“I don’t see this as a setback...we all hate losing, but I see this as a huge step forward for our team,” Nelson said. “To have a tie with Penn, a ranked team, to go into overtime, and lose by one goal, that’s huge. That is huge for our program. So to take the positives, we had an attack out there that was calm and settled in possessing the ball, and just played pretty lacrosse, and you know what, these are going to start going our way.”

NOTES

As good as the attack looked, the brightest spot in this 11-10 defeat may still have been the play of Cahow. A hockey player by trade, Cahow was moonlighting as a lacrosse goalie for Saturday’s game on account of injury and illness suffered by the two goalies on the roster.

How well did Caitlin play on Saturday?

“Unbelievable,” exclaimed Nelson. “Caitlin came in to do us a favor and help us out...we had her for one day, on Friday. No expectations, we just needed an athlete. She went in there, and performed beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.”

Cahow was just happy to be there.

“I was just excited to get the call,” said the newfound goalie. “I mean, what more can you hope for than an opportunity to play in a really competitive lacrosse game?”