Michigan
3-2
Canisius
0-1
Wolverines Overcome Halftime Deficit to Top Canisius
2/26/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
» After trailing 9-6 at halftime, Michigan outscored Canisius 7-2 in the second half, including six unanswered goals to end the game.
» Tess Korten led U-M with give goals, matching her own program record for goals in a game.
» Freshman goalie Mira Shane played the final 40:45 of the game, making four saves, including two in the final three minutes to help U-M preserve the win.
» Michigan caused 14 of Canisius' 19 turnovers, which is one shy of a program record, led by Madeline Dion with four caused turnovers.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Oosterbaan Field House)
Score: Michigan 13, Canisius 11
Records: U-M (3-2), CC (0-1)
Attendance: 170
Next U-M Event: Tuesday, March 1 -- at San Diego State (San Diego, Calif.), 7 p.m. PDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's lacrosse team overcame a three-goal halftime deficit, outscoring Canisius 7-2 in the second half to earn the 13-11 comeback victory on Friday (Feb. 26) inside Oosterbaan Field House.
Junior Tess Korten led Michigan with five goals, tying her own program record for goals in a game. Junior Kim Coughlan also added a first-half hat trick for the Maize and Blue. Canisius' Erica Evans netted five goals for the Golden Griffins.
With the clock ticking down late in the first half, Evans scored for Canisius with 23 seconds remaining to give the Griffins a 9-6 halftime lead.
Out of the break, Coughlan scored an unassisted man-down goal on a hard drive to the cage, to make it 9-7 at 28:38. Evans then notched back-to-back unassisted goals to tie Canisius' largest lead of the game, 11-7, with 25:44 remaining in the game. The Coughlan-Evans battle continued, as Coughlan answered back with two more unassisted goals in a minute and a half to cut the Griffins' lead to two, 11-9, at 22:08.
Coughlan's pair of goals sparked a 6-0 run by the Wolverines over a 17-minutes span that gave Michigan a 13-11 lead with 7:49 to play. Korten tied the game on an unassisted goal (9:45) and gave U-M its first lead since the opening minutes of the game, netting a free-position goal at 8:49.
Freshman goalie Mira Shane, who entered the game with 10 minutes left in the first half, made four saves, including two in the final three minutes on free-position attempts, to help U-M secure the win.
In the first half, Korten put Michigan on the board first at 28:05. Canisius regrouped and responded with a 5-1 run, including two goals in 19 seconds, to take a 5-2 lead by the 18:41 mark. Junior Anna Schueler scored U-M's lone goal during that stretch on a free-position attempt.
Michigan's defensive ride helped it keep the game close, contributing to two goals. First, a Canisius defender fell to the turf and lost the ball and its goalie, Rebecca VanLaeken, came out to pick up the loose ball, but junior Natalie Carti checked it out of her stick and capitalized on an open net.
Tweet of the Game
WATCH: Michigan's ride creating goals -- Natalie Carti with the hustle play and the open-net goal in the first half! pic.twitter.com/dF6s62zFVz
-- Michigan Lacrosse (@umichwlax) February 27, 2016
Then, after a Canisius turnover caused by junior Brooke Pancoast, fellow junior Allie Breitfeller picked up the ground ball and found Korten for the long pass and the quick transition goal. After trading pairs of goals, Canisius took a 9-6 lead into the locker room.
In total, Michigan caused 14 of Canisius' 19 turnovers, coming up one shy of the program record. Junior Madeline Dion led the Wolverines with four caused turnovers.
Friday's game was the first of two Kids Go Blue Club Days this season. All KGBC members received a free STX fiddle stick at tonight's game. The next Kids Go Blue Club Day is scheduled for Sunday, April 17, against Penn State at 1 p.m. at Michigan Stadium. Visit MGoBlue.com/kidsclub to sign up for free.
The Wolverines will now head west for their 2016 spring trip, where they will face San Diego State (March 1, 7 p.m. PDT) at the Aztec Lacrosse Field in San Diego, California, and USC (March 4, 3 p.m. PDT) at McAlister Field in Los Angeles, California.
