Saturday,
April 29, 2006 |
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WARRIORS WRAP UP
REGULAR SEASON WITH 19-3 VICTORY OVER ANCHORWOMEN
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On Senior’s Day, Mastroianni
scores five goals and reaches 100-goal mark |
MANSFIELD, Conn. –
The Warriors defeated Rhode Island College 19-3 during Saturday’s
Senior Day match, the final regular season home match and Little East
Conference contest of the year. |
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With its eighth win in its
final ten regular-season matches, Eastern (8-7, 5-1 little east)
closes out the regular season by climbing over the .500 mark for the
first time this year. The Warriors had already clinched second place
and the No. 2 seed in the conference playoffs, which get underway
Tuesday with first-round matches. The match was the final one of the
year for Rhode Island
(3-13, 0-6 little east), which failed to qualify for the conference
tournament. |
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Regular-season conference
champion Plymouth State
University will host the semifinals and final Friday and Saturday. The
playoff champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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Senior captain
Kara Mastroianni (NEWINGTON), a midfielder,
ended the final regular season home game of her career
by becoming the eighth player in program history to amass at least 100
goals. She tied her personal game record of five goals (missing only
one shot), three assists and eight points, which she had set earlier
this year. She is currently ranked ninth all-time with 130 career
points. Mastroianni scored her 99th and 100th career goals 18 seconds
apart with 12 minutes left in the first half. |
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A trio of juniors backed
Mastroianni offensively. Midfielder Jenna Faiola (BILLERICA,
MA)
contributed five goals, midfielder
Kara Bradley (NORTH HAVEN)
four and attack
Meghan Feraco (NORWICH)
three.
Freshman midfielder
Elisa Rapuano (HAMDEN)
entered play with five assists this year, but recorded four against
the Anchorwomen. |
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In addition to her scoring,
Bradley led the Warriors with six ground balls and four caused
turnovers, Mastroianni adding four ground balls and freshman defender
Jackie Bivona (MIDDLEBURY) three ground balls.
Bradley, Faiola and sophomore attack Lily Anderson (PORTLAND,
ME) each won
three draws. |
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Rhode Island College junior
center Caitlin Gavin (Portsmouth,
RI) had two goals
in a losing effort. Sophomore goalkeeper Sydney Culbertson (North
Kingstown, RI) made
15 saves. |