The nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College women's lacrosse team rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second half and battled back for a 10-9 win over host William Smith College on Wednesday.
With the win, Fisher, ranked 17^th in the latest national coaches poll, improves to 2-1, while Herons drop to 0-3 on the year, losing all three games but one goal.
 
The Herons led 6-4 at the half and led 7-5 with just under 20 minutes left before Fisher began its rally.
Lindsey Shoales scored over a pass from Samantha Barton to pull Fisher within one, and then with 12:32 left, Chrissy Cook scored her first of two goals, tying the contest at 7s.
 
Just 33 second later Fisher took its first lead of the half.  Shoales won the ensuing draw and Badger scored her second of the game to put the Cardinals up 8-7.

William Smith tied the game at 8s, but Fisher wound answer again.  Barton fed Cook for a goal with just over six minutes left to put the Cardinals up for good.   Barton then scored the eventual game-winning goal with just four minutes left and teammate Brittany Didio off on a yellow card.

The Herons pulled to within a goal at 10-9 with just over one minute to go, but Fisher's Carly Sullivan won the ensuing draw and the Cardinals were able to kill the clock.

For Fisher, Jordan Johnson, Cook, Badger and Shoales each scored twice.  Barton tallied a team-high three points on a goal and two assists, while Erin Ward also scored.
Shoales led the Cardinals with five draw controls, while Sullivan scooped up a team-high four ground balls.   Sophomore Abbie Reed forced a team-best three turnovers.

Junior goalie Nicole Hart played all 60 minutes in net and finished with five saves.

Fisher returns to action at 4 p.m. on Friday and will host SUNY Oneonta in the first home game of the 2015 season.