Cool Dozen: Union Into Liberty Finals
from press releases
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Behind five goals each from
sophomores Chelsea Charette and Kristin Joyce, the top-seeded Union
College women's lacrosse team (14-2) advanced to the Liberty League
Championship game with a 16-7 victory against fourth-seeded
Rochester (8-9) on Friday afternoon at Frank Bailey Field. The No.
6 Dutchwomen will face the winner of second-seeded Hamilton and
fourth-seeded Williams Smith on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Joyce finished the day with seven points, while Charette had six.
Junior Allie Cuozzo was another multi-goal scorer with two goals on
four shots.
Mary Kate Hannan led Rochester with two goals and an assist, while
senior Abby Woodword had two goals.
The two teams played the 15 minutes even with Union striking first
at 27:10 when Joyce hooked up with a pass from Charette. The
Yellowjackets wasn't responded less than three minutes later at
24:45 with a goal from senior Erica Gelb on a free position.
The two teams exchanged goals with Charette finding the back of the
net at 20:44 and Hannan.
Charette gave Union the lead for good at 14:44 when he tallied her
41st goal of the season, sparking a four-goal run that gave Union a
6-2 lead at the half.
Dakin struck early in the second half for Rochester to pull within
three, but the Dutchwomen responded with three straight goals --
two from Charette and one from Cuozzo.
Woodword scored on a free position to make it 9-4 at the 24:01
mark.
Still playing with a five-goal lead, Charette scored at 21:51 from
senior Liz Zamore. The goal was the first of six straight for Union
-- a run that included goals from Cuozzo, junior Jill LaForest,
freshman Kat Egizi and two from Joyce.
Rochester junior Danielle Mondro and Woodward scored back-to-back
to make it 15-6 with 9:31 remaining. Both team's exchanged goals
during the final six minutes to produce the final result.
Between the pipes, Union sophomore Cat Ruggiero six saves fro her
12th win of the year. Rochester senior Leslie Dube made six
stops.
The Dutchwomen outshot the Yellowjackets, 30-18, and won the
groundball battle, 30-17.
Union will be playing in the conference title game for the sixth
consecutive year.
