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WOMEN'S LACROSSE FALL IN SEASON OPENER
March 9, 2011

WOMEN'S LACROSSE FALL IN SEASON OPENER

Flushing, NY (3/911) The Dominican College women's lacrosse team lost their opening game of the 2011 campaign after falling to host, Queens College, 22-5, this afternoon in a non-conference match up. With the loss Dominican falls to 0-1 on the season, while Queens improves to 3-1.

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Flushing, NY (3/911)  The Dominican College women's lacrosse team lost their opening game of the 2011 campaign after falling to host, Queens College, 22-5, this afternoon in a non-conference match up.  With the loss Dominican falls to 0-1 on the season, while Queens improves to 3-1.

Freshman midfielder Maggie Brocklebank (Long Branch, NJ) recorded her first collegiate goal and the first goal of the 2011 season for the Lady Chargers as they took a 1-0 lead on the free position shot with 28:44 to go in the first half.

Two QC goals put them ahead 2-1, but back-to-back DC goals from freshman midfielder Traci Muniz (Middlesex, NJ), also her first collegiate goal, and junior Aubree Williams (Great Meadows, NJ) regained a one goal lead, 3-2, with 23:19 to go before halftime.

Another 2-0 run by the Knights put them back ahead, but Brianna Blank (Point Pleasant, NJ) tied the game at 4-4 with her first goal of the season with 20:58 on the clock.  Queens proceeded to go on a 6-0 tear over the next 11 minutes or so to go ahead 10-4, before Brocklebank tallied her second goal of the contest at the 8:11 mark.  Three more QC goals made the score 13-5 at the intermission.

Queens took command in the second half, scoring all nine goals for the final 22-5 victory.

Brocklebank finished with two goals and one assist, while Muniz tallied one goal and one assist.  Blank and Williams scored the other DC goals.

Freshman goalie Amanda Caprio (Point Pleasant, NJ) made 11 saves in the 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 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.