Kolomechuk Nets Gamewinner, Women's Lacrosse Stuns New Haven, 15-14

The victory puts the Panthers (16-3) back in the NCAA quarterfinal round for the second consecutive season and concludes the Division II era for the Chargers. New Haven announced its elevation to Division I on Tuesday, ahead of the tournament, as they were invited to be a member of the Northeast Conference.

Kolomechuk's overtime tally was just one of her team-leading five on the day, as she added one helper to finish with six points. netted a hat trick as five other individuals scored in the win.

and combined for the final strike of the opening quarter, but the home team found themselves trailing by one. After the teams traded a set of goals, the Panthers rattled off three unanswered to take their first lead of the afternoon. After escaping the first half with a one goal advantage, the hosts added another tally to start the third to put the Chargers back two.

Quiet in the opening 30 minutes, Caitlin Seleny put back four goals for the four-seed in a span of 10 minutes to swap the advantage to the Chargers. connected with Foppiano to come within one with one quarter left in regulation. That goal rolled into a four-strike stretch for the Panthers, capped with a woman-up possession to once again flip the advantage in Adelphi's favor.

Seleny and New Haven's leading scorer Katie Schenk made it a 13-all game with 4:20 to play, putting the pressure on both sides. A flurry of shots came from the Charger attack, but only one of three landed on goal, making way for the Panthers to charge down field with under a minute in regulation. found a wide-open Colalillo on a fast break to give Adelphi what they thought might have been their ticket to the quarterfinal. New Haven had other plans and kept their D2 dreams alive with Seleny's six of the game with 17 seconds to go, ultimately forcing overtime.

The overtime frame proved thrilling after Colalillo won the opening draw, but the Panthers lost the ball before making an offensive move, making way for the Chargers. An off balance bounce shot from Schenk landed in the stick of , which she tossed to a speedy to drive down field.

Kolomechuk started at the top of the eight meter, drove towards the goal and spun away from her defender to get a lefty shot off and past Madeline Sage to notch the golden goal of the contest.

Marchetta finished with 13 saves between the pipes as the teams were extremely even throughout all other statistical categories.

Adelphi will now host Pace University on Saturday, May 17 in the in a rematch of the Northeast-10 Conference championship game, where the Panthers prevailed, 14-13.