WESTMINSTER, Md. – Myles Monaghan scored exactly midway through the first overtime to lift No. 9 Haverford over McDaniel 13-12 on Saturday and to the top spot in the upcoming Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse tournament.The Fords (11-2, 7-0 CC) watched the Green Terror (9-5, 3-4 CC) reel off the final five goals of regulation to even the game at 12-all before converting on their first attempt of the extra session.

Mike Hatton (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) led the hosts with five goals, including bookending the late rally. Trailing 12-7 on the fourth of Brian Fleishhacker's four goals with 6:18 to play, Hatton found the back of the net with 5:21 on the clock to start the rally.

A D.J. Rickels (Forest Hill, Md./Boys' Latin School) man-up goal from Bill Warner (Yardley, Pa./LaSalle) with 4:14 to play closed the deficit to 12-9. With 1:33 showing, Matthew Daley (Wilmington, Del./A.I. Dupont) finished a Deane Mellor (Chadds Ford, Pa./Wilminton Friends School) before Preston found Daley 22 seconds later to close the deficit to one.

Off a restart from the endline with 9.8 seconds on the clock, Preston found Hatton, who fired a low shot into the back of the net with 3.5 seconds showing to send the Green Terror to its fifth overtime of the season.

Warner and Evan Young (Easton, Md./Broadneck) staked McDaniel to a 2-0 lead with 5:16 to play in the first quarter. Markers from Andrew Kim and Max Hjelm 20 seconds apart evened the game with 3:22 showing in the period.

Preston finished a Daley feed with 2:01 showing in the first period before Haverford reeled off four straight to take a 6-3 lead with 10:48 to play in the second quarter. Hjelm capped the burst with two goals.

Back-to-back goals from Hatton trimmed the deficit to 6-5 at the intermission. The Fords tallied six of the game's next eight goals to take their five-goal lead.

McDaniel concludes the regular season at Dickinson on Friday. Game time is 7:00 p.m.

2009-04-18