PLYMOUTH, N.H. - The visiting Western Connecticut State University Wolves scored the game's last 10 goals to turn a 9-7 deficit in the third quarter into a 17-9 victory over the Plymouth State University Panthers in the Little East Conference (LEC) Women's Lacrosse Championship Finals this afternoon on Panther field.  WestConn, seeded No. 2 in the tournament due to an 11-10 loss to the Panthers at home on April 12, improves to 16-2 with its fifth consecutive victory and wins the conference title for the third time in the last five years. Top-seeded Plymouth State drops to 15-3 with its first loss in 12 games.  The Wolves will represent the LEC in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament which begins next weekend, and the Panthers will wait to see if they are selected on Monday morning.

With 6:36 left in the third quarter, WestConn trailed, 9-7, but the Wolves erupted for 10 goals in a row to win going away.  Wolves senior attacker Savannah Kom (Danbury, Conn.) started the run, converting after a caused turnover by junior defender Mia Negus (Rocky Point, N.Y.) with 4:43 on the clock.  WestConn junior midfielder Faye Junge (Centerport, N.Y.) tied the game at 9-9 at the 2:19 mark and sophomore midfielder Isabella Pota (East Meadow, N.Y.) gave the Wolves the lead while the Panthers were down a player with 1:37 remaining in the third quarter. Pota scored three times and assisted on a fourth goal in the fourth quarter to collect Most Outstanding Player honors with six goals in the game  while leading WestConn to a 7-0 fourth stanza.

"I am so proud of this team and how resilient they are," said WestConn Head Coach Rachael Griffith. "We knew it would be a battle with Plymouth, it's always such a great game against them. They're a great program. We started out slow but once we gained more control in the second half there was no doubt we would pull out the win. Our offense had an amazing second half and our defense and draw team were both phenomenal."

WestConn had jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first quarter but the Panthers scored the next five goals by five different players to go ahead, 6-3, with 5:26 left in the first half.  After a caused turnover by WetsConn senior goalie Molly Bresnahan (Noank, Conn.), Pota scored the only goal in the final five minutes before the break with an assist credited to junior Madison Ratchford (Ridge, N.Y.).  Kom won the opening draw of the second half and scored a minute later and Ratchford tied the game at 6-all moments later.  Plymouth State score back-to-back before Kom converted on a free-position shot to make it, 8-7, at the 7:11 mark of the third.  Jenna Stowell scored for the Panthers to give them their 9-7 lead.

WestConn outshot Plymouth State, 32-27, but the Wolves defense held the Panthers to just 13 shots-on-goal.  Pota added an assist to her six goals to finish with seven points, while Kom had fve goals, sox draw controls, and two caused turnovers.  Ratchford totaled five points on two goals and three assists, Junge scored twice, and sophomore Morgan Brace (Brewster, N.Y.) contributed a goal, an assist, and five draw controls.  Morgan Cunningham had three goals and Megan Gaspa scored twice for Plymouth State. Bresnahan made nine saves and Plymouth State's Margie Black stopped six shots.