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Women’s Lax Remain Undefeated in NEAC with 19-9 Win
April 3, 2009
Senior Trista Partridge netted four goals and added an assist.
The Keuka College women’s lacrosse team won its second straight North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) game as they knocked off the Mavericks of Medaille College on the road by a score of 19-9 on Thursday.
Keuka has now outscored its NEAC foe’s 35-11 in two games as they improve to 2-0 in the conference and 2-2 overall. Medaille falls to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the NEAC.
The two teams played a close first half with Keuka holding a one-goal advantage (8-7) at the break. The second half belonged soley to the Storm as they outscored Medaille 11-2 in the half. Keuka out-shot Medaille 39-19 for the game and 21-7 in the second half. The Storm also dominated the ground balls (26-17) and draw controls (18-11).
Senior Trista Partridge (Bath, N.Y./Haverling) led the scoring with four goals and an assist, giving her nine points on the season. Sophomore Brandy Shafer (Rochester, N.Y./Eastridge) also poured in four goals bumping her up to 11 goals in three games.
Sophomore Laura Dougherty (Geneva, N.Y./Geneva) had a solid all-around game with three goals and three assists to finish with a game-high six points. Classmate Jennifer Bush (Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) also scored three goals. Sophomores Brittany Murray (Heuvelton, N.Y./Heuvelton) and Courtney Potochniak (Endicott, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) both finished with two goals and a team-high five ground balls. Senior Brenna Leach (Rochester, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy) added a goal and four draw controls.
Senior goalie Audrey Randall (Fabius, N.Y./Fabius-Pompey) stopped seven shots in goal while her counterpart, Betty Herberger, had 13 saves in goal.
Keuka will next play at home this Friday, April 3 against Wells College beginning at 4 pm.
