GENESEO, N.Y. - Hannah Marafioti scored her game-high eighth goal four minutes, one second into overtime to lead the Geneseo women's lacrosse team to a 19-18 victory over nationally 18th-ranked Cortland Saturday afternoon in a battle for first place in the conference.

With the win, the Knights improved to 11-4 overall and 7-0 in the conference with two league games remaining. The Red Dragons dropped to 9-5 overall and 6-1 in the SUNYAC.

Sophomore Emily Goebel (Penfield) led Cortland with a career-high five goals. Senior Carly Stone (Syracuse/Jamesville-DeWitt) notched four goals, and junior Lexie Meager (Syracuse/West Genesee) tallied a team-high seven points on three goals and four assists.

Freshman Amy Hoeffner (Bay Shore) scored three goals, junior Brie Yonge (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) and sophomore Hannah Tiso (Somers) each recorded one goal and one assist and sophomore Hannah Lorenzen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) added a goal. Junior Molly Newton (Skaneateles) chipped in with three assists, while sophomore Cecilia Procopio (Syracuse/West Genesee) and freshman Shelby Meduski (East Quogue/Westhampton Beach) contributed one assist apiece for the Red Dragons.

Sophomore goalie Annie Casey (Bay Shore) made seven saves and collected three ground balls for Cortland. Meager won 11 draw controls, Stone secured seven draws and Tiso earned four as Cortland held a 26-14 advantage in the statistic. Sophomore Catie Fleming (Farmingdale) scooped up four ground balls.

Marafioti finished the game with 10 points for the Knights, adding two assists to her eight goals. Mallory Max netted four goals, Nicole Voci tallied two goals and three assists and Maddie Lee scored twice. Jacqui Thorsen totaled one goal and three assists, Tessa Doody had one goal and one assist and Laura Skrzypczyk scored once.

Goalie Margaret Rosaschi turned aside 10 shots. Thorsen won six draws, Lee secured five ground balls and Megan Henderson collected four ground balls.

The game proved to be a back-and-forth contest with neither team able to build more than a three-goal lead. The first half ended in an 8-8 tie. The Red Dragons were able to go ahead 12-9 at the 21:42 mark of the second half and still led 14-11 with 17:57 to play.

The Knights tied the game with a three-goal run, but Cortland netted three of the next four goals for a 17-15 advantage with 7:20 left in regulation. It was Geneseo's turn to string together three goals, grabbing an 18-17 lead with 2:16 on the clock. Meager tied the game at 1:45 and won the ensuing draw control. A Cortland turnover with just over a minute to play gave the ball back to Geneseo. The Knights worked a successful clear and sent a shot wide with 24 seconds remaining before turning the ball over in the closing seconds to send the game to overtime.

In the first-half of the extra period, Meager won the opening draw but had her shot denied by Rosaschi. After a good clear, Casey stopped a shot by Marafioti, which led to a successful Cortland clear and a shot wide left by Stone, sending the game into the second-half of the six-minute overtime. Stone secured the draw control, but the Red Dragons turned the ball over. Geneseo worked a good clear, and, after a timeout, earned the win on Marafioti's goal with 1:59 on the clock.

Geneseo 19, Cortland 18 (OT)

GAME SUMMARY:

Team                1-2-OT       Final
Cortland            8-10-0         18
Geneseo           8-10-1         19

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Emily Goebel 5-0, Carly Stone 4-0, Lexie Meager 3-4, Amy Hoeffner 3-0, Brie Yonge 1-1, Hannah Tiso 1-1, Hannah Lorenzen 1-0, Molly Newton 0-3, Cecilia Procopio 0-1, Shelby Meduski 0-1
Geneseo: Hannah Marafioti 8-2, Mallory Maz 4-0, Nicole Voci 2-3, Maddie Lee 2-0, Jacqui Thorsen 1-3, Tessa Doody 1-1, Laura Skrzypczyk 1-0

Goalkeepers:
Cortland: Annie Casey, 7 saves (19 GA in 64:01)
Geneseo: Margaret Rosaschi, 10 saves (18 GA in 64:01)

Shots: Cortland 43, Geneseo 38
Ground Balls: Geneseo 26, Cortland 15
Clears: Geneseo 21-of-22, Cortland 17-of-21
Draw Controls: Cortland 26, Geneseo 14
Caused Turnovers: Geneseo 10, Cortland 7
Turnovers: Cortland 21, Geneseo 18

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 9-5, 6-1 SUNYAC (ranked 18th nationally in Div. III); Geneseo (Knights) 11-4, 7-0 SUNYAC