Feb. 17, 2018
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| SHOTS | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #12 Penn State | 23 | 13 | 36 |
| Lehigh | 21 | 15 | 36 |
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| #12 Penn State | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Lehigh | 9 | 7 | 16 |
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| #12 Penn State | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Lehigh | 10 | 8 | 18 |
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| DRAWS | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #12 Penn State | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Lehigh | 10 | 4 | 14 |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. ââ'¬" Sophomore Madison Cunningham (Davie, Fla.) made a career-high 14 saves to secure her first win of the season as No. 12 Penn State held off a late Lehigh run to secure a 14-13 victory in nonconference action this afternoon from the Ulrich Sports Complex.
Penn State (1-1) got down early as Kellie Gough opened the scoring for Lehigh (1-1) just 1:37 into the contest, but the Nittany Lions used three straight goals including a pair from freshman Quinn Nicolai (Moorestown, N.J.) to grab the 3-1 lead at the 17:20 mark of the first half.
Lehigh answered with a 4-1 run of their own to grab the 5-4 lead after back-to-back goals from Courtney Henig just 58 seconds apart midway through the first half.
The teams then traded a pair of goals before back-to-back free-position tallies by senior's Katie O'Donnell (West Chester, Pa.) and Shelby Wells (Timonium, Md.) gave Penn State the 7-6 edge at the 8:25 mark.
The Mountain Hawks fought back scoring the next three goals to grab the 9-7 lead with 5:08 remaining in the opening half, but the Nittany Lions used a 5-0 run over the next 6:14 to end the first half and begin the second half grabbing the largest lead of the game, 12-9, at the 27:50 mark of the second half.
Sophomore Shannon Moore (West Chester, Pa.) used a nifty move to register her first career goal followed by a pair from junior Madison Carter (Davidsonville, Md.) to close out the first half with the 10-9 advantage.
O'Donnell opened the second half scoring just 24 seconds in and sophomore Maria Auth (Street, Md.) followed with her second of the game at the 27:50 mark for the 12-9 lead.
From there the game slowed into more of a defensive battle as the teams traded goals until the Mountain Hawks scored back-to-back goals just 64 seconds apart to cut the deficit to a single-goal at 14-13 after an Autumn Ryan goal with 1:28 to play in the second half.
Kellie Gough thought she had the equalizer with just 34 seconds remaining, but she was whistled for a dangerous shot and given a yellow card and the Nittany Lions were able to escape with the 14-13 victory.
Cunningham improves to 1-0 this season after her 14 save performance while her counterpart, Samantha Sagi, made 16 stops in net and falls to 1-1 on the year with the setback.
Penn State now returns home for three consecutive games starting on Wednesday against Duquesne at 4 p.m.
NOTES
- Both teams fired 36 shots while Penn State held the slim lead in shots on target 30-27. The Nittany Lions also held the slim 15-14 edge in draw controls while Lehigh held the 18-13 advantage in groundballs.
- O'Donnell moves into a tie for eighth with Diane Whipple on the Penn State all-time goals list with 148 after her hat-trick while Carter moves past Maggie McCormick and Char Morett and into 16th on the all-time goals list with 127.
- Penn State improves to 26-0 all-time vs. Lehigh and Cunningham now has both of her career wins against the Mountain Hawks.
- Nicolai registered a career-high three points with a pair of goals and one assist on the afternoon.
- Carter was brilliant in the circle earning a game-high 10 draw controls, while junior Kayla Brisolari (Crofton, Md.) added four.
- Penn State was 4-for-8 on free-position shots.
- Wells tied her career-high with three points on one goal and two assists while sophomore Katie Schluederberg (Elkridge, Md.) collected a career-best two assists for two points.