ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– Julie Haggan put away her fourth goal of the game 39 seconds into overtime to lift Eastern University Women's Lacrosse to an important MAC Freedom win over the visiting DeSales University Bulldogs. The Eagles (4-6, 2-1) did not trail in the game until the final 80 seconds but needed a late equalizer from Liz Brennan to tie the game and force extra time.

The overtime almost did not happen. The Bulldogs had the ball on their own endline with 50 seconds to play. Sam Brennan chased down a DeSales defender and checked the ball free to gain possession back for her squad. Brennan matched her career highs in both caused turnover (9) and ground balls (10) in the game. 

The caused turnover enable the Eagles to call timeout in their own end. Out of the break, the Eagles put the ball in Haggan's stick and she found Liz Brennan cutting to goal. The Bulldogs had kept Brennan, Eastern's leading scorer, off the board for the first 47 minutes of the game. She converted a free position shot to put the Eagles up 14-10 with 12:59 on the clock, but she had very few chances with the ball before or after that. When Haggan found the cutting Brennan late, the senior attack did not miss her chance. She buried her 97th goal as an Eagle to set up a final draw in regulation.

Meghan Kosmides, who led the Eagles with five goals and 12 draw controls, won a fourth-consecutive draw to give the Eagles a chance, but the Bulldog defense stood its ground to force extra time.

Kosmides won the draw in a tough physical battle and the Eagles were able to get the ball to Liz Brennan behind the goal. She picked up the attention of the defense and found Haggan cutting central for the game-winner. With her 24th goal of the year, Haggan now has 188 career points. Early in the game, she became the first player in program history with 200 career draw controls.

"This was a great team win," Head Coach Kim Campbell said after the game. "To battle back in the heat after they came back was very impressive. Kosmides was amazing on the draws, and Sam Brennan saved the game for us with her ability to get the ball back. It was more than that. Everyone did her job. Jazzlyn Sulivan had four goals, and Sabrina Campbell and Alex Imperatore were running clears all day." Campbell, a sophomore, scored her first career hat trick.

While Sam Brennan's final caused turnover might be the most memorable, she had another remarkable play with her sister serving a two-minute yellow card sentence. Playing a man down with the score tied, Sam Brennan knifed a ball free and scooped up the ground ball. Kosmides scored a free position goal to put the Eagles up 16-15 despite being short-handed. Kosmides won the ensuing draw and Sullivan scored her fourth of the afternoon to give the Eagles a two-goal cushion with 5:19 to play.

The Bulldogs (4-7, 1-2 MAC Freedom) did not blink. They converted three-consecutive free position goals to grab their first lead of the game with 1:20 on the clock.

Marcie Sullivan stopped 11 shots to pick up the win. The Eagles will host Manhattanville College ina game with post-season ramifications on Wednesday.