ROCHESTER, NY - In a thrilling game from wire-to-wire it was the stick of senior Sophia Scialdone on the free position which help life Nazareth to an 11-10 overtime victory over the University of Rochester on Monday night. Goaltender Allie Klestinec made some huge saves throughout the game, finishing with 14.  

Nazareth is now 5-4 overall, while Rochester is 4-6.

Scialdone stayed red-hot, going for four goals and adding three assists. She has now delivered seven points in each of the last two games. She also pushes her season total to team-leading 40 points on 27 goals and 13 assists. The four assists in the game was a career-high. 

Trailing 10-9 in the fourth quarter, Scialdone picked up her third assist, with a connection to Katherine McPeak to tie the score with 3:07 to play. She had two goals in the win.

Nazareth had a huge defensive stand, forcing a turnover on a shot clock violation with 1:23. The Golden Flyers called two timeouts but were unable to deliver the game-winning goal in regulation. 

A turnover by each team in the extra period set up Scialdone drawing a free position and bouncing a low shot in off the turf to secure the win.

The game was separated mostly by a goal throughout, the only time it was not was in the third when the Yellowjackets led 7-5. 

Liddie Hoare was good for three goals, while Grace Gardner, Julia Dietz, and Emily Reichard all tallied a goal.

Nazareth travels to SUNY Poly on Wednesday for a 5 p.m. start.