The Virginia Tech women's lacrosse team celebrated senior day Saturday afternoon, snapping a three game losing streak by defeating the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs 11-10 in a thriller.
The Hokies (5-7) took the Lady Monarchs (5-2) of the Colonial Athletic Association to overtime not once, but twice on Saturday.
A goal just shortly into the sudden death period by freshman Jessica Nonn sealed Tech's fifth win of the season.
Seniors Kari Morrison and Rachel Culp were both honored before the game Saturday and both contributed significantly to the win.
Morrison, Tech's starting goalkeeper, played the whole game, faced 29 shots and racked up eight saves, including a save as time expired in the first overtime to keep the Hokies alive.
Culp scored her first time on a free position shot in the second period to cut a late Hokie deficit to one.
The second time, Culp gave the Hokies momentum and the lead in the most clutch of times, with a goal just 25 seconds into the first overtime period.
Old Dominion didn't go down without a fight, however.
Just over 30 seconds after Culp secured a one-point lead for the Hokies in the first overtime, Old Dominion's Nicole McMahon tied it right back up, 10-10, with a goal of her own.
When the rest of the first overtime went scoreless, thanks to solid play in the goal on both ends by Morrison and ODU's freshman keeper, Sarah Geary, the game went to a sudden victory second overtime.
Just over 20 seconds in, Nonn received a pass from Culp and delivered -- scoring her fourth goal of the game and sending the Hokies home happy on a rather dreary day in Blacksburg.
The next action for the Hokies finds them at American (2-8) on April 4 in Washington, D.C.
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