HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 22, 2015) – Freshman Julianna Ricci scored 2:07 into the first overtime period and the Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team to a 14-12 overtime win over Farmingdale State on Wednesday.
 
The Ducks have won four straight and are 12-3 overall, while Farmingdale dropped to 8-6 on the season.
 
The Rams scored the first two goals of the game as Nicole Marzocca and Jackie Kennedy scored in the first 6:46 of the contest. Stevens would then go to score the next three markers as junior Erike Wilcox, sophomore Kathleen Kalbian and senior Caitlyn Hughes scored within a four minute span to give the Ducks the lead back. After trading the next four goals, Marzocca recorded three goals over the final eight minutes of the period with Wilcox getting one back to give the visitors a 7-6 halftime edge.
 
Farmingdale started the second half pouring in three goals in the opening 7:13, with Alyssa Handel, Kennedy and Brittany Rosino each recording a goal, with Rosino's a man up. Stevens countered back with the next three tallies, including man up goals by sophomores Caroline DeLuca and Mariel Haubrich, sandwiched around an even strength goal by freshman Cami Santor. Kelly Geheran reestablished the two goal lead with 13:43 left, but Wilcox notched her fourth of the contest with 9:03 left to cut the deficit in half.
 
Handel scored her second of the match with a little over a minute remaining, setting the stage for a dramatic comeback. The Ducks actually lost the ensuing draw, but a Marzocca turnover was scooped up by Ricci. After a successful clear, Wilcox recovered the rebound of a missed shot and deposited her fifth of the day into the back of the cage, once again putting the Ducks down a goal. Santor won a crucial draw control, and Wilcox knotted the contest with four seconds remaining on the clock.
 
In overtime, Farmingdale forced a Stevens turnover, but DeLuca forced the Rams into a turnover on a clear and was able to scoop up the ground ball and drew a foul. With 53 seconds left in the first overtime, Ricci took the feed from DeLuca to give Stevens a 13-12 lead. Santor corralled the draw control to start the second OT period, and the hosts were able to control play. With the Rams pressing, Santor found a wide open DeLuca with one second left to add an insurance marker to beat the oncoming rain storm and sent the crowd home with a win.
 
The Ducks controlled the offensive stats, outshooting their opponents 45-20 and collected 21 more ground balls. Wilcox had six goals on 17 shots to go along with five ground balls while Ricci grabbing 10 ground balls and forcing six turnovers. Kalbian had three helpers to go along with eight draw controls.
 
Marzocca had four goals and four draw controls while Handel and Kennedy recorded multiple goal games. Krista Spagnoletta made 19 saves in the defeat.
 
Stevens is back home Saturday for their final regular season match of the year, as they take on Nazareth College a 9 a.m.

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