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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Senior Shannon Winney amassed a game-high 23 saves for host Nazareth, however, visiting Rochester found the back of the Golden Flyers' goal twice in the second half to take a 2-0 lead, and Rochester went on to the 2-1 victory. The second Yellowjackets' goal, by Gina Cunningham, came with roughly eight minutes to play in regulation and ended up being the game-winning score. Nazareth sophomore Kristina Back scored the Golden Flyers' lone goal with 2:08 to play in regulation to trim the deficit to one. Winney's 23 saves is a career-high and is only four saves shy of the Nazareth record of 27, which Kelsey Evans recorded in 2010 against Geneseo.

With the non-conference loss, Nazareth falls to 1-1 overall. Following the victory, the Yellowjackets improve to 2-0 overall.

Rochester had several scoring opportunities during the opening minutes and throughout the first half. The Yellowjackets' Michelle Relin tallied the first four shots, and she finished with 18 total shots on the evening. The Golden Flyers' defense held her scoreless until 10:38 into the second half when she converted a penalty corner opportunity. Alexis Wood started the penalty corner and passed to Belle Hoagland. Hoagland stopped the ball and redirected it to her left. Relin was waiting with a long shot from the top of the arc, which found its way past Winney. The Golden Flyers were down a player during the penalty opportunity as junior Magill Woodruff was given a green card moments earlier.

The Yellowjackets' second goal, by Cunningham, was on a break away opportunity. With Cunningham dribbling toward Nazareth's goal, Winney charged from the goal line then slid and stacked her pads to try to make the save. Cunningham's score was her second of the season.

Back put Nazareth on the board in the final minutes following a pass in front of the Rochester goal by junior Maggie Muzio. Back's goal was her first of the season and the sixth of her career.

Despite a plethora of Rochester shots, Nazareth's defense and Winney held the Yellowjackets scoreless through the first half and ran their scoreless streak to over 115 minutes before Relin's goal. During the first half, Winney amassed 15 saves and the Golden Flyers' senior Isabel Wittmaack was credited with a defensive save as Rochester had 27 shots in the opening 35 minutes. In the second half, Nazareth trimmed the Yellowjackets' shots to 13. Rochester, however, had 11 penalty corners in the second half to give them a 17-2 advantage in the category for the game.

Tara Lamberti earned the win in the Yellowjackets' net with one goal allowed and one save as she faced three total shots.

Nazareth will look to rebound on Saturday when the Golden Flyers host Oswego in a non-conference game at 12 p.m.