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APRIL 2013
Women’s Lacrosse Off to Best Start in Program History On April 3, the Emmanuel College Women’s Lacrosse team posted a 13-7 victory over Norwich University and has now won five games on the year, already matching its total from the 2012 season.
BURLINGTON, Vt. –Freshman Sarah Higgins (Groveland, Mass.) and sophomore Madison Altwies (Southington, Conn.) recorded four goals each to lead the Emmanuel College Women’s Lacrosse Team to a 13-7 win over the Cadets of Norwich University on Wednesday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action at the University of Vermont’s Virtue Field. The Saints battled to a 9-5 first half lead and then doubled up the Cadets in the second stanza, outscoring Norwich, 4-2, en route to the six-goal win. Norwich had previously
defeated Emmanuel, 20-4, during the 2012 regular season and 14-4 in the opening round of last year’s GNAC Tournament. With this afternoon’s win, the Saints improve to 5-2 overall and .500 at 2-2 in GNAC play. The 5-2 start in the best in the program’s brief three-year history. With the loss, the Cadets fall to 1-4 overall and 1-3 in GNAC action. In addition to the combined eight goals by Higgins and Altwies, the Saints received offensive contributions from Sarah Wootten (Berlin, Md.) with two goals, and a goal each from Kristen Tuleja (Mansfield, Mass.), Monica Burdick (Pawcatuck, continued on page 4...
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Members from the 2013 Women’s Lacrosse team are all smiles after starting the season with a 5-2 record for the best start in the program’s history.
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By the Numbers – The 2013 Emmanuel College softball team currently leads the Great Northeast Athletic Conference with 58 stolen bases while ranking ninth in the nation averaging 2.9 steals per game. The squad has matched their program-record total from last year at 58 thefts and still has 20 regular season games remaining on their schedule. Click here to see the 2013 Softball Statistics
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