A goal from freshman attackman Matt Kavanagh with 1:34 left in the first overtime period gave the No. 3 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team a 10-9 win at No. 8 Penn State inside Holuba Hall on Sunday afternoon.
A late flurry from both teams sent the game into the extra session. Notre Dame tied the contest (8-8) with 24 seconds left on a Conor Doyle goal, which was his career-high third of the day. Ryan Foley assisted on the score. The Irish took a 9-8 lead with just 18 seconds remaining when junior Liam O’Connor won the faceoff and scored his second goal of the game. A tally from Penn State’s Tom LaCrosse with one second left knotted the contest at nine apiece.
The game featured seven ties and four lead changes.
Consecutive goals from Doyle, a sophomore attackman, put Notre Dame (2-0) up 2-0 by the 8:10 mark of the first quarter. Penn State responded with three unanswered scores, including two from Jack Forster, to take a 3-2 lead midway through the second quarter.
Notre Dame attackman Westy Hopkins evened the game (3-3) with 58 seconds remaining in the opening half and the contest was knotted at the intermission.
Midfielder Jim Marlatt put the Irish up 4-3 early in the third quarter. Doyle assisted on the score. Goals from LaCrosse and Forster gave Penn State (2-1) a 5-4 advantage with just over five minutes left in the third quarter.
Notre Dame midfielder Steve Murphy evened the game once again (5-5) as he scored off a feed from Hopkins. A Nittany Lion goal from Kyle Zittel gave the hosts a 6-5 advantage after three quarters of play.
NCAA Lacrosse: #3 Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse Wins 10-9 In Overtime Against Penn State On Feb 24
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