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WOMEN'S LACROSSE UPENDS WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY
April 3, 2011

WOMEN'S LACROSSE UPENDS WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY

Bear, DE (4/2/11) The Dominican College women's lacrosse team defeated Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opponent, Wilmington University, 9-8 yesterday for the second time this week to improve to 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the conference play.

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Bear, DE (4/2/11)  The Dominican College women's lacrosse team defeated Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opponent, Wilmington University, 9-8 yesterday for the second time this week to improve to 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the conference play.

Senior Sarah Kiernan (Saugerties, NY) led the Lady Chargers with the hat trick of three goals in the the game.

Junior midfielder Aubree Williams (Great Meadows, NJ) and senior Silje Karlsen (Vernon, NJ) each netted two goals a-piece in the victory.

Goalie Amanda Caprio (Point Pleasant, NJ) made eight saves in the win.

The Wildcats held a 2-0 lead when Dominican charged back with a 2-0 spurt of their own as Karlsen converted a free position shot and Kiernan scored her first goal of the game off the assist from Michelle Fiorvanti (Commack, NY) to tie the score at 2-2.

A second 2-0 run by Wilmington regained a 4-2 lead, but Karlsen netted her second goal with 10:13 left before halftime to cut the lead to 4-3.  After another WU goal to go up 5-3, the Lady Chargers closed out the first half scoring with two consecutive goals off the sticks of Kiernan and Williams with asists going to Olivia Antonopoulos (Baldwin, NY) and N'Jameh Philip (Monroe, NY) to even things up at 5-5 at halftime.

Dominican continued on their scoring run with two man-up goals as Fiorvanti recorded her first goal of the game and Kiernan tallied her third game goal to complete a 4-0 run and can their first lead of the game, 7-5.

Wilmington came back to tie the game with another 2-0 run, but freshman midfielder Traci-Joan Muniz (Middlesex, NJ) put DC ahead with an unassisted goal with 13:34 left in regulation to regain an 8-7 advantage.

WU came back to tie the score at 8-8, but Williams scored the game winning goal with 2:56 left to play for the final 9-8 Lady Charger victory.

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.