The No. 1 Lindenwood women's lacrosse team was defeated by the Regis Rangers during a double-overtime contest in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Saturday evening at Hunter Stadium in St. Charles, Mo. Lindenwood scored two goals in the final 45 seconds of regulation to force the game to overtime.

Lindenwood got off to a hot start, scoring the first five goals of the game, and nine of the first 11 goals. The Lions built themselves a 9-2 lead with 9:07 remaining in the first half.

Regis responded by holding Lindenwood scoreless for the next 26:58 of game time. During that stretch, the Rangers scored nine unanswered goals, and took an 11-9 lead with 13:36 left in the game.

The two teams exchanged goals over the next 12 minutes, but Regis maintained its two-goal lead with under 50 seconds remaining. Lindenwood netted two goals in the final 45 seconds to even the score and push the game to overtime.

After each team failed to score during the first three minute overtime period, the two teams headed into a second sudden-death frame.

Just 59 seconds into the second overtime period, Regis netted the game-winning goal off of a free-position attempt to prevail by the final score of 15-14.

Rachel Ortell made 12 saves in goal for Lindenwood, including eight during the second half, and two during overtime. Ortell made several crucial stops down the stretch for the Lions, to help the team force overtime.

Allison Hurley had a team-leading six points in the game, including three goals. Sophie Buelow, Hannah Doughty, and Maria Johnson also had hat tricks for Lindenwood, while Sami Smit and Cassie Stucklen each added one score.

Shannon Modl was a force on the draw controls for the Lions, securing 10 wins inside the circle. Johnson contributed seven wins off of the draws for Lindenwood.

Modl caused a team-high three turnovers, and Carly Fedorowski caused two.

Lindenwood concludes the 2018 season with a record of 19-1.