WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Blair Smith's (Milford, Mass.) goal with 1:10 remaining in sudden-death overtime lifted the Westfield State University women's lacrosse team to a dramatic 12-11 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) victory over Bridgewater State University on Tuesday night at Alumni Field.

Smith's shot from ten yards out on the right side accounted for her third goal of the evening, and helped Westfield extract a measure of revenge for an overtime loss to the Bears in last season's MASCAC Tournament title game.

Westfield improves to 10-4 on the season and 3-1 in the MASCAC, while Bridgewater falls to 7-5 overall and 3-1 in conference play.

The two teams were evenly matched throughout the game.  Westfield State managed early leads of 2-0, 3-1 and 4-3,  but Bridgewater tied the game at 4-4 on a free position shot by Lauren Geary (Hull, Mass.) and took a 7-5 lead into the half after another Geary goal with 2:31 left in the opening stanza.

The Bears held a 9-7 lead after Alex King (North Weymouth, Mass.) scored with 18:36 left in regulation, but Westfield answered with a goal from Sydney Lambert (Hanover, Mass.) as she drove to the cage with 16:54 to play, then 30 seconds later fed Samantha Coyle (Weymouth, Mass.) for a game-tying tally.

King gave the Bears an 11-10 lead when Melissa Renauld (Framingham, Mass.) fed her from the left side and King's sidewinder of a shot snuck inside the far post with 5:26 left.

Westfield got the equalizer with 3:04 to play as Roni Orcutt (Granville, Mass.) fired a shot just under the crossbar to force overtime at 11-all.

Both teams had chances to win it in overtime.  Westfield got an early opportunity as Samantha Lungarini (Agawam, Mass.) broke in on goal, only to be thwarted by BSU netminder Allie Forman (Marblehead, Mass.).

Elizabeth Ettridge (Marshfield, Mass.) was awarded a free position shot for the Bears, but Westfield goalkeeper Mimi Khampaeng (Hampden, Mass.) came up with a save.

Smith also rang the pipe on a free position shot about a minute before she netted the game-winner.

Smith and Orcutt led Westfield State with three goals apiece.  Geary tallied three goals and an assist for the Bears. She also led all players with nine draw controls.

Bridgewater's Forman made 11 saves to Khampaeng's five.

The Owls held a 32-21 shot advantage, while the Bears finished with a 16-10 edge in draw controls.