Middlebury, Vt. - The Colby College Women's Lacrosse team completed a stellar comeback in the fourth quarter against William Smith College in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse tournament Saturday.  Trailing by two goals entering the quarter, the Mules outscored the Herons 6-2 in the final quarter to outlast William Smith 13-11.  

William Smith advanced to the third round hosted by Middlebury College after defeating Messiah 17-10 Sunday, while Colby won their second round matchup over the United States Merchant Marines Academy 20-4.  

The Herons led from the get go, stringing together the first three goals of the contest before Cami McDonald got the Mules on the board.  Colby tied the game at 4-4 on a score by Gianna Bruno and again at 5-5 on a goal by Grace Toner, but William Smith was able to net a last-second goal to head into the break ahead 6-5. 

William Smith extended its lead to three goals at 10-7 with 11 minutes left to play in the fourth quarter when the Mules went to work.  Toner netted her third of the contest and Ally Franz scored her second and third to tie the game with seven minutes to play.  Annie Eddy put Colby ahead for the first time on the day, and goals by Ainsley Dion and McDonald gave the Mules space to stretch out the victory.  

Colby faces off against Middlebury College Sunday at 1:00pm.  Middlebury defeated SUNY Geneseo 22-6 and the University of Chicago 22-4 to advance to the Elite Eight.  The game can be streamed at NSNSports.net here.