Box Score KEENE, N.H. – The Roger Williams University Women's Lacrosse team dropped a close 7-6 overtime contest to Keene State College Friday afternoon in non-conference action at Owl Athletic Complex.
 
Owl Senior Katlin Nolan forced overtime with 1:24 left in regulation, then netted the game winner in sudden death.
 
Nolan led Keene State with three goals and two assists.  Samantha Ballard had two markers, and Jenna Bellano and Tori Weinstock had one each.
 
Alison Argiro made five stops in 61 minutes of action for Keene State.  Counterpark Kimberly Bolk also made five stops.
 
The game was even throughout - both teams had 21 shots, while Keene State had a 22-17 edge in ground balls and forced 24 Roger Williams turnovers.
 
McKenna Everding had three goals.  Abby Wollenburg, Kaelin Hogan, and Marin Owens had one each.
 
Nolan got the first goal of the game, scoring off a feed from Weinstock with just 50 seconds elapsed.
 
There would not be another goal for another 10 minutes, before the Hawks broke through with Everding's first of the game.  Roger Williams added another goal a minute later from Hogan on a free position shot.
 
Keene State levelled the score with 11:05 left, as Taylor Graf setup Weinstock while Roger Williams' Carly Martin was serving a penalty.
 
Roger Williams boosted the lead back to 4-2, as Everding and Wollenberg scored on free position shots three minutes apart.  Nolan set up Ballard with 1:51 left in the half to cut the lead to 4-3 at halftime.
 
Bellano scored an unassisted goal on another man-up opportunity to the score three minutes into the second half.
 
Goals continued to be at a premium, as Owens scored 11 minutes later, and Everding did the same at the 8:32 mark for a 6-4 advantage.
 
Keene State pulled back within one as Ballard scored her second of the game, but Keene State could not seem to find the tying goal as time wore down. 
 
Laura Gendreau forced a turnover, and Taylor Farland raced down the field to find Nolan in space for the game tying goal with 1:24 left.  Neither team could find a winner in regulation.
 
Both teams had chances as Nolan shot wide on a free position shot with 4:39 left, and Hogan did the same with 3:57 to go.  Farland and Graf both had shots, but the winner game as Nicole Hanna was whistled for a foul with 1:44 left, and Nolan made no mistake with the free position shot to tie the score and win the first overtime game at Owl Athletic Complex since a 13-12 win over MIT on April 3, 2014.
 
Keene State hosts No. 14 Tufts on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Roger Williams welcomes Wentworth for a Commonwealth Coast Conference game on March 29 at 4 p.m.
 
- Release courtesy of the Keene State College Sports Information Department