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April 29, 2008 |
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RIC’s SEASON ENDS AT KEENE STATE,
17-5
Owls Advance to LEC
Tournament Semifinals |
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Keene, NH-Senior
attack Michelle Mazzotta (Cromwell, Conn.) netted four goals
to lead third-seeded Keene State to a 17-5 victory over sixth-seeded
Rhode Island College in a quarterfinal Little East Conference
tournament women’s lacrosse game played Tuesday night at the Owl
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Senior
defender Sydney Culbertson (North Kingston, R.I.) had two
goals and two assists for the Anchorwomen, while freshman goalie
Hilary Switzer (Woonsocket, R.I.) stopped five shots. |
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Keene State
(12-6) advances to the semifinals where it will face second seed
Southern Maine in Gorham on Thursday (3:30 p.m.). In other
quarterfinal action, fourth seed UMass-Dartmouth defeated fifth
Western Connecticut, 18-10. UMD will take on top seed Eastern
Connecticut in the second semifinals game on Thursday. The two
semifinal winners will meet for the championship Saturday at the
highest remaining seed. RIC’s (3-12) season comes to an end in the
loss. |
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After the two
teams traded goal in the opening four minutes, Keene State took
total command, scoring the next 10 goals of the game to take an 11-1
lead. Mazzotta scored all four of her goals and freshman attack
Jenny Lillis (West Islip, NY) had a pair of goals in the
uprising. The Owls went to the locker room with a 14-3 lead. |
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Senior attack
Lanaya Nelson, who finished with the game with three assists,
set a KSC season assists record (35). She broke the previous record
(34) held by Mason. Freshman attack Lauran Sawyer (Westbrook,
Me.) also put her name in the KSC record book by tying the mark
for assists in a game (6). Natalie Kent also had six helpers
in a game against Castleton State in 2002. |
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Sawyer had
three goals to go with her six assists. Freshman Jill Kirk (Port
Jefferson Station, N.Y.), Lillis, and senior Andrea Mitchell
(Bow, N.H.) had two goals each. Sophomore Dene Tully
(Peabody, Mass.), and freshmen Emily Persano (Somers, Conn.),
Annie Brown (Westwood, Mass.), and Kellie Olson (Spofford,
N.H.) also had single goals. |
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KSC junior
Jen Gearing (Westfield, Mass.) and freshman Meghan Ledoux
(Standish, Me.) each played a half in goal and made three saves. |
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Keene State
has won all 11 meetings between the two teams, including a 20-8
victory earlier this season in Providence. The Owls faced the
Anchorwomen twice in opening-round tournament action, winning 20-2
in 2002 and 12-11 (3-OT) last year. |
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