Midfielder Olivia Sisson, ‘17, tallied the game-winning goal for the Washington and Lee women’s lacrosse team in a 9-8 overtime victory over Catholic on March 19 at Watt Field.

Sisson recorded the game-winner in the overtime period when she found the back of the net off of a feed from attacker Melissa Coggins, ‘16.

The Generals went into halftime with a 4-2 lead, but attacker Jenna Van Middelem, ‘17, sparked a 4-0 run for the Cardinals in the second stanza.

Attacker Haley Tucker, ‘19, cut the lead to one when she beat keeper Christina De Cesaris, ‘19, with 22:46 on the clock. However, Catholic responded 3:22 later when midfielder Alexis Bosilovic , ‘17, registered an unassisted goal to make the score 7-5.

Coggins found Sisson at the 17:43 mark (7-6), but Bosilovic scored again with 8:41 left in the contest off of a free position shot to increase the Cardinals’ lead to 8-6.

Maddy Graves, ‘19, tallied her second goal of the game at the 4:36 mark when she scored off of a feed from Holland (8-7). The duo struck again with 17 seconds remaining in regulation when Graves knotted the game at 8-8 after she scored off of the assist from Holland to send the game into overtime.

For the game, the Blue and White held a 23-22 edge in shots and a 17-10 advantage in ground balls. Catholic won 13 draw controls as opposed to W&L’s five.

Goalie Hannah Wiltshire, ‘18, saw all 62:31 of action in goal for the Generals and posted a season-high seven saves. De Cesaris also played the entire contest in net for the Cardinals and finished with nine saves.

Tucker and Graves tallied three goals each for W&L, while Coggins and Holland dished out three assists apiece.

Washington and Lee returns to action on March 23, when they open up ODAC play by hosting Shenandoah.