Worcester State 9, Western Connecticut 7
Worcester, MA – The Worcester State College women’s
lacrosse team got a hat trick from junior Shannon
Feeley (West Springfield, MA) as they won their 2008
season opener, 9-7, over the Colonials of Western Connecticut State
University on a frigid Tuesday night at Coughlin Field. The win
gets the Lancers off to a 1-0 start while WestConn falls to 0-4 on
the young season.
WestConn’s Ashley Caruso (Northport, CT)
opened the scoring with 21:29 remaining in the half when she found
the back of the net on an unassisted score. Feeley answered back
less than a minute later with her first of the season to tie the
game at, 1-1.
After Brittany Jamieson (Foxboro, MA) gave the
Lancers the lead, 2-1, WestConn got back to back goals from
Whitney Fairchild (New Milford, CT) and
Caitlin Everin (Glastonbury, CT) to take the lead
back from Worcester State. Trailing, 3-2, Worcester State scored
four unanswered goals late in the half which proved to be the
difference in the evenly matched contest. Freshmen Angela
Johnson (Ashby, MA) and Colleen Manning
(Plainville, MA) each scored followed by sophomore Abby
Cosenza (Shrewsbury, MA) and Feeley’s second of the
game to give Worcester State a, 6-3, lead. Caruso added a late
WestConn goal to set the score at, 6-4, going to the break
Everin opened the second half with her second goal of the game for
the Colonials to halve their deficit before Cosenza and junior
Megan Rosborough (Uxbridge, MA) scored back to
back to give Worcester State a three score lead at, 8-5. Caruso
then scored her third and fourth of the night to bring the
Colonials to within a goal but they would get no closer. Feeley
added her third of the game with 3:47 left for the, 9-7, final.
Worcester State All-NEWLA goaltender Lyndsey Nunes
(West Springfield, MA) made 7 stops on the night while her
counterpart Angela Vargas (Stonington, CT) made 10
saves.
Feeley paced the Lancers with 3 goals and an assist. Cosenza was
the only other multiple goal scorer with a pair of goals and a
helper. WestConn was paced by game-high scorer Caruso who ended
with 4 goals and a pair of assists.
Worcester State will begin their conference slate on Thursday when
they travel to Emerson College. Western Connecticut will host
Plymouth State on Friday.