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2
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 8-6, 3-3
20
Winner Western Conn. St. WESTERN 12-4, 6-0
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN
8-6, 3-3
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Final
20
Western Conn. St. WESTERN
12-4, 6-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 1 1 0 0 2
Western Conn. St. WESTERN 5 7 2 6 20

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Riggio Nets Seven Goals as Wolves Race Past Eastern, 20-2

DANBURY, Conn. – Junior attack Alexa Riggio (Massapequa, N.Y.) tallied a game-high seven goals, while classmate Colleen Foley (Kingston, Mass.) netted six to go along with two assists as the Western Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team raced past Eastern Connecticut, 20-2, in a Little East Conference matchup at the Westside Athletic Complex on Tuesday night.

With the win, WestConn captured the LEC Regular Season crown and earned the top seed in the upcoming LEC Postseason Championship Tournament slated to begin next week. They upped their record to 12-4 overall and 6-0 in league play, while Eastern dropped to 8-6 and 3-3.

It was all Wolves from start-to-finish. Senior attack Dominique DeMarsico (Danbury, Conn.) got things rolling when she scooped up a groundball turnover in the Eastern zone and fired home her team-leading 54th goal of the season less than a minute into the game. Riggio and Foley would each add a pair to give the hosts a 5-1 lead at the end of a lengthy foul-filled first quarter.

Eastern junior Caroline Stent (Weatogue, Conn.) cut the deficit to 7-2 when she canned her team-leading 49th goal of the year with the extra player advantage.

However, WestConn continued to pile up the points. Foley found Riggio on a fast break off a draw control, widening the gap to 10-2. They would earn running time with a 12-2 lead at halftime.

Senior Brianna Pota (East Meadow, N.Y.), sophomore Colleen Crotty (Peabody, Mass.) and rookie Hayley Romeo (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) would also pierce the scoring column for the hosts in the second half. Junior Meghan Lorenzen (Stony Brook, N.Y) – the reigning LEC Defensive Player of the Week – contributed with game-highs of eight draw controls and three caused turnovers to go along with five groundballs.

Junior goalkeeper Anna Schipf (Babylon, Conn.) was stellar shielding the WestConn twine once again. She finished with four saves, improving to 10-4 overall. Junior goalie Sarah Gallagher (South Windsor, Conn.) faced a 39-shot barrage and recorded eight saves, falling to 5-4.

The Wolves return to action when they in when they host a regular season finale matchup against LEC foe Southern Maine on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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