There will be a new national champion in NCAA Division II women's lacrosse after Le Moyne rallied in the second half to beat defending champ Adelphi 14-11. The Dolphins (20-1) will meet Regis, a 15-14 upset winner over Lindenwood, in one national semifinal next weekend.
The other semifinal will pit East Stroudsburg against Florida Tech. East Stroudsburg upset unbeaten West Chester 16-14 to advance to the semifinals for the first time in school history while Florida Southern, the 2016 national champion, beat Florida Tech 19-10.
Adelphi, which won a regular season matchup against Le Moyne before falling to the Dolphins in the Northeast 10 Conference championship game, appeared on its way to winning the rubber match with a three-goal halftime lead. The Panthers still maintained a two-goal lead with 15 minutes to go in the game and then Le Moyne's Bryanna Fazio took over.
Fazio, a junior attacker scored three straight goals in a span of just over two minute to give Le Moyne its first lead of the game and then Nicole Delany scored back-to-back goals to put the Dolphins up 13-10 with 9:09 left.
Adelphi's Kole Pollock scored at the 7:27 mark to end the Le Moyne run, but Fazio then tacked on an insurance goal with 6:15 left to seal up the victory.
Fazio scored five of her game-high six goals in the second half and she also had two assists in the game. Delany added four goals for LeMoyne.
Pollock led Adelphi (19-3) with four goals and Michele Scannell and Beth Ann Pierce each had hat tricks.
Le Moyne is headed to the semifinals for the fourth straight year and the sixth time in the last six years. Le Moyne beat Regis 17-11 during the regular season in a game played at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md.
Regis Beats No. 1 Lindenwood for First Regional Championship
Regis is headed to the NCAA semifinals for the first time ever after upsetting top-ranked and unbeaten Lindenwood 15-14 in overtime. Jada Bonner's free position goal gave the Rangers the history victory.
Lindenwood (19-1) scored the first five goals of the game, and led by as many as seven goals in the first half. However, after the Lions took a 9-2 lead, Regis scored nine straight goals to take an 11-9 lead with 13:36 left in regulation. Lindenwood went nearly 27 minutes without a goal.
Bonner gave Regis a 14-12 lead with just 1:17 left, but Lindenwood scored two goals in the final minute of regulation to force overtime. Allison Hurley scored with 45 seconds left and Maria Johnson scored the equalizer with 19 seconds to play.
Lindenwood goaie Rachel Ortell made two saves in overtime, but Bonner cashed in the free position goal with 2:01 remaining in the second half of the first overtime period.
Sarah Myres led Regis (17-4) with four goals and two assists, scoring all four of her goals during Regis' key nine-goal run, including three straight goals to tie the score 9-9. Lauren Hurd and Bonner each scored three goals and Regis goalie Elle Crawford made 16 saves.
Hurley was one of four Lindenwood players to score three goals and also added three assists. Also netting hat tricks were Hannah Doughty, Sophie Buelow and Johnson. Ortell made 12 saves.