Box Score

CLERMONT, Fla. – The Ithaca College women's lacrosse team (1-3) took sixth-ranked Gettysburg (4-0) to double overtime Thursday afternoon at the National Training Center, dropping a 13-12 decision to the Bullets.

The loss was Ithaca's third to a top-10 team this season. The Bombers have suffered their losses by a combined six goals.

Ithaca held a 6-4 gap at the half, but Gettysburg outscored the Bombers, 7-5, in the second to send action to overtime knotted at 11. Following the first overtime in which the teams traded scores, Gettysburg was the first to tally in the sudden victory second overtime to remain undefeated on the season.

Ithaca had its chances. The Bombers were unsuccessful on free position attempts with 13 seconds lingering in the first overtime and another two minutes into the sudden victory second OT.

The Bombers won 18 of 30 draws, but were a cold 1-of-7 in free position shots. The Bullets owned a 33-25 gap in shots and a 17-12 advantage in ground balls.

Sophomore Ally Runyon led all players with a five-point performance on four goals and an assist. Junior Molly Fischer chipped in three scores and an assist, while junior Natalie Lang recorded two goals and dished out an assist. Sophomore Riley Marion added two goals. Senior Becky Guzzo, who accounted for Ithaca's other score, dished out a Bomber-best two assists.

Fischer won five draws on the day and Lang, Anya Eckhardt and Laura Scalzi each tallied three. Junior Niki Standera scooped up four ground balls. Rookie Emily Ross suffered the loss in goal making 12 stops.

Gettysburg opened all scoring with back-to-back goals. Guzzo fed Runyon and Lang just a minute apart to deadlock action at 2-2. The Bullets answered with two more, but the Bombers powered to a 6-4 halftime gap with four unanswered in the final 11 minutes of the first.

Gettysburg netted two to open the latter half and tie the game at 6. Lang and Marion went unassisted to inch Ithaca ahead, 8-6, at 24:27. The Bullets went on a 3-0 run, to which Ithaca responded with two straight for a 10-9 advantage at 11:43. Two more Gettysburg shots found the back of the net, but it was a Runyon score at 7:26 that sent the game to extra periods.

The Bullets scored first in overtime, but Runyon found Fischer to even the game at 12 at 1:43. Gettysburg ended the game with the first sudden-victory score.

Ithaca will next travel to fourth-ranked Cortland on Wednesday, March 19 at 4 p.m.