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WOMEN'S LACROSSE DEFEATS KEAN UNIVERSITY FOR FIRST WIN OF SEASON
March 26, 2009

WOMEN'S LACROSSE DEFEATS KEAN UNIVERSITY FOR FIRST WIN OF SEASON

Orangeburg, NY (3/26/09) The Dominican College women's lacrosse team won their first game of the 2009 season after defeating visiting Kean University, 17-14 this afternoon at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.

Box Score

Orangeburg, NY (3/26/09)  The Dominican College women's lacrosse team won their first game of the 2009 season after defeating visiting Kean University, 17-14 this afternoon at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.

Kean got on the board first with a free position goal, but the Lady Chargers quickly rebounded with a free position goal of the own to tie the game at 1-1 early in the first half.  After another KU goal, DC went on a 4-0 run to take a 5-2 lead.  Kean went on to outscore Dominican 7-5 in the final 16 minutes of the first half to trail 10-9 at the break.

KU wasted no time in tying the game 10-10 early in the second half.  Both teams traded goals over the four minutes until the Lady Chargers netted four answered goals to take a 16-12 lead with 12:39 left in the game.   Kean put together a 2-0 run, but DC closed out the game with a goal to hang on to the 17-14 win.

Freshman midfielder Aubree Williams (Great Meadows, NJ) led the Lady Chargers with six points (4 goals, 2 assists).  Sophomore attacker Amanda Matos (Vernon, NJ) had five points (4 goals, 1 assist), while Silje Karlsen (Vernon, NJ) and Ashley Ordemann (Toms River, NJ) each had four points, with Karlsen netting four goals and Ordemann had three goals and one assist.

Goalie Lindsey Grundfast (Saugerties, NY) had 10 saves in the win.

Dominican improves to 1-4 overall.

DC is back in action on Saturday when they travel to Wilmington University in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) women's lacrosse action.  Game time is slated for 12pm.

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.