Lourdes tied the game with less than two minutes remaining in regulation on Thursday afternoon, but Aquinas netted the game-winner with 1:31 to play in overtime as the Saints defeated the Gray Wolves 11-10 at the Aquinas Athletic Field.
 
"Today was a great test against a really good team," head coach Patrick Yannarelli said afterwards.  "The team plays hard and we're getting better as a group and excited moving forward."
 
After Nick Johnson (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg H.S.) scored the game's first goal less than two minutes into the contest, Aquinas (3-3, 3-2 WHAC) scored the final three tallies of the opening period to build a two-goal advantage.
 
Lourdes dominated the second quarter, scoring five times, all within a four-minute span.  Tyler Pezzot (Beavercreek, Ohio/Beavercreek H.S.) scored twice and Johnson added another while Drew Gilhooly (Livonia, Mich./Detroit Catholic Central H.S.) and Cory Campbell (Dayton, Ohio/Bellbrook H.S.) both found the back of the cage as well as the Gray Wolves built a 6-3 lead at intermission.
 
The Saints scored the first three goals of the third to even the contest before Campbell netted his second of the game, and Lourdes took a 7-6 advantage into the final 15 minutes.
 
Aquinas scored three straight goals to build a 9-7 lead before the Gray Wolves fought back.  Jake Noel (Knoxville, Tenn./William Blount H.S.) scored first and Pezzot followed, evening the game with 3:01 to play.  Aquinas responded just 17 seconds later to retake the lead, but Pezzot's fourth tally of the game at the 1:56 mark evened the game at 10 and forced overtime.
 
The Gray Wolves had the first possession in the extra session, but Saint goalie made his 14^th save of the game before Nash West won the game for Aquinas with his goal with 1:31 to play in the overtime period.
 
Aquinas outshot Lourdes 38-32 for the game but Tyler Queen (Odenton, Md./Arundel H.S.) made 15 saves in the cage for the Gray Wolves.  Lourdes had a 39-31 ground ball advantage, led by Nate Allan (Peterbourgh, Ont./Saint Peters Catholic H.S.) who had nine.  Zach Stahura (Stillwater, Mich./Stillwater H.S.) won 19-of-23 faceoffs for the Gray Wolves.
 
Lourdes (5-4, 3-3) will close out the regular season on Saturday evening, hosting Taylor.  The opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.