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April 21, 2007
Women's Lacrosse: Norwich 13 Elms College 7
Chicopee, MA - Norwich midfield Allison Daniels
logged a game-high four-goal effort as the Cadets used a big first-half
run to pull away to a 13-7 win over the Blazers in Saturday’s
New England Women’s Lacrosse Alliance (NEWLA) game at Leary
Field.
Norwich won its fifth straight game and improved to 6-2 overall
and remained in third place in the NEWLA standings at 4-1. Elms
College fell to 1-8 overall, 1-5 NEWLA.
Elms commenced the scoring when Jill Jacobs scored
her third goal of the year 4:41 into the opening half to give the
Blazers a 1-0 lead.
Norwich then responded with seven unanswered goals over the next
12:27, including two each from Daniels and Ashley Haviland
to build a 7-1 lead.
Colleen Strunk and Ashley Ziemba
answered with goals to cut the Blazers’ deficit to 7-3.
Kristen Lewis and Daniels tallied in the final
2:50 of the half to give Norwich a 9-3 lead at intermission.
The Blazers would close to within 10-5 following Caitlin
Childs’ team-leading 15th goal of the year with 9:07
remaining in the game.
Norwich's Kathleen Hennessy then scored all three
of her goals in the final 7:01 to seal the Cadets’ victory.
Jacobs and Raemarie Josefiak netted two goals
apiece.
Goalkeeper Katie Fraser stopped 11 shots to post
her sixth win of the year for the Cadets, while goalie Alicia
Bobbie finished with 18 stops for the Blazers.
Norwich will be back in action on Monday with a NEWLA road venture
to Western New England at 4:00 pm. Elms College returns to non-conference
play with a game at St. Joseph’s College (CT) on Monday at
4:00 pm.
(Story courtesy of Elms Sports Information.)
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