Division III Women's Recap: Lily Ives Goes Behind the Head to Score Winner

Lily Ives didn’t just score the late winner in Sunday’s Division III women’s second round game against MIT — she finished an absolute showstopper.

Ives fought through a crowd to pick up a ground ball, then whipped it behind her head to finish what proved to be the winning goal in Trinity’s 11-10 win over MIT. The Bantams draw NESCAC rival Middlebury in the third round — the regional semifinals — on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.

Like many games, it was one of runs. Trinity led 3-1, then MIT ripped off four straight for a 5-3 lead. Trinity scored six of seven for a 9-6 lead, then MIT scored three in a row to tie it at 9 — Ashley Thomas’ tying score with 7:57 left in the contest came on an assist from Gwen Flusche.

Trinity and MIT then traded scores before Ives went behind the head for the go-ahead strike.

That was hardly the end of the fireworks. Flusche won the ensuing draw for MIT and pushed the pace. Sydney Pyon drew a foul and earned a free position attempt for the tie, but Ali Macdougall saved the attempt to preserve the win.

Continue below to see other second-round scores across Division III.

NCAA DIVISION III SECOND ROUND
SCORES — SUNDAY, MAY 14

Tufts 24, Cortland 10
Kenyon 18, DePauw 9
Trinity (Conn.) 11, MIT 10
Wesleyan 19, Roger Williams 6
Franklin & Marshall 16, Roanoke 14
Washington and Lee 22, Capital 5
Middlebury 19, Geneseo 4
St. John Fisher 14, Mount Union 3
York 8, Stevens 6
Salisbury 20, Meredith 3
Colby 20, Babson 8
TCNJ 14, Messiah 6
William Smith 17, Rhodes 1
Gettysburg 15, Christopher Newport 6
Pomona-Pitzer 24, George Fox 7

NCAA DIVISION III THIRD ROUND
SATURDAY, MAY 20 — ALL TIMES EASTERN

Middlebury v. Trinity (Conn.), 11:30 a.m.
Kenyon v. Pomona-Pitzer, 1 p.m.
William Smith v. St. John Fisher, 1 p.m.
Washington and Lee v. Gettysburg, 1 p.m.
Colby v. TCNJ, 2:30 p.m.
Franklin & Marshall v. Denison, 4 p.m.
Tufts v. Wesleyan, 4 p.m.
Salisbury v. York, 4 p.m.