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Meghan Ball
Mike Lawrence
13
Winner Arizona State ASU 5-6
12
Rutgers RU 10-2
Winner
Arizona State ASU
5-6
13
Final
12
Rutgers RU
10-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT F
Arizona State ASU 1 3 4 4 1 13
Rutgers RU 3 3 4 2 0 12

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

No. 14 Women's Lacrosse Loses OT Heartbreaker to Arizona State

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 14 Rutgers women's lacrosse (10-2, 2-1) suffered a 13-12 loss in overtime to Arizona State (5-6) on Sunday afternoon in Piscataway. Tied 12-12 with 57 seconds to go in the first overtime period, ASU's Taylor Pinzone found Carley Adams for the golden goal. The Scarlet Knights led by as many as four goals during the out-of-conference matchup and outshot the visitor 28-20, but the Sun Devils closed the game on a 7-2 scoring run to hold on to the road win.

Graduate student Taralyn Naslonski tallied a game-high six points on four assists and two goals, as she needs just four points to pass Denise Reed (1987-90) for first on the all-time list at Rutgers. Senior Marin Hartshorn (3), graduate student Stephanie Kelly (2), junior Jenna Byrne (2) and junior Ashley Campo (2) all added multiple goals in the loss, with Hartshorn's three marking her fourth hat trick of the season.

Junior midseason All-America selection Meghan Ball caused a game-high five turnovers to go along with five draw controls and three ground balls. Junior Jessica Beneducci and rookie Madison Karpe each added five ground balls on the defensive side of the field.

RU opened the game with three goals in the first quarter, as Naslonski netted the first goal of the game on an unassisted strike at the 10:40 mark for a quick 1-0 lead. After Arizona State responded, the Scarlet Knights tallied back-to-back goals. Naslonski found Kelly in the final two minutes of the quarter to provide RU with a 3-1 lead at the end of the quarter.

Naslonski would find Hartshorn to extend Rutgers' lead before ASU produced its first comeback of the afternoon with a 3-0 scoring run to tie the game 4-4 with nine minutes to play in the half. However, Hartshorn and Campo connected on back-to-back free-position attempts, with Campo's coming at the halftime buzzer to put the Scarlet Knights on top, 6-4. Rutgers outshot the Sun Devils, 15-7, in the first half and forced ASU into 14 turnovers before the break.

The Scarlet Knights were the aggressors out of the locker room, as Naslonski and Kelly scored goals in the first two minutes to increase RU's lead, 8-4. Rutgers would once again lead by four goals when Naslonski found Hartshorn for a 10-6 lead with 4:43 to go in the third quarter.

Arizona State began to claw itself back into the game after the Hartshorn goal. A free-position goal from Kaylon Buckner to open the fourth made it just 10-9 before Kelly found sophomore Ashley Moynahan to put RU back up two goals with 12 minutes to play. Byrne would provide the Scarlet Knights with one final two-goal lead when she came from behind cage for an unassisted goal with 6:33 left to make it 12-10.

The Sun Devils closed the day with a 3-0 scoring run, as Pinzone tied the game at 12-12 with under a minute to go to force overtime. Rutgers had a chance to win the overtime thriller after it won the opening draw, but Moynahan's shot hit off the right post. ASU would gather the ground ball, take it the length of the field and settle down for a game-winning opportunity in the final minute.

Rutgers now heads to No. 3 Northwestern on Thursday, April 7. The 8:30 p.m. ET first draw is slated for a national broadcast on Big Ten Network.
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