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Women’s Lax Wins Semifinal Game; To Play Wells for NEAC Title
April 24, 2010
Junior Courtney Potochniak had three goals and two assists.
The No. 2 seeded Storm took down the No. 3 seeded Mustangs of SUNY Morrisville by a score of 16-9 in a semifinal match-up at Wells College on Saturday. The Storm will try and defend its NEAC title by facing the top seeded Express of Wells College on Sunday, April 25 beginning at 1 pm.
Keuka improved to 8-5 on the season while Morrisville ends its season at 5-9.
The Storm used a huge first half to put the game out of reach from the Mustangs. Keuka tallied 11 first-half goals while holding Morrisville to just five. The Storm outscored Morrisville 5-4 in the second half. Keuka took 40 shots while allowing just 21. The Storm had eight more ground balls (19-11).
Junior Brandy Shafer (Rochester, N.Y./Eastridge) led Keuka with six goals while classmate Courtney Potochniak (Endicott, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) added three goals and two assists. Junior Laura Dougherty (Geneva, N.Y./Geneva) had three scores and an assist while senior Trista Partridge (Bath, N.Y./Haverling) also scored three goals. Junior Jennifer Bush (Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) chipped in with a goal and two assists.
Rookie goalie Molly Hogan (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) collected seven saves while Morrisville had 12 saves.
