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James Madison was already going to host the Colonial Athletic Association Women's Lacrosse Championship, but now the No. 4 Dukes will do it as the No. 1 seed and the CAA regular season champs after a thrilling 17-16 overtime victory at No. 10 Towson.

Following a charge call against Towson's Emily Gillingham early in the second half of the first overtime period turned the ball over to the Dukes, senior Kristen Gaudian deposited the game-winner off a feed from Katie Kerrigan with 1:18 remaining to give JMU the championship.

JMU (16-1, 6-0 CAA) jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and then scored two straight goals to close the first half and take an 8-6 lead. The Dukes controlled the game through much of the second half, leading by as many as five goals and by three with just over six minutes to play.

Towson (14-3, 5-1 CAA) rallied, scoring the final three goals of regulation to tie it 16-16. Gillingham scored the game-tying goal with 49 seconds left. The Tigers then won the draw and Gabby Cha drew a penalty for a free position shot with five seconds left, but JMU goalie Molly Dougherty made the save to send it to overtime.

The Dukes had two golden opportunities to win the game near the end of the first half of the opening overtime period, but Maddie McDaniel's shot bounced off the crossbar and then Towson goalie Kiley Keating made a huge save on Morgan Hardt's shot in the closing seconds.

Maddie McDaniel had a team-high four goals for JMU while Gaudian added three. Hannah Haven (2g, 4a) and Katie Kerrigan (2g, 3a) also had big games.

Natalie Sulmonte led Towson's offense with four goals and two assists and the Tigers also got hat tricks from Kaitlyn Montalbano, Kaitlin Thornton and Gillingham.

JMU will host No. 4 seed Delaware in one CAA semifinal next weekend and No. 2 Towson will host No. 3 Elon in the other game. Elon's game scheduled for Saturday against William & Mary was cancelled due to an outbreak of mumps with the W&M team.

Princeton Earns Ivy League No. 1 Seed

A 22-16 win over Columbia gave Princeton a share of the Ivy League regular season championship, and Brown's shocking 17-13 win over Dartmouth turned a potential three-way Ivy League tie into a two-way tie between Princeton and Penn. The Tigers earned the No. 1 seed for the Ivy League tournament and the right to host the even based on their 21-8 blowout win over the Quakers earlier this week.

Elizabeth George and Kyla Sears each scored six goals for the Tigers, who have now one four straight games since an 11-10 loss to Maryland on April 10.

Despite the loss, Columbia reached the Ivy League tournament for the first time in school history thanks to Harvard's 14-13 upset victory over Cornell. Columbia finished fourth in the Ivy League standings at 3-4 while Brown, Cornell, Harvard and Yale all went 2-5.

Princeton will meet Columbia in one semifinal on Friday while Dartmouth and Penn square off in the other.

Brown Shocks No. 15 Dartmouth

Freshman Risa Mosenthal led all scorers with six points (4g, 2a) as Brown shocked No. 15 Dartmouth 17-13 to close out its 2018 season. The Bears led by as many as seven goals in the second half.

Trailing 3-2, Brown's Emma DeGennaro scored back-to-back goals to ignite a six-goal run and the Bears never trailed again.

Hafsa Moinuddin had a hat trick for Brown and Mikaela Karlsson made 10 saves. Kierra Sweeney led Dartmouth with four goals.

Incredible Finish Lifts Michigan Over Penn State

Michigan scored two goals in the final six seconds of the game, including Maggie Kane's goal as time expired to stun No. 16 Penn State 12-11.

Penn State, which led 6-2 at the half and by three goals with 10 minutes to play in the game, appeared to have salted away a tough win when Madison Carter scored with 28 seconds left to give the Nittany Lions an 11-10 lead.

Penn State won the ball of the draw, but relentless Michigan pressure resulted in a turnover and Catherine Granito scored in transition off a feed from Molly Garrett to tie the game 11-11 with six seconds remaining.

Michigan's Maggie Kane grabbed the ball off the draw, sprinted forward and then the officiating crew ruled that Kane released her shot just as time expired and it bounced past Penn State goalie Lucy Lowe for the winner.

Garrett scored four times and added two assists for the Wolverines (7-10, 2-4 Big 10) and Kane had a hat trick. Michigan goalie Alli Kothari made 11 saves.

Maria Auth, Kayla Brisolari, Qunn Nicolai and Kristin Roberto each scored twice for Penn State (9-8, 3-3) and Lowe made 13 saves.

Winthrop's Beatson Sets Big South Scoring Record

Nicole Beatson scored seven goals as Winthrop beat Longwood 22-6 in the first round of the Big South tournament, establishing a new Big South single-season scoring records with 82 goals and 101 points. Winthrop will play Liberty in the Big South semifinals on Friday at High Point. Campbell beat Radford 23-11 in the other first round game and will face High Point in the semifinals.

Games of Note

  • Kylie Ohlmiller hit double-digits again (6g, 4a) and Courtney Murphy also scored six goals as No. 1 Stony Brook rolled Albany 21-8 to win the America East regular season title. The Seawolves earned the right to host the league championship.

  • Shanya Pirreca topped 200 career points and Florida routed Butler 23-3 to finish unbeaten in the Big East. Pirrece and Grace Haus eached scored three goals for the Gators who will host the Big East tournament, which begins Thursday in Gainesville.

  • No. 9 Loyola won the 500th game in program history, wrapping up an undefeated Patriot League season with a 23-5 win over Holy Cross. Livy Rosenzweig had three goals and three assists for the Greyhounds, who return to action hosting a Patriot League semifinal game on Friday.

  • No. 12 Navy celebrated its stellar nine-member senior class in style with a 23-6 win over Boston University. Meg O'Donnell led the Midshipmen with five goals while Kelly Larkin and senior sisters Jenna and Julia Collins each scored four goals.

  • Paulina DiFatta made 16 saves, setting a new Fairfield single season record with 179, to lead the Stags to a 14-5 win over Iona in the first round of the MAAC tournament. Fairfeld advances to Thursday's semifinal round against Monmouth at Marist.

  • UMass bounced back from last week's upset loss to UMBC by downing Duquesne 21-6 to wrap up the No. 1 seed for next weekend's Atlantic 10 championship at the University of Richmond. The Minutewomen will be playing for their 10th straight A-10 title.

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 1 Stony Brook 21, Albany 8
No. 4 James Madison 17, No. 10 Towson 16 (OT)
No. 6 Florida 23, Butler 3
No. 9 Loyola 23, Holy Cross 5
No. 12 Navy 23, Boston University 6
Brown 17, No. 15 Dartmouth 13
Michigan 12, No. 16 Penn State 11
No. 20 Princeton 22, Columbia 16

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