Women's Lacrosse Gets By Westfield State, 15-11

Worcester State 15, Westfield State 11

Box Score

Worcester, MA --- The Worcester State College women's lacrosse team got six goals from junior Shannon Feeley (West Springfield, MA) as they concluded their New England Women's Lacrosse Alliance regular season schedule Saturday afternoon with a, 15-11, win over the visiting Westfield State College Owls at Coughlin Field. 

The win improves Worcester State to 7-3 (5-2 NEWLA) and drops Westfield State to 7-6 (4-3 NEWLA).  Worcester State has clinched a playoff berth and currently stands in third place in the NEWLA.  Westfield State is still in the playoff hunt and currently holding the fifth spot in the conference.

Feeley scored four of her six goals in the first half as Worcester State led, 7-6, at the break.  Other goal scorer's for the Lancers were Brittany Jamieson (Foxboro, MA), Megan Rosborough (Uxbridge, MA) and Carley MacIntyre (Townsend, MA).  Westfield State was paced in the first half by Alex Hudyka (East Longmeadow, MA) and Amanda Aborn (Waltham, MA) who each tallied a pair of first half goals.  Ally Brown (Andover, MA), and Whitney Baugh (Wilbraham, MA) also found the back of the net for the Owls.

Westfield State opened the second half with three straight goals to take a, 9-7, lead after the first five minutes of action.  Freshman Laura Chiricosta (Lexington, MA) scored a pair and Baugh added her second of the day to give the Owls the momentum.  The Lancers responded strongly; however, as they put up eight straight goals to put the game out of reach.  Jamieson had three in the second half to go along with two each from Angela Johnson (Ashby, MA) and Feeley.  Abby Cosenza (Shrewsbury, MA) rounded out the Lancer scoring.  Rachel Dionne (Feeding Hills, MA) and Chiricosta scored late goals late for Westfield State to account for the, 15-11, final.

Senior Lyndsey Nunes (West Springfield, MA) made 10 saves in earning the victory.  Kasey Rogers (West Springfield, MA) stopped 7 shots for the Owls.

Along with Feeley's six goals and one assist, Jamieson scored four and added an assist.  Feeley, who is the Lancers' second all-time leading scorer, reached a milestone on her third goal of the game as it was the 100^th goal of her career.   Westfield State's Chiricosta tallied the hat trick for the Owls.

Worcester State will travel to Rhode Island College on Tuesday.  Westfield State will visit Framingham State on Tuesday.