Worcester State College
Women's Lacrosse Game Recap
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May 9, 2007 ECAC Women’s Lacrosse #4 Worcester State Advances Past #5 Keene State, 11-9 Worcester, MA – The Worcester State College women’s lacrosse team got 6 goals from senior Ann Clark (Worcester, MA) as the #4 Lancers held on to defeat the #5 seed Keene State College Owls in an ECAC quarterfinal match by the final score of, 11-9, at Coughlin Field. The win improves Worcester State to a record breaking, 12-4, while Keene State closes their season at, 8-7. Worcester State advances to the semifinal game on Saturday at 1:30 pm at the top seeded Panthers of Plymouth State University who received a first round bye. It is the first ever ECAC win for the lacrosse program. The Lancers hopped out to a, 4-0, lead over the first 4:45 of the contest. Freshman Kim Vail (West Newbury, MA) opened the scoring at 28:50 on an unassisted goal. Clark then potted a pair of goals in a 25 second span to up the Lancer advantage to, 3-0. Sophomore Shannon Feeley (West Springfield, MA) finished the run with a goal off a free position shot. Keene State’s Samantha Martella (Dixhills, NY) got the Owls on the board at 23:45 with an unassisted goal. Clark answered back for her third of the night off a free position to give Worcester State a, 5-1, lead. Freshman Dene Tully (Peabody, MA) cut the Lancers lead to, 5-2, off a feed from Stephanie Georgevits (Concord, NH). Feeley, Clark and sophomore Megan Rosborough (Uxbridge, MA) then scored three unanswered goals to give Worcester State their largest margin of the day at, 8-2. Keene State then scored a pair of goals to close out the half for an, 8-4, halftime tally. Keene State opened the second half and applied complete pressure on the hosts as they scored three goals to open the stanza. Georgevits netted a pair of goals and Michelle Mazzotta (Cromwell, CT) also found the back of the net as the Owls run made the game a 1-goal affair at, 8-7. But Clark answered with a pair of timely scores to push the lead up to, 10-7. Freshman Amanda Cosenza (Shrewsbury, MA) added the 11th goal of the game. Keene added two goals late for the, 11-9, final. Both goaltenders were sharp in net. Worcester State’s Lyndsey Nunes (West Springfield, MA) made 19 saves on the night. Keene State goalie Jen Gearing (Westfield, MA) stopped 16 Lancer shots. Clark’s 6 goals ups her total to 82 on the season, just two shy of her own Worcester State record for single season goals. Clark now has 311 goals in her career. She is now also tied for 4th place in DIII history with 383 career points.
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