Box Score 
AMHERST - Junior Fiona Jones scored with 36 seconds remaining in the overtime period to lift the #20 Amherst College women's lacrosse team to a 9-8 victory against #6 Tufts University on Sunday in NESCAC action.
Tufts had tied the game at 8-8 when junior Caroline Walter scored with 3:19 remaining in the fourth quarter. Amherst sophomore goalie Caroline Stole then made three of her 15 total saves in the last three minutes of regulation, and Jumbo keeper Molly Laliberty also had a save, sending the game to overtime.
In the six-minute extra session, neither team put a shot on goal until Jones took the ball from behind the cage, moved out front on the left side, and freed herself from a defender to shoot and score the game-winner.
Walter scored three times with an assist to lead the Jumbos, who fell to 7-3 overall and 3-3 in the league. Junior Sydney Larsen also had three goals with an assist for the Mammoths, who improved to 7-4 overall and 2-4 in NESCAC.
Jumbo senior Anna Clarke scored twice in the opening quarter to give Tufts a 3-2 lead. However, Stole made six saves in the second quarter and Amherst scored the only two goals of the frame to lead 4-3 at intermission.
After Larsen scored on a free-position opportunity at 10:13 of the third quarter Amherst led 5-3. Tufts had the next two though, an up goal by Walter and free-position success by Kate Mastrobuono to tie the score at 5-5. Laresen and senior Maria Bevacqua scored the first two goals of the fourth giving the hosts a 7-5 advantage. However, the Jumbos would force overtime as Walter scored twice and Lucy Hodge also tallied in the final eight minutes of regulation for the 8-8 tie.
Laliberty finished with 10 saves for Tufts, while Clarke won seven draw controls and Madison Lehan (pictured) caused two turnovers and picked up four ground balls.
Junior Colleen Mooney also finished with seven draw controls and added three ground balls for Amherst. Bevacqua scored two goals and two assists for the Mammoths.
The Jumbos finished with a 32-23 advantage in shots, though Amherst had a 17-15 edge in ground balls.
