GENEVA, N.Y.— William Smith College junior MacKenzie Smith scored the game-winning goal 1:50 into overtime to secure a 2-1 win for the No. 3 Heron soccer team over St. Lawrence this afternoon on Cozzens Field. With the win, William Smith captured its ninth straight Liberty League tournament title.
 
The Herons, the top seed in the tournament, improve to 16-1-1 overall, and earned the Liberty League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.  It was William Smith's logged 15th straight victory. No. 3 seed St. Lawrence is now 13-4-3 overall. Prior to the Saints' goal this afternoon, the Herons had not allowed a goal in 1367:12.
 
Just 1:52 into the match, the Saints took a 1-0 lead. Kaleigh White broke by her defender and placed her shot from the top right corner of the box into the top left corner of the goal, and out of reach of Heron keeper first-year Veronica Romines.
 
The Herons had a number of near misses in the first half, but were unable to get on the board. With around 13 minutes remaining, both sophomore Evie Manning and junior Brie Ruane just missed headers right out in front of the goal. With 4:03 left in the opening half, Manning caught the Saints' goalie out of position, but drilled her shot just inches high of the crossbar.
 
In the 66th minute, Longo evened the score for William Smith. Sophomore Kate Spiegel placed a perfect cross to find Longo inside the six, who redirected the ball into the goal with a header for her team-leading 11th goal of the season. The Herons had a number of chances for the go-ahead goal during regulation, but the St. Lawrence defense held strong. William Smith registered a 19-1 shot advantage in the second half.
 
Just 1:52 into the overtime period, junior Kara Shue pushed a pass inside the box to Smith on her left. Smith then pushed a low rolling shot into the back of the net to clinch the win for the Herons. It was her second goal of the season. Smith was tabbed the tournament's MVP. Shue joined her on the all-tournament team as did teammates, junior defender Emma Diehl, Longo, senior defender Zoe Jackson Gibson, and Speigel. St. Lawrence's Kelsey West, White, Samantha Rock, Lindsay Geier and Emily DePoy also earned spots on the all-tournament squad.
 
The Herons held with a 29-4 advantage in shots and a 6-0 lead in corners. Romines finished with two saves in goal for William Smith and West made eight saves in goal for St. Lawrence.
 
The entire NCAA Division III women's soccer championship field will be announced on Monday, Nov. 9, with a selection show on NCAA.com at 1 p.m