NEW LONDON, N.H. – April 25, 2015 – The Colby-Sawyer women's lacrosse team defeated New England College, 17-4 in the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Tournament First Round on Saturday afternoon.

The third seed Chargers will travel to second seed Thomas on Wednesday for a semifinal matchup at 4:00 p.m. The Terriers edged Colby-Sawyer 7-6 in the regular season contest in Waterville. Husson and UMaine-Farmington will play a first round contest tomorrow with the winner advancing to a semifinal contest at top seed Castleton 

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Colby-Sawyer has won seven straight games and improves to 10-5 overall. The 10 wins are tied for second most in season with the squad from 2005.

New England College ends its season at 4-13.

The Pilgrims got the scoring started 1:12 into the game with a goal from junior Gabriella Bigos (Branford, Conn.), but Colby-Sawyer would then take control of the game scoring the next four goals.

The visitors got a goal back at 18:54 to cut the deficit to 4-2, but the Chargers closed the half on a 7-0 run to take an 11-2 lead into the break.

After the first eight minutes of the second half was scoreless, NEC once again was first to score in the frame on a goal from Elizabeth Bois (Westbrook, Maine). In the next seven minutes, Colby-Sawyer received a goal from senior Michelle Upham (Chelsea, Vt.) and a pair from junior Caitlyn Whearty (Hampstead, N.H.) to take a 14-3 lead.

Bigos added her second goal of the game with 11:31 left to play, but the Chargers offense possessed the ball for most of the remainder of the contest and added three goals to secure the 17-4 victory.

Whearty scored a game best five goals for the Chargers, while senior Alyssia Janak (Bourne, Mass.) and freshman Nicole Lavigne (Berlin, Vt.) added three goals apiece. Janak also collected three assists to give her 28 on the season, which is tied for second most in a season with Brittney Murphy '12. Janak has 43 career helpers, which ranks her third all-time, passing the 41 assists from Meredith Buzzi '03.

Colby-Sawyer goalie Meghan Castellano (Wallingford, Conn.) had eight saves to pick up her 10th win of the season, which ties the single season record with Anita Watterson '07.  

Sophomore Allison Granata (Norwalk, Conn.) had a goal for the Pilgrims and a game-high seven ground balls. NEC goalie Mackenzie Meegan (Phoenix, Ariz.) made eight stops in net.