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APRIL 2014
Twice As Nice: GNAC Lacrosse Champions!! Over the weekend of April 26 & 27, both the Emmanuel College men’s and women’s lacrosse team’s won their respective Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament Championships to capture each program’s first-ever GNAC Title. The women’s team defeated Saint Joseph’s College (ME), 17-7 while the men’s team downed Becker, 9-3. Women’s Championship Recap:
The No. 1-seeded Emmanuel College Women’s Lacrosse Team won the program’s first-ever conference title, defeating No. 2-seeded Saint Joseph’s College (Me.), 17-7, in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship. With the win, coming on a rainsoaked Roberto Clemente Field on April 26, the 15-2 Saints have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will advance to play in the national tournament on May 7th. Finishing as the conference runner-up, Saint Joseph’s falls to 12-8 on the season. Sophomore middie Kristen Tuleja (Mansfield, Mass.) got
the Saints on the board first, scoring off an assist from classmate Sarah Higgins (Groveland, Mass.) just four minutes into the action. This would be the first of six goals on the night for Emmanuel’s all-time leading scorer and the Saints took a 1-0 lead. St. Joe’s quickly tied things up, when Krystal Walsh (Springvale, Maine) notched an unassisted tally eight minutes into the first half. Higgins and Tuleja would reverse the combination, as Higgins netted her 42nd goal of the season and EC led 2-1. Just one minute later, senior midfielder Cassie Diplock (Augusta, Maine) scored to tie things up again for the Monks at two-all. The Saints then went on a CONTINUED ON PAGE 4...
Pictured above are the Emmanuel College men’s and women’s lacrosse teams following the men’s 9-3 GNAC Championship victory over Becker College on April 27.
12:28.71 By the Numbers – On Sunday April 27, Emmanuel College senior Meaghan Mauer (South Hadley, Mass.) set the program record in the 3K steeplechase race, running the event in a time of 12:28.71. Mauer’s time was a half-second better than the previous record which had stood since 2008 and also was fast enough to qualify for the DIII New England Championship Meet.
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