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April 20, 2011 |
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VOYER HAS CAREER NIGHT IN,
18-10,
WIN AT WHEELOCK
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Boston, Mass.-Junior
attacker Molly Voyer (Lincoln, RI) recorded a career-high 10
points on four goals and six assists as the Rhode Island College
women's lacrosse team scored an 18-10 win at Wheelock on Wednesday
night. |
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The Anchorwomen (5-7) needed
the win, having come into the game having lost six of their previous
seven. Wheelock drops to 0-10 on the season. |
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Junior
attacker Molly Voyer |
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Freshman midfielder
Jessalyn O'Neill (North Providence, RI) posted a hat trick with
three markers, to go along with five ground balls and four draw
controls. Four additional Anchorwomen each scored twice,
including junior and former goalkeeper Hilary Switzer
(Woonsocket, RI). |
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Freshman goalkeeper Taryn
Carbone (Cranston, RI) made six saves to earn the win (5-7). |
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Junior
Kylie Hefford (Exeter, NH) matched her season high with four
goals for Wheelock, while freshman Christina Cubera (Baltimore,
MD) turned in her first college hat trick. Sophomore Despina
Savvoulides (Norwalk, CT) scored twice, while junior Karlye
Kennedy (Byfield, MA) notched 10 draw controls, doubling the
team's previous high this season. Sophomore Alexandra Perry
(Malden, MA) made seven saves. |
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Switzer
scored the first of her two goals after 46 seconds to give the
Anchorwomen the lead, but Wheelock later erased an early two-goal
deficit with markers 1:03 apart. Hefford tallied at 26:05 before
Cubera's free-position goal knotted the game at 25:02. |
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However,
the visitors eventually scored twice in 16 seconds to take the lead
for good during a 3-0 run, with Voyer capping that stretch by making
the score 5-2 at the 19:50 mark. Kennedy and Hefford netted the next
two goals, drawing their team within 5-4, before Rhode Island
College utilized a 5-1 run to grab a five-goal advantage at 3:08.
Hefford scored with 2:10 remaining in the opening stanza to create a
10-6 margin by halftime. |
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Voyer
had a hand in six of the Anchorwomen's eight second-half goals,
helping her team push its lead out to 17-8 with fewer than 10
minutes left. The Wildcats tallied two of the game's final three
goals, with Savvoulides scoring at 6:05 and Cubera netting
Wheelock's 10th marker with 58 seconds to go, helping her team
surpass its previous high of nine goals. |
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In upcoming action, Rhode Island
College will host Eastern Connecticut on Saturday, April 23 (1 p.m.)
in a Little East Conference matchup. |
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