PASADENA, Calif. — Megan DePrez (Claremont, Calif./Claremont) tallied a sudden death goal to give Washington & Jefferson College a 10-9 victory over host the California Institute of Technology. W&J, which claims the program’s fifth consecutive victory, battled the Beavers throughout four normal quarters and two overtime quarters before DePrez’s sudden victory tally determined the winner.
Laura Anthony (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), Anastacia Didovich (Venice, Fla./Venice) and Marcella Gallardo-Russell (Santa Cruz, Calif./Santa Cruz) all recorded a goal each for the Presidents in the first quarter to provide the Presidents a 3-1 lead after eight minutes of action.
W&J’s offense went cold in the second and third quarters as Caltech carried a 4-3 margin into the fourth quarter.
However, the Presidents heated up in the final frame of regulation to score four goals. Two tallies from Sydney Neumann (Long Beach, Calif./Millikan) and one each from Ryley McClellan (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Gallardo-Russell pushed W&J ahead 7-5. Caltech did not give up though, scoring two goals in less than two minutes to send the contest into overtime.
The Beavers scored the first goal in the first OT period, but Gallardo-Russell responded almost immediately to the teams at eight-all. Caltech struck again prior to the close of the opening overtime period to acquire a 9-8 lead.
McClellan was the sole player to score in the second overtime period to knot he contest at nine-all and force sudden death.
DePrez terminated the contest in the opening moments of the conclusive period to secure the 10-9 win for W&J.
Cecelia Weiss (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) recorded 14 saves to pick up the win in cage for the Presidents.
Release courtesy Washington & Jefferson College Athletics Communications
