Division III Women's Recap: Rollhaus Cashes In Triple-OT Winner for Denison

Denison is beginning to make it a habit of advancing to the NCAA Division III women’s quarterfinals. The Big Red didn’t coast into the Sweet 16 on Saturday, however.

Merrill Rollhaus scored twice in the fourth quarter — including the tying goal with 4:57 left in regulation — then netted the winner with 8 seconds left in the third overtime to left Denison to a 10-9 win over the University of Chicago.

Caroline O’Dea (14 saves) saved the first shot of triple overtime, then Chicago hit the post. Denison, after surviving defeat, got a ground ball from Mary Daniel to secure possession with a minute left.

A woman up on the final possession, Denison missed wide on a shot from Emma Repke, but Maddie Morrell was there to corral the ground ball. With her back toward the cage, she fed Rollhaus for the winner.

Denison played catch-up for most of the contest, trailing 3-0, 5-3 and 7-5 — not to mention 9-8 with 8:37 left in regulation.

The Big Red are the first to punch their ticket to the Sweet 16. The remaining second-round games will be played on Sunday, with winners moving on to join Denison in the quarterfinals.

Continue below to see the rest of Saturday’s results — first-round action from across the country — and look ahead to Sunday’s schedule.

NCAA TOURNAMENT
FIRST ROUND SCORES

All games played Saturday, May 13.

SUNY Geneseo d. SUNY Canton, 22-4
Trinity (Conn.) d. Plymouth State, 22-4
Babson d. Westfield State, 23-8
Messiah d. St. Mary’s (Md.), 13-2
DePauw d. Lake Forest, 14-8
Roanoke d. Bryn Athyn, 22-3
Rhodes d. Merchant Marine, 15-5
Mount Union d. Aurora, 13-11
Roger Williams d. Cabrini, 19-15
Capital d. Transylvania, 21-11
Christopher Newport d. JWU (Providence), 17-7
Meredith d. Washington & Jefferson, 16-11
Stevens d. Scranton, 7-5

NCAA TOURNAMENT
SECOND ROUND SCORES

Game played Saturday, May 13. Winner advances to NCAA quarterfinals.

Denison d. Chicago 10-9

NCAA TOURNAMENT
SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE

All games played Sunday, May 14. All times Eastern. Winners advance to NCAA quarterfinals.

Middlebury v. SUNY Geneseo, 1 p.m.
MIT v. Trinity (conn.), 1 p.m.
Colby v. Babson, 1 p.m.
TCNJ v. Messiah, 1 p.m.
Kenyon v. DePauw, 1 p.m.
Pomona-Pitzer v. George Fox, 6 p.m.
Franklin & Marshall v. Roanoke, 3 p.m.
William Smith v. Rhodes, 1 p.m.
St. John Fisher v. Mount Union, 1 p.m.
Tufts v. Cortland, 12 p.m.
Wesleyan v. Roger Williams, 1 p.m.
Washington and Lee v. Capital, 1 p.m.
Gettysburg v. Christopher Newport, 2 p.m.
Salisbury v. Meredith, 6 p.m.
York v. Stevens, 1 p.m.