Lancers Win Pink Out Game On Adams OT Winner 

Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Lancers (5-5, 4-0) faceoff against the Southern Maine Huskies (7-5, 1-0) in their "Pink Out" game which supports the Rosen Cancer Awareness Fund. 

The Rosen Cancer Awareness Fund was created by alumni couple Greg Rosen 86' and Pam Rosen 87', which provides robust programming that supports peer-to-peer education regarding early cancer detection.

This year, four Worcester State fall Athletics teams will be donning Pink Out t-shirts, designed with the Rosen Cancer Awareness logo, throughout select games during the first two weeks in October. Pink Out shirts will also be for sale. There will be free informational giveaways and raffle tickets at $25 each to win a scratch ticket tree that includes $500 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets, with the winner being announced at halftime of the Homecoming football game October 28. All proceeds from the raffle and sales will benefit the Rosen Cancer Awareness fund.

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FINAL: LANCERS 3, SOUTHERN ME. 2

• Senior forward Grace Adams (Leominster, Mass.) recently won MASCAC offensive player of the week with four goals, three assists, and 11 points. Adams is currently tied for second in goals (6) and assists (4) in the conference.

• Senior forward Zoe Athanasopoulos (Hopedale, Mass.) enters tonight tied for first in the conference with seven goals. Athanasopoulos is also tied for third in points (3).

Zoe Athanasopoulos continued her goal dominance by starting off the scoring finding the back of the net in the sixth minute to lift the Lancers to an early 1-0 start. 

Southern Maine was not fazed by the Lancer early goal as they countered with a goal from Abigail Chartier just two minutes later. 

Chartier was not finished as she  followed her goal with another, two minutes later, to give the Huskies a 2-1 lead heading into halftime. 

Worcester had five penalty corners in the first half compared to the Huskies one. They were outshot 8-6. 

Athanasopoulos was shown yellow early in the first half, which showed the hustle for both teams on the turf. 

The second half was a defensive battle. Grace Adams was able to penetrate the Huskies defense in the 41st minute with a massive equalizer to balance the game at 2-2. 

Senior goalie Sam Gastonguay (Ashburnham, Mass.) swung the momentum of the game as she had an amazing save on a breakaway from the Huskies to keep the game tied. Gastonguay had five saves on the night off of seven shots from Southern Maine.

The game remained tied in regulation 2-2 as no team was able to pull away in sixty minutes. 

It did not take long, just seconds into the overtime period, but the reigning MASCAC offensive player of the week ripped a shot with decent yardage to finish off the Huskies and give the Lancers a winning streak heading into their next game. Sophomore midfielder Charlotte MacGregor (Bellingham, Mass.) had the assist on the play off the set piece corner of a perfect insert by first year Megan Goodwin (Keene, NH). 

With the win, the Lancers improve to (6-5, 4-0), while the Huskies drop to (7-7, 0-1) on the season. 

The next game for the Lancers will be away versus conference foe Salem State for an 11 a.m. passback on Saturday, October 7th.