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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Sophomore Jamie Martin scored with :01 remaining in regulation to lift Nazareth to a 9-8 victory over visiting Rochester in a non-conference women's lacrosse game on Saturday afternoon. Martin received a pass from junior Carly Gates from the right wing to set up the scoring opportunity. With 18 seconds to play in regulation, the Yellowjackets' Jamie Wallisch scored her fourth goal of the game and 21st of the season to temporarily tie the score.

With the victory, the Golden Flyers improve to 5-1 overall. With the loss, Rochester's four-game winning streak is stopped, and the Yellowjackets fall to 4-2 overall.

Nazareth claimed a 2-0 lead in the opening 2:40 on goals by Gates and Martin. Gates' goal, only 20 seconds into the game, was unassisted as she drove to the net. Gates assisted on Martin's goal just over two minutes later. Rochester's defense quieted the Golden Flyers for the rest of the first half. Yellowjackets' goalie, Maire Prosak, made eight of her nine saves in the opening half to thwart Nazareth's attempts.
 
With the Golden Flyers' scoring drought, Rochester scored six consecutive goals spanning the final 24:42 of the first half and the opening 3:21 of the second half. Wallisch had three of the goals as she drove through the Nazareth defense. Elisabeth Watson, Lauren Basil, and Cassie Mahar had the Yellowjackets' other goals. Mara Karpp had a pair of assists during the scoring run. Mahar's goal, which capped the run, was on a free position opportunity.

Facing a four-goal deficit, Nazareth began its rally with three goals in less than four minutes. Sophomore Heather Groot ignited the Golden Flyers by drawing a free position shot and converting the opportunity with 25:37 to play. Martin followed with her second goal of the contest after receiving a pass from senior Suzie Gray. Freshman Haley DeVona also scored her first goal of the game after driving to the net from behind the goal.

DeVona tied the game, 6-6, with about 18 minutes to play. She received a pass from sophomore Kate Rothrock. Senior Bri Mancini gave the Golden Flyers their first lead since early in the first half after collecting a pass from sophomore Gabbie Charles. Mancini's goal, her second of the season, was Nazareth's fifth goal in roughly nine minutes.

Rochester's Madeline Levy tied the game with an unassisted score with 13:54 left in regulation, but the tie was short-lived as Groot tallied her third goal of the season about two minutes later. Gray collected her team-high second assist of the game on the goal.

The game remained 8-7 for over 10 minutes when Wallisch thought she sent the game to overtime with her goal in the final 20 seconds. On the ensuing draw control, senior MacKenzie Haley collected the loose ball to provide Nazareth with possession for the game-winning score.

Senior Ashley Kirch made seven saves, including five in the second half to earn the victory. Kirch stymied a free position chance by Wallisch in the final 10 minutes to maintain Nazareth's lead. On another free position chance, the Nazareth defender connected with Watson's stick to force the attempt high. Prosak took the loss with nine saves.

Each team tallied 22 total shots and the Golden Flyers finished with a 14-13 edge in ground balls. The Yellowjackets recorded a 10-8 edge in draw controls. Haley finished with four draw controls to lead Nazareth.

The Golden Flyers are in action again Tuesday when Nazareth travels to play second-ranked Cortland in another non-conference game. The Golden Flyers open their Empire 8 schedule when they host Houghton on March 27th and 17th-ranked St. John Fisher on March 28th.