DOMINICAN WOMEN'S LACROSSE FALL IN CACC SEMI-FINALS

Lakewood, N.J. (5/3/19) The #4 Dominican College women's lacrosse team fell to the top-seeded Lions of Georgian Court University, 20-10, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Semi-Final game played on the GCU Turf Field.

The Dominican College women's lacrosse team fell in a CACC Championship Quarterfinal game against #4 Chestnut Hill College.

Team Stats

May 3, 2019

Lakewood, N.J. (5/3/19) The #4 Dominican College women's lacrosse team fell to the top-seeded Lions of Georgian Court University, 20-10, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Semi-Final game played on the GCU Turf Field.

Following the loss, the Lady Chargers end the season with an overall record of 6-10.

Junior attacker Alayna Heegan (North Babylon, N.Y.) led Dominican with three goals.

Jenna Fox (Stony Point, N.Y.) finished the game with two goals and a team best four assists, while Taylor Sobel (Oradell, N.J.) and Melissa Peysson (East Meadow, N.Y.) netted two goals a-piece.

Goalie Rebecca Nutting (Marcellus, N.Y.) made nine saves in the loss.

The Lady Chargers struck first as Heegan netted a goal off the pass from Fox with 27:46 left in the first half.  GCU answered back with three straight scores before DC recorded back-to-back goals off the sticks of Heegan and Fox to knot the score 3-3 with under 20 minutes left in the half.  A 5-0 Lion run put them up 8-3 and they closed out the half on a 5-2 run to extend the lead to 13-5.

Dominican closed out the game with the last four goals as Peysson and Sobel scored two times each for the final 20-10 loss. 

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.