There will be a new champion in NCAA Division II women’s lacrosse after Adelphi rallied to beat defending champion LeMoyne 12-11 in double overtime in the East Region championship.
In a wild game that featured four separate five-goal runs, Adelphi struck last.
Training 11-7 with 13:15 left in the second half after LeMoyne’s Erin McMullen scored three straight goals to cap a five-goal spurt for the Dolphins, Adelphi responded.
Adelphi scored four straight, tying the game with just 32 seconds remaining in regulation on Chelsea Abreu’s goal.
LeMoyne goalie Hannah George and Adelphi goalie Emma Lemanski each turned away free position shots in the first six-minute overtime period, but in the second overtime period, Kole Pollock scored the game-winner with just 4.6 seconds on the clock to send the Panthers to the national semifinals.
McMullen led LeMoyne with four goals and Sydney Meagher had a goal and three assists.
Adelphi, the 2017 national champion, will meet unbeaten Regis in the first national semifinal on Friday in Allendale, Mich., at Grand Valley State University.
Regis (Colo.) improved to 20-0 with a 16-14 victory over Colorado Mesa in the Midwest Region championship. The Rangers never trailed in the contest and led by as many as five goals on three separate occasions, but had to hold off a late rally by the Mavericks as they scored the final three goals of the game.
Seven different players scored multiple goals for Regis, led by Jessica Berg and Andrea Macalalad with three goals each. Sarah Myres had a team-high six points on two goals and four assists.
Olivia Hayden led Colorado Mesa with four goals and Kiley Barber had three goals and three assists.
In the other half of the bracket, West Chester will meet Queen’s in the semifinals.
West Chester routed East Stroudsburg 16-5 in the Atlantic Region championship to advance to the NCAA semifinals for the first time since the 2012 season when it fell to C.W. Post in the national championship game.
The Rams, who lost a regular season game to East Stroudsburg in overtime before beating the Warriors in the PSAC championship game last weekend, fell behind 2-0 in the first five minutes of the game, but then scored five straight goals to take control early.
Sami Barnett led West Chester with five goals, Ryan McKinney and Tara Morrisey each had three goals and an assist, and Julianne Clemens made 11 saves.
Hana Cicerelle led East Stroudsburg with three goals.
Queens is headed to the NCAA semifinals for the first time in school history after beating Rollins 14-13 in overtime in the South Region final. Queens, the No. 4 seed in the South Region had upset top-seeded Tampa on Friday and followed up with another upset.
Hanna Scott scored the game-winning goal 1:31 into the overtime period to send the Royals to the next round.
The back-and-forth game featured six ties and neither team led by more than two goals. Rollins used a thre-goal lead late in the second half to take a 13-12 lead with 7:23 left on Nikki Stumpf’s goal. Kara Blanchard answered for Queens with 3:00 left to send the game tie it and Chase Brokaw’s save on a Rollins free position shot with 16 seconds left sent it to overtime.
Brokaw made 14 saves in the game and the save at the end of regulation was the 400th of her career. Blanchard had a team-high seven points for Queens with three goals and four assists. Scott and Kyleigh Masteran each had four goals.
Kallie German had four goals and two assists for Rollins and Stumpf had a hat trick.
NCAA Division II Quarterfinals
Adelphi 12, LeMoyne 11 (2 OT)
Queens 14, Rollins 13 (OT)
Regis (Colo.) 16, Colorado Mesa 14
West Chester 16, East Stroudsburg 5
NCAA Division II Semifinals
May 17 – Allendale, Mich.
Adelphi vs. Regis, 11 a.m.
West Chester vs. Queens, 3 p.m.