Penn women reach lacrosse title game

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, May, 2008 | by Kevin Tatum INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

TOWSON, Md. - It took nearly the entire six minutes of two overtimes for Rachel Manson to emerge as the hero for Penn tonight. But she did, and the Quakers are going to the NCAA Division I women's lacrosse championship game at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Manson, a senior attacker, scored her second goal of the night with 42 seconds remaining in the second three-minute overtime at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium to push Penn past stubborn Duke, 9-8, in a dramatic semifinal game.

The victory sent the second-seeded Quakers (17-1) into the title game against top-seeded Northwestern, a 16-8 winner over Syracuse in the night's first semifinal. The Quakers defeated Northwestern (20-1), the three-time defending champions, 11-7, on April 27.

The winning goal came when...