April 13, 2002

WORCESTER, Mass. - The Lafayette women's lacrosse team inched closer to clinching the top spot in the league with a 10-7 win over Holy Cross on Saturday in Worchester, Mass. The win improved Lafayette to 4-0 in the Patriot League while the Crusaders fell to 2-4.

Lafayette dominated the first 16 minutes of the game jumping out to a 5-0 lead on goals by Stone (2), Stephanie Tinney, Fallon Cunningham and Kim Maron. HC's Justine Reeber netted the Crusaders lone goal of the first half at 18:19 to cut the lead to 5-1.

Maron opened the second half scoring at 27:40 to give Lafayette a 6-1 advantage. Holy Cross responded just 0:23 seconds later when Katie Britt tallied her first goal the afternoon to make the score 6-2. Lafayette scored three unanswered goals to push its' lead to 9-2. Britt converted a pass from teammate Erin Rowse at 25:47 to end the Leopards' run. Rowse then cut the LC lead to 9-4 when she found the back of the net less than three minutes later.

The Leopards' Heather McClelland put Lafayette ahead 10-4 when she scored with 9:25 remaining. The Crusaders scored three straight goals from Britt, Jana Tencate and Kerry Daly to end the scoring at 10-7.

Senior goalie Leela Strong stopped 15 shots for the Leopards. Kellaigh Malangone made 13 saves in net for the Crusaders.

Scoring:First Half:LC Stephanie Tinney (unassisted), 29:21LC Jennifer Stone (unassisted), 26:00LC Fallon Cunningham (unassisted), 24:56LC Kim Maron (Stone), 16:56LC Stone (Katie Curtin), 14:37HC Justine Reeber (unassisted), 11:39
Second Half:LC Maron (Stone), 27:50HC Katie Britt (unassisted), 27:27LC Erin Gallagher (Heather McClelland), 25:49LC Maron (unassisted), 23:56LC McClelland (unassisted), 16:36HC Britt (Erin Rowse), 15:47HC Rowse (unassisted), 14:00LC McClelland (Gallagher), 9:25HC Britt (unassisted), 7:07HC Jana Tencati (Britt), 2:36HC Kerry Daly (Free position), 0:53