals and points in a season in Sunday's triumph, netting her 13th multi-goal game and eighth hat trick to tote 44 goals and 46 points into the penultimate weekend.
  • Julianna Ott fired a pair of goals and secured four draw controls to help guide SU to another NCAA regional appearance. The Woodbine, Md. native has fired eight goals and secured 13 draw controls in postseason play.
  • Avery Dunbar dished out three assists for the Sea Gulls.
  • Regan McDonnell loaded the box score with four draw controls, two ground balls, two caused turnovers and a goal.
  • Natalie Held ran down three draw controls and three grounders while causing one turnover.
  • Paige Ellis (13-4) earned the victory with five timely saves across the full 60 minutes.
  • Sunday's win marked the 500th in the storied career of IWLCA Hall of Fame head coach Jim Nestor, who holds a 500-100-1 all-time tally across his 32 seasons. He becomes the third coach at any level of NCAA women's lacrosse to surpass the 500-win mark and just the second DIII coach to ever achieve the feat.
  • Excluding the shortened 2020 campaign, Salisbury has now reached the regional semifinals in nine consecutive seasons.
  • The Sea Gulls now hold a 2-1 edge in the all-time series against the Fords. The second-round tilt served as the first meeting between the sides since 1989, a game SU won 12-10 in Salisbury.
The Sea Gulls await the official location of their battle with St. John Fisher on Saturday with game times also to be announced.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming) and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 205 conference championships, and have produced 51 Academic All-Americans.

To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
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