BALTIMORE -- Yogi Berra needn't impart words of wisdom to Division II men's lacrosse champion Le Moyne.

The Dolphins' Brandon Spillett knows "it's never over 'til it's over," especially when he's on the field.

The unanimous most outstanding player of the game ended the second overtime contest in Division II championship history May 30 at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium with his seventh goal of the day. Spillett took a feed from Craig Rosecrans 44 seconds into the second sudden-victory period and gave the Dolphins an 11-10 win in front of a Division II-record turnstile crowd of 19,202. With the win, Le Moyne finished 16-0, making the Dolphins the second undefeated champion in the 20-year history of the tournament. The other perfect champion was Hobart in 1977. The previous attendance record was 15,417, set last year at the same venue.

"(When I got the ball), I was hoping not for the same thing to happen as what happened on the first play of the game when I got stripped right off the bat," said Spillett of the game-winner, his 40th score of the season. "I thought we needed a goal and coach said to put the ball in my stick, so I had to get it done."

Minutes earlier, with 11 seconds left in regulation and the Dolphins down, 10-9, not even Flipper would've given the Dolphins a prayer. Limestone's Kyle Zentz had the ball in his stick deep in his defensive end of the field on a restart after a Le Moyne turnover. Lightly pressured by the Dolphins' Matt Holdridge, Zentz tried to wing the ball down the field out of harm's and Le Moyne's way, as the seconds ticked away to cement a title for Limestone.

But he dropped the ball.

Holdridge got it and Le Moyne called timeout. Dolphins coach Dan Sheehan put the game in the junior attackman's hands by giving him an isolation opportunity.

Sheehan said he was amazed at his team's coolness in the huddle.

"We're all laughing on the sidelines," he said. "These guys are just so much fun to be around. When you can go out there and play a game like that and laugh on the sidelines, wow."

Spillett made a move to get in front of the net and buried a shot with two seconds remaining in regulation, forcing the first Division II championship overtime game since Towson beat Hobart, both now Division I teams, 18-17, in double overtime in 1974.

"There wasn't much time to think," Spillett said. "I just had to go to the goal and put the ball in the back of the net."

At the postgame interview, Sheehan, sitting beside teammates Travis Tarr and Rob Trowbridge, summed up Spillett's performance best.

"Travis and Trow and I might as well leave, talk to him (Spillett)."

Spillett, whose title-game goal output was second in tournament history behind the record of eight set by Harold Draffen of Hobart back in that 1974 game and John Hildebrand of Ohio Wesleyan in 1976, wanted to make sure that his teammates' efforts didn't get lost in his personal laurels.

"The other 39 guys on the roster are all in the locker room now and they're watching this (on the TV monitor in there), and they've got the biggest smiles on their faces," he said.

Third-year coach T.W. Johnson of Limestone, which has played in the last five championship games and won two, knew his team had played in a game for the ages after a season for the ages. The Saints finished the season 15-2, losing previously only to Division I tournament quarterfinalist North Carolina.

"That was the best lacrosse game I've ever been a part of," he said. "Obviously, I'd like to be on the other end of it. It was two teams that really scratched and clawed for everything for over 60 minutes."

Semifinals

Le Moyne 7, NYIT 5; Limestone 14, Mercyhurst 12.

Championship game

Limestone scoring: Jason Randolph 3, Roger Vyse 3, David Wooster 1, Patrick Cardiff 1, Robert Woody 1, Nolan Heavenor 1.

Le Moyne scoring: Brandon Spillett 7, Rob Trowbridge 1, Kyle Reicdhel 1, Corey Sullivan 1, Ed Street 1.

Shots: Limestone 39, Le Moyne 32. Saves: Limestone -- Charlie Gray 8; Le Moyne -- Jared Corcoran 15. Turnstile Attendance: 19,202.