DUDLEY, Mass. – The Colby-Sawyer women’s lacrosse team snapped a nine-game losing streak with an 18-4 The Commonwealth Coast Conference victory over Nichols at Vendetti Field Saturday afternoon. The Chargers improve to 3-9 overall and 2-7 in TCCC games. The Bison fall to 3-8 overall and 0-7 in TCCC action.
Colby-Sawyer received four goals from sophomore Hannah Cullen and five points from freshman Liz Allen, who potted three goals to go with two assists. Samantha Draper added a pair of goals, and Laura Strelis scored a goal and notched two assists.
Krista-Jean Forand (Plymouth, Mass.), Brittany Tremont (Guilford, Conn.), Arianna Perotti (No. Scituate, R.I.) and Annie Chen (Framingham, Mass.) all scored for the Bison.
The Chargers took a 2-0 lead before Forand brought the Bison within one less than five minutes into the game. Colby-Sawyer notched four-straight after that, including back-to-back tallies from Cullen.
Chen netted one for Nichols at 13:42 to make the score 6-2 in favor of the visitors, but four more from the Chargers, including three free-position tallies, gave Colby-Sawyer a 10-2 cushion. The teams traded goals before halftime for an 11-3 scoreboard display at the half.
Cullen struck twice as the second half opened, and Allicia Murphy added a free-position marker for a 14-3 advantage before Nichols’ Emily Yourie (Ellington, Conn.) fed Perotti for a breakaway goal.
The Chargers closed the game with four-straight tallies, including the first career marker for freshman Sam Rober.
Alicia Foss made four saves for the Chargers before giving way to Ali Herrera for the final 5:57. Mary Michaud (Agawam, Mass.) took the loss with 20 saves.
Colby-Sawyer held a 19-16 groundball advantage and maintained a 17-7 lead in draw controls, led by four from Allen. The Chargers hit 7 of 20 free position shots in the game.
Nichols returns to action on Wednesday when the Bison host Western New England College in a 7 p.m. game at Vendetti Field. Colby-Sawyer is finished with conference play, and hosts Castleton State Tuesday at 4 p.m.
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