Sunday, February 28
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
11:30 a.m.
Central Michigan University
2-1
12
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11
Oregon
0-4
1
2
OT
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Oregon
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4
0
11
Central Michigan
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12
Photo by: Keara Chaperon '22
Huge, Dramatic Win For CMU Lacrosse
2/28/2021 4:47:00 PM | Lacrosse
Prince scores in OT to lift Chippewas to victory over Oregon
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – A major feather in the cap of the Central Michigan lacrosse program, and it could not have come in more dramatic fashion.
Tyra Prince's overtime goal gave the Chippewas a 12-11 win over Oregon on Sunday at the CMU Lacrosse/Soccer Complex. It was the first win over a team from a Power 5 conference in the five-plus year history of the Chippewa program.
"Every win's a big win but when you face an opponent that plays out of the Pac 12 against some of the best teams in the country, and you can go toe-to-toe and pull out a win I think that's pretty impressive," said Sara Tisdale, who has coached the Chippewas since the program was founded before the 2016 season.
The win completes for the Chippewas a season-opening week during which they beat an old nemesis, Marquette, 11-10, and slugged it out with the 25th-ranked team in the country, Vanderbilt, before succumbing, 16-10. Sunday's game with the Ducks (0-4) nearly did not happen because of COVID-testing protocols.
"For the game to happen today took the work of so many people behind the scenes from a COVID logistics standpoint," Tisdale said. "Our training staff, our administration literally jumped through hoops to make this happen today.
"When you are able to put a win behind the effort of people who don't get their name on things, that's what CMU's all about – it's everybody. It truly took so many people to make today happen. To put CMU's name on this win, I'm just really grateful that I get to be here to let them enjoy this with us."
Prince scored, unassisted, with 34 seconds to play in the first OT period, capping a see-saw game that was tied eight times and appeared to have been decided in the Ducks' favor minutes before Prince's decisive goal.
That Oregon goal was disallowed by the officials under the dangerous-shot rule, Tisdale said, as the ball deflected off a Chippewa and into the net.
It was fitting, Tisdale said, that it was Prince who scored what will go down as one of the biggest goals in program history. The senior from Whitby, Ont., Can., has been a mainstay since arriving in Mount Pleasant in 2017 and her name litters the program record book.
Sunday's goal was her second of the season.
"She's had not a great start to her fifth year," Tisdale said. "She's struggled to get her groove and give a lot of credit to my assistants, Katrina Reeves and Allison Lane, this week; they took the time to build (Prince) up and make sure that she's in a good place and you saw that come out today on the field.
"It kind of brings tears to my eyes a little bit knowing that it was Tyra who got that goal today because she has worked for five years. She's a gifted athlete, but it's never easy for her. Tyra Prince shows the importance of your mental health going into these games and she owns it, and she works her rear end off at it. She earned that goal."
Natalie Karlen scored six goals to lead the Chippewas, while Prince, Audrey Whiteside and Hannah Potter had two each. Chippewa goalkeeper Sierra Savage made seven saves. Karlen tied her career high with six goals.
It was punch-counterpunch for most of the way, but Oregon scored three consecutive goals to seize a 7-4 lead that lasted until 1:45 remained in the first half. Karlen scored her second goal of the game and then Whiteside found the back of the net with just 12 seconds remaining in the half.
"Scoring before halftime is a big deal," Tisdale said. "We actually work on it at practice; it's about setting the tone before you go into the locker room. Those two goals were huge for us to continue to battle and I think it shows the mentality that this team has.
"I challenged Natalie Karlen; she had a couple of unforced turnovers early on in the game and we pulled her aside and challenged her to step up. That six-goal performance today – she met that challenge head-on."
The Chippewas got a goal from Karlen to take a 10-9 lead midway through the second half, and then Prince scored with about 11 minutes left to put CMU up two, 11-9. Oregon scored twice in the final 8:03 of regulation time to send it to the extra session.
The Chippewas finished with a 31-26 advantage in shots and a 23-18 edge in shots on goal. CMU controlled 17 draws to the Ducks' nine. Brianna Hart and Brennan Paddy led the Chippewas with four draw controls apiece.
"The draw is a mentality," Tisdale said. "You could literally put the slowest girl in the circle but if she's got the right mindset, she'll go get it. It's grit and it's a mentality on the draw circle and it's something that we've been working for four years and I think we found our winning combo."
Tyra Prince's overtime goal gave the Chippewas a 12-11 win over Oregon on Sunday at the CMU Lacrosse/Soccer Complex. It was the first win over a team from a Power 5 conference in the five-plus year history of the Chippewa program.
"Every win's a big win but when you face an opponent that plays out of the Pac 12 against some of the best teams in the country, and you can go toe-to-toe and pull out a win I think that's pretty impressive," said Sara Tisdale, who has coached the Chippewas since the program was founded before the 2016 season.
The win completes for the Chippewas a season-opening week during which they beat an old nemesis, Marquette, 11-10, and slugged it out with the 25th-ranked team in the country, Vanderbilt, before succumbing, 16-10. Sunday's game with the Ducks (0-4) nearly did not happen because of COVID-testing protocols.
"For the game to happen today took the work of so many people behind the scenes from a COVID logistics standpoint," Tisdale said. "Our training staff, our administration literally jumped through hoops to make this happen today.
"When you are able to put a win behind the effort of people who don't get their name on things, that's what CMU's all about – it's everybody. It truly took so many people to make today happen. To put CMU's name on this win, I'm just really grateful that I get to be here to let them enjoy this with us."
Prince scored, unassisted, with 34 seconds to play in the first OT period, capping a see-saw game that was tied eight times and appeared to have been decided in the Ducks' favor minutes before Prince's decisive goal.
That Oregon goal was disallowed by the officials under the dangerous-shot rule, Tisdale said, as the ball deflected off a Chippewa and into the net.
It was fitting, Tisdale said, that it was Prince who scored what will go down as one of the biggest goals in program history. The senior from Whitby, Ont., Can., has been a mainstay since arriving in Mount Pleasant in 2017 and her name litters the program record book.
Sunday's goal was her second of the season.
"She's had not a great start to her fifth year," Tisdale said. "She's struggled to get her groove and give a lot of credit to my assistants, Katrina Reeves and Allison Lane, this week; they took the time to build (Prince) up and make sure that she's in a good place and you saw that come out today on the field.
"It kind of brings tears to my eyes a little bit knowing that it was Tyra who got that goal today because she has worked for five years. She's a gifted athlete, but it's never easy for her. Tyra Prince shows the importance of your mental health going into these games and she owns it, and she works her rear end off at it. She earned that goal."
Natalie Karlen scored six goals to lead the Chippewas, while Prince, Audrey Whiteside and Hannah Potter had two each. Chippewa goalkeeper Sierra Savage made seven saves. Karlen tied her career high with six goals.
It was punch-counterpunch for most of the way, but Oregon scored three consecutive goals to seize a 7-4 lead that lasted until 1:45 remained in the first half. Karlen scored her second goal of the game and then Whiteside found the back of the net with just 12 seconds remaining in the half.
"Scoring before halftime is a big deal," Tisdale said. "We actually work on it at practice; it's about setting the tone before you go into the locker room. Those two goals were huge for us to continue to battle and I think it shows the mentality that this team has.
"I challenged Natalie Karlen; she had a couple of unforced turnovers early on in the game and we pulled her aside and challenged her to step up. That six-goal performance today – she met that challenge head-on."
The Chippewas got a goal from Karlen to take a 10-9 lead midway through the second half, and then Prince scored with about 11 minutes left to put CMU up two, 11-9. Oregon scored twice in the final 8:03 of regulation time to send it to the extra session.
The Chippewas finished with a 31-26 advantage in shots and a 23-18 edge in shots on goal. CMU controlled 17 draws to the Ducks' nine. Brianna Hart and Brennan Paddy led the Chippewas with four draw controls apiece.
"The draw is a mentality," Tisdale said. "You could literally put the slowest girl in the circle but if she's got the right mindset, she'll go get it. It's grit and it's a mentality on the draw circle and it's something that we've been working for four years and I think we found our winning combo."
Team Stats
ORE
CMU
Shots
26
31
Turnovers
20
21
Caused Turnovers
13
11
Draw Controls
9
17
Free-Position Shots
2
5
Ground Balls
24
27
Game Leaders
Players
G
6
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
3
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
3
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