BOX SCORE

CASTLETON, Vt. - March 17, 2010 -  The Colby-Sawyer women's lacrosse team fell to Castleton College 18-8. The loss moves the Chargers to 1-3 on the season.

Brittney Murphy led the Chargers with three goals and one assist, while Elaina Kennedy added two goals and one assist. Hannah Cullen,  Victoria Bove and Samantha Draper rounded out the Charger scorers.

Colby-Sawyer got on the board first on Cullen's fourth goal of the season, but Castleton answered with five-straight scores and never looked back in improving to 2-1 on the young season. Castleton's Marie VanDerKar (Manchester, Vt.) tallied a pair during the surge, and Stephanie Paproski (Newtown, Conn.) added a goal and an assist to bolster the early attack.

Murphy cut the lead to three with just over 21 minutes remaining, but back-to-back goals from Castleton's Katelyn Nardini (Scotia-Glenville, N.Y.) and Nicole Adams (Rutland, Vt.) pushed the lead to 7-2 with 11:29 remaining in the first half. The Chargers outscored Castleton 3-2 over the remainder of the half, and the Spartans took a 9-5 lead into the interval.

The second half belonged to the Spartans as Paproski opened the scoring just one minute in, and tallied once more just one-minute-and-thirty-six seconds later to push the lead to 11-5. Castleton never led by less than five the remainder of the contest in securing the win.

Natalie Hogeland stopped eight shots on goal and led the Chargers with seven ground balls. Deb MacEachern corralled six ground balls and had a team-high three caused turnovers.

Colby-Sawyer opens play in The Commonwealth Coast Conference Saturday at Salve Regina, first draw set for 1:00 p.m.