LADY CHARGERS OUTLAST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

Springfield, Mass. (4/5/14) The Dominican College women's lacrosse team improved to 4-4 overall after defeating host, American International College, 10-7, this afternoon in non-conference action at Abdow Field.

LADY CHARGERS OUTLAST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

Team Stats

April 5, 2014

Springfield, Mass. (4/5/14)  The Dominican College women's lacrosse team improved to 4-4 overall after defeating host, American International College, 10-7, this afternoon in non-conference action at Abdow Field. 

Junior Allison Smithwick (Commack, N.Y.) sparked the Lady Charger offense with three game goals.

Traci-Joan Muniz* (Middlesex, N.J.), Christina Brennan (Washington Township, N.J.) and Haliann Fitzgerald (Walden, N.Y.) all scored two goals a piece in the win with Muniz and Brennan adding an assist.

Emily Murray (Oakdale, N.Y.) scored one goal and one assist.

AIC got on the scoreboard first with a goal just 50 seconds into the contest.  DC then went on a 2-0 spurt, but the Yellow Jackets tied the game with 19:03 left in the first half.  Fitzgerald regained the lead for the Lady Chargers, but AIC re-tied the score at 3-3 with 17:35 remaining before the break. 

Dominican closed out first half scoring with four unanswered goals to take a 7-3 advantage into the break.

Muniz opened the second half scoring to increase the lead to five goals, but the Yellow Jackets came back with a 3-0 run to cut the lead to 8-6.  Another 2-0 DC run rebuilt a 10-6 lead and AIC closed out the game with a goal for the final 10-7 score.

Goalie Brittany Kiernan (Clarkstown, N.Y.) made nine saves in the victory.

 

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.