NEW LONDON, N.H. – April 28, 2017 – The fourth seeded Colby-Sawyer women's lacrosse team defeated fifth seeded Husson University, 18-12, in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Tournament quarterfinal contest on Friday afternoon.  

The Chargers improve to 10-6 and will travel to Vermont on Sunday to play top seed Castleton at 1 p.m. in the NAC semifinals. Husson ends its season at 6-7.

Colby-Sawyer sophomore Sierra Schuster (Hopkinton, N.H.) led all players with six goals. Junior Nicole Lavigne (Berlin, Vt.) added five goals, seven draw controls, six ground balls and five caused turnovers. Lavigne has 73 points this season, which is the third most in program history. Freshman Grace Vosburgh (Ludlow, Vt.) registered a hat trick and an assist.

Husson received goals from seven different players. Freshman Makenna Mont (Freetown, Mass.), senior Mattie Russell (Hope Valley, R.I.), junior Amanda Deshaies (Wells, Maine), freshman Cali Newton (Rochester, N.H.) and senior Mariah Carrier (Lewiston, Maine) finished with two goals apiece. Deshaies added four ground balls, three draw controls and three caused turnovers.

The two teams alternated the first six goals of the game to make the score 3-3 midway through the opening half. Husson then took a lead on an unassisted goal from Cali Newton at 14:22. The Chargers responded with a 3-0 run on a pair of goals from Vosburgh and one from Lavigne to go in front 6-4 with 5:38 left in the first. Newton ended the scoring in the half for the Eagles and pulled the visitors to within one at the break, 6-5.

Husson carried the momentum of the final goal of the first half to notch the first of the second to tie the game at 6-6. Colby-Sawyer answered with nine goals in 10 minutes to break the game open, 15-6. The Eagles stopped the run with goals from Mont and Russell, but Colby-Sawyer responded once again with tallies from Lavigne and junior Bailey Starr (Barre, Vt.) to regain a nine goal advantage, 17-8. Husson outscored Colby-Sawyer 4-1 in the final 10 minutes, but the Chargers had built a comfortable lead to secure the 18-12 victory.  

Colby-Sawyer goalie Meghan Castellano (Wallingford, Conn.) earned the win with four saves in 53 minutes. Freshman Kailyn Lapham (Medway, Mass.) played the final seven minutes and made three saves. Husson goaltender Kaitlin Dolloff (Richmond, R.I.) made 14 stops in the loss. 

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