CASTLETON, Vt. - April 6, 2016 - The Colby-Sawyer women's lacrosse team had its four-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday night after a 15-6 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) loss at Castleton. 

The Chargers fall to 4-5 overall and suffer their first conference loss to drop to 3-1. Colby-Sawyer will look to rebound on Saturday at home against Thomas College. Castleton improves to 5-4 overall and 3-0 in the NAC. 

After trailing 9-1 at halftime, the Chargers played a near even game with the Spartans in the second half with just a one goal discrepency, 6-5. 

Sara Berry led the Chargers with a hat trick, while Bailey Starr, Nicole Lavigne and Caitlyn Whearty added a goal apiece. Berry also had four ground balls and three draw controls. Starr collected a game best six draw controls. 

Brianna MacKay scored on each of her first six shots and ended the game with seven goals on nine shots. The final tally was the 100th of her career, becoming just the 11th player in program history to reach that milestone. She also picked up four ground balls in the contest. Brandi Whittemore had two goals, two assists, two ground balls and two caused turnovers for the Spartans. Chantel Wilkin added one goal and one assist. 

Castleton had two goalies split time in net. Meghan Els played the first half and allowed one goal with four saves. Rachel Bombardier gave up five second half goals and made a pair of saves. Meghan Castellano made seven stops for the Chargers. 

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