Nine seconds left.

Up by one.

And then it happened.

The No. 15 Penn State women's lacrosse team lost the ball to No. 11 William and Mary. And in those nine seconds, William and Mary took the ball down the length of the field and scored at the buzzer to tie the game at 11.

"We had so much emotion the last 10 minutes of regulation," Penn State coach Suzanne Weinberg said. "And then we pretty much thought it was won. But, they made a great play and the emotion swung to them. But we stole the emotion back."

And with a goal by Molly Ford, assisted by Kristin Wood, Penn State won its second game of the season in overtime, 12-11, improving its record to 2-3 Sunday.

"The first half we weren't really emotional," Penn State sophomore Colleen O'Hara said. "The second half we came out very emotional and we worked really hard to get that win."

Penn State had been down at the half 6-4, but came out strong after halftime tying the game at 6-6 with 22 minutes remaining in regulation. William and Mary was up 10-7 with 8:50 left in the game, but Penn State came back. Penn State's Colleen O'Hara scored two goals in eight seconds to tie the game at 10-10 with 3:07 left on the clock. O'Hara didn't stop there. With 1:37 to go, O'Hara set a pass to Brooke Bailey who scored off a quick stick to put the Lions up 11-10. Penn State got control of the ball off the draw, but then lost it with nine seconds to go, to put the game into overtime.

"In the second half of the William and Mary game we wanted it," Weinberg said. "There was no stopping us. There was no doubt that every player on that team wanted it. When we lose, we lose as a team. And when we win, we win as a team."

Penn State's win Sunday came after a 15-11 loss Friday to No. 9 Virginia. The Lions jumped out to an early lead, with O'Hara scoring twice and Sara Young scoring once, in the first five minutes of the game. The Cavaliers answered this with a three-goal run of their own in the next four minutes.

Penn State went up by two again after a goal off of a free position shot and another goal by O'Hara. Virginia then went on a 6-1 run to close out the half with Virginia leading 9-6. Penn State and Virginia traded the first four goals of the second half with Virginia's Jill Hansen scoring first.

Penn State answered the goal two minutes later. Virginia's Mills Hook scored next for the Cavaliers, but the Lions answered it with two goals of their own, making the score 11-9. But the Cavaliers scored four of the next six goals to keep the lead and win the game.

"I think against UVA (Virginia) we played in spurts," Weinberg said. "We didn't play 60 minutes."

Weinberg also stated the Lions shooting inaccuracy as part of the problem in Friday's game.

"If we can take care of those two things we are going to be O.K.," Weinberg said.

Penn State will try to fix the problems it encountered this weekend before its game on Wednesday against Delaware. The Lions lost their game against Delaware last season 15-7.