Boxscore

File Photo Courtesy of Mark Campbell

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers came back from a 6-4 deficit to tie the game in regulation and then won the game in the second overtime as Jennifer Schmitt’s third goal of the game with 2:45 left dealt the University of Delaware women’s lacrosse team a 7-6 loss Saturday afternoon.

This was Delaware’s first overtime game since April 15, 2007 when the Hens defeated Colonial Athletic Association foe Old Dominion, 7-6.

The Blue Hens (0-2) were led by senior captain Deb Sloan (at right), who scored four points on three goals and an assist from her midfield position. Corinne Drost, Brittany Davis and Holly Burman each added a goal apiece, with Burman also pitching in an assist. Drost, Davis and Sloan lead the team with three goals this season.

Jessica Cerveny played the entire 70 minutes in the Blue Hen goal, making 10 saves and allowing seven goals.

Delaware was outshot 24-17 and lost the draw control battle 11-6, but won 20 groundballs to Rutgers' 18 and had 15 turnovers to the Knights' 17.

Rutgers, which improved to 2-2 for the year, jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 15 minutes of play with goals by Brooke Cantwell, Kristen Anderson and Annie McGinley.

The Blue Hens came storming back though and would tie the score with 22 seconds left in the half. First, Davis would get UD on the board with a goal off a feed from Sloan, and then Sloan would tally two goals of her own off assists by Nicole Flego and Emily Schaknowski.

Not one minute into the second half, Drost would complete the Delaware run by scoring an unassisted goal to give the Blue Hens their first lead of the game, 4-3. Schmitt would answer quickly with an unassisted goal at 28:13 to tie the score once more, 4-4.

At 24:36, Sloan would score her third goal of the day off an assist from Schaknowski, and a few minutes later Burman would add a goal off another Schaknowski assist - her third assist of the afternoon. With those two goals, Delaware owned a 6-4 lead with 21:25 left to play.

Rutgers would come back to tie it as Cantwell scored her second goal of the day at 16:40 off an assist from McGinley and Schmitt scored her second goal of the game - the equalizer, with 6:07 left in regulation.

Neither team scored through five minutes in the first overtime period, but Schmitt broke the tie with her third goal of the game with 2:45 left in the second overtime period, and Rutgers hung on to win 7-6.