NEW LONDON, N.H. – April 3, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer College women's lacrosse team had its 6-game win streak snapped on Wednesday by Castleton, 16-10, in very windy conditions at the Sally Shaw Veitch Turf Field.

Castleton improves to 5-4. The Spartans resume Little East Conference (LEC) action on Saturday at home against Southern Maine with a 10:30 a.m. start time. Colby-Sawyer drops to 7-3. The Chargers return to Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action on Saturday with a 12 p.m. start against Albertus Magnus.  

The Spartans received five goals from junior Erin Shuttle (Georgia, Vt.). She added three draws and three caused turnovers. Junior Morgan Derosia (Vernon, Vt.) tallied four goals, two assists and six draw controls. Senior Megan Wood (Waterford, Vt.) also posted six points. She finished with three goals and three assists to go along with four ground balls and six draws.

Senior Brittany Ireland (Amherst, N.H.) led Colby-Sawyer with four points on three goals and an assist. Sophomores Sarah Morin (Pelham, N.H.) and Briana Couture (South Hadley, Mass.) contributed two goals and an assist apiece. Sophomore Talia Dinger (Penacook, N.H.) registered a pair of goals.  

Castleton senior goalie Samantha Hebb (Ashland, Mass.) had 10 saves in the victory, while Colby-Sawyer junior goalie Kailyn Lapham (Medway, Mass.) made five saves in the loss.

The home team got on the board first when Ireland found the back of the net 3:25 into the contest. Castleton then began clicking and scored six-straight goals, in a span of 15 minutes, to take a 6-1 advantage.

The Chargers regrouped and battled back to cut the deficit to 6-4 at the half after a goal from Couture and two by Ireland, including one with 1.6 seconds left on the clock.

The second half began just like the first, as Colby-Sawyer opened the scoring to pull within one. Castleton stopped the four-goal run by the Chargers with three tallies to go in front 9-5.

Colby-Sawyer scored three of the next four goals, including a pair by Dinger, to pull within a couple at 10-8.

The Spartans then scored six times in six minutes to pull away from Colby-Sawyer and secure the win. Colby-Sawyer was able to get on the board twice in the last few minutes, but Castleton came away with the 16-10 victory.

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