COLCHESTER, Vt. - Sophomore Maddie Nutter (Los Angeles, Calif./Royal/Davis & Elkins) saved a tying free-position attempt with two seconds remaining on Saturday to send the Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team past the University of Bridgeport, 12-11, in the hosts' home opener at Duffy Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-3), Bridgeport (0-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Maddie Nutter (Los Angeles, Calif./Royal/Davis & Elkins), 9 saves, 2 ground balls
• Junior Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard), 5 goals (career high), 2 draw controls
• Sophomore Ginnie Hamilton (Middletown, R.I./Middletown), 2 goals, 1 assist, 7 draw controls, 3 caused turnovers, 2 ground balls
• Senior Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 1 goal, 2 assists
• Sophomore Julia Barbato (Reading, Mass./Reading Memorial), 2 assists
• Sophomore Lila Peddie (Middleboro, Mass./Middleboro), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Audrey Conover (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional), 1 goal, 3 draw controls
• Sophomore Layne Doherty (Belmont, Mass./Belmont), 1 goal
• First-year Grace Driscoll (Salem, N.H./Salem), 1 goal
• Junior Ellie Drinkwater (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown), 3 ground balls

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Tereza Kreuzova, 5 goals
• Senior Max McDermott, 3 goals
• Junior Tara Dimaio, 2 goals, 4 ground balls
• Senior Jacklyn Mellia, 12 saves, 2 ground balls

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's played the earliest home opener in program history.
• The teams have split two all-time meetings after Bridgeport won the initial contest last spring.

THE ACTION

• Bridgeport led 4-0 by the time 4:17 remained in the opening quarter, with Dimaio scoring the final two goals to cap her team's three-goal spurt in a matter of 1:29.
• Hamilton tallied twice in a 5-1 response, including netting the tying goal at 13:33 of the second quarter.
• Kreuzova's hat trick highlighted Bridgeport's go-ahead 4-1 run, and her woman-up strike with five seconds left in the opening half gave the visitors a 10-8 lead by the intermission.
• Thanks in large part to seven saves by Nutter, the homestanding Purple Knights limited the visitors to just one goal over the final 30 minutes.
• Peddie, Lynch and Driscoll scored in the third quarter to send the hosts into the fourth up 11-10, but McDermott tied the game with 11:15 left in the final stanza.
• Fenton countered with the game-winner only 36 seconds later.
• Nutter stopped two free-position shots in the final 1:58, including on Bridgeport's last chance to tie with two seconds remaining.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Next Saturday vs. Southern Connecticut State University, 12 p.m.
• The Purple Knights host their alumni and camper appreciation game and the postgame Pass with a Purple Knight event, weather permitting.