WOMEN'S LACROSSE LOSE TO MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

March 17, 2009

WOMEN'S LACROSSE LOSE TO MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

Purchase, NY (3/17/09) The Dominican College women's lacrosse team lost a non-conference game to Manhattanville College, 18-13, this afternoon at GoValiants.com Field.

Purchase, NY (3/17/09) The Dominican College women's lacrosse team lost a non-conference game to Manhattanville College, 18-13, this afternoon at GoValiants.com Field.

Manhattanville jumped out to a 4-0 lead when the Lady Chargers got on the board when junior attacker Ashley Ordemann (Toms River, NJ) netted an unassisted goal with 25:15 left in the first half. The Valiants went on a 6-0 tear to take a 10-1 lead with just over 20 minutes left in the half.

DC scored three unanswered goals as freshman Aubree Williams (Great Meadows, NJ) picked up her third and fourth goals of the season, followed by a free position goal by Sarah Kiernan (Saugerties, NY) to cut the lead to 10-4.

The Valiants netted six more goals in the first half, while Lady Chargers Silje Karlsen (Vernon, NJ) and Williams added goals for a 16-6 halftime score.

Dominican opened up the second half with six unanswered goals to cut the Valiant lead to 16-10. Ordemann opened up the half with two consecutive goals, followed by two straight goals by Kiernan.

Sophomore Amanda Matos (Vernon, NJ) picked up her first goal of the season off the pass by Williams and Ordemann netted her fourth goal of the game. Matos ended the DC scoring with her second goal off another dish by Williams as the Valiants took the 18-13 win.

Williams led DC with five points on the day (3 goals, 2 assists), while Ordemann finished with four points (4 goals) and Kiernan had three points (3 goals.

Junior goalie Lindsey Grundfast (Saugerties, NY) had 19 saves in the loss.

With the victory, Manhattanville improves to 3-0 on the season, while Dominican falls to 0-2.

Dominican is back in action on Thursday when they open up Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action with a home game against Philadelphia University.

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 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.