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This story appears in the Dec. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
Kenny Nims' score set the stage for an NCAA lacrosse classic. The Syracuse attacker describes his goal that sent the game to O.T.
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The pass to Nims ticked a defender's stick, and I froze. If it ticks the stick a little harder, the pass doesn't connect and we win the championship.
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-- Cornell goalie Jake Myers
"I'd let a pass get away with about 25 seconds left, and when it went out of bounds, a lot of us were thinking, Man, there goes the game. But in the final seconds of regulation, Cornell defenseman Matt Moyer left his stick out just unprotected enough for me to make a diving effort and create a loose ball. Then it was just one huge play after another. I went to the goal and received a pass. The way goalie Jake Myers was playing me, my best chance was to jump around and dump the ball into the bottom of the goal. When the game went into overtime, we knew the momentum was ours."