After defeating 13th ranked Georgetown on Friday night, the Hopkins women’s lacrosse teams continued their perfect season, now 10-0, while handing Georgetown its fourth loss and a 3-4 record. The 11th ranked Blue Jays scored the final two goals of regular time to send the game into overtime. In just over 90 seconds into overtime, senior Sarah Taylor scored the game-winning goal, defeating the Hoyas 11-10. Taylor’s goal provided the Blue Jays with their third win against a top 20 team this season and kept the Lady Jays undefeated.
The Blue Jays came out with a strong start, cruising past the Hoyas early with a score of 4-0, but Georgetown would go on to score 10 of the next 14 goals to take a two goal lead against Hopkins. The Hoyas now held a 10-8 lead with just over 23 minutes left in regulation. Stepping up defensively, the Blue Jays held the Hoyas to 10 points for the remainder of the game while their offense produced the final three goals, securing the win.
Georgetown’s Kelyn Freedman scored with a free position goal with 23:07 to play, giving the Hoyas a 10-8 lead. Hopkins quickly responded as sophomore Dene’ DiMartino scored her second goal of the game with 21:36 left in regulation. It remained a one-goal game until the final minute in regulation when Hopkins forced a turnover against the Hoyas who were trying to run out the clock.
Hopkins quickly worked the ball around as DiMartino found an opening on the side and sprinted to the goal. With 41 seconds left in the game, DiMartino slipped a shot past Georgetown’s Maddy Fisher while being fouled. The Blue Jays tied up the game with just under 40 seconds left on the clock.
Georgetown held the final possession in regulation and had one last shot to win the game. The Hoyas’ Caroline Tarzian took what would have been the game winning shot, but the Blue Jays’ freshman goalie Caroline Federico got a piece of it, keeping the game knotted at 10 and sending the two teams into overtime.
The Blue Jays controlled the opening draw in overtime and went straight for the goal. Geogetown’s Fisher made two saves on shots by seniors Taylor D’Amore and Sammy Cermack before Blue Jays’ senior Taylor scooped up the rebound off of Cermack’s shot and put it in the net for the eventual game-winner.
Hopkins once again controlled the draw after Taylor’s goal and the draw after the teams switched ends of the field after the initial three-minute segment. The Hoyas quickly forced a turnover after the switch and headed into the Blue Jays’ zone. The Blue Jays defense stayed strong as Cermack forced a turnover with 23 seconds remaining in regulation. The Hoyas were able to recover the ball, and Georgetown’s Freeman shot for the tie at point-blank range with two seconds left in overtime, but Blue Jay goalie Federico came out with the impressive save, completing an impressive three-goal comeback and securing the victory.
The Blue Jays started off the game with a force jumping out to a four-goal lead as sophomore Jenna Reifler, Cermack, Taylor and DiMartino all had put a point on the board before the game had reached the four minute mark.
Georgetown picked up the pace on offense and went on a three-goal run that took all of 78 seconds pushing the score to 4-3. The Blue Jays ended the run with a goal from D’Amore; however, Georgetown’s Hannah Franklin came right back with a goal for the Hoyas. After a goal from Hopkins junior Jen Cook, the Blue Jays led 6-4 with 12:49 remaining in the first half.
That scored remained for more than seven minutes before Georgetown’s Courtney Caputo would score an unassisted goal, igniting a 5-0 run for the Hoyas that bridged into the second half and was capped by another goal from Caputo with 27:22 remaining in the second half. The Hoyas now led the Blue Jays 9-6.
Hopkins’ Taylor and Cook scored two consecutive goals in less than a minute to bring the score within one before Georgetown’s Freedman scored bringing the score to 10-8. The stage was now set foe DiMartino to take the game into her hands and force the Hoyas into overtime. Taylor’s game-winning goal in overtime extended Hopkins best start in Division I history since 1999.
Leading the Blue Jays with three goals and three assists was DiMartino, which combined for a career-high six points. Taylor added her 14th career hat trick and Cook scored twice for the Blue Jays. Freshman goalie Federico had a career-high seven saves and played the final 37:56, while picking up her first career victory.
The Lady Jays will look to keep their undefeated season alive when they face off against the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday, March 29. The game is set to start at 1 p.m. as the Jays attempt to build off of their impressive play thus far in securing another key victory against Vanderbilt.
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