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WILMINGTON RALLIES TO DEFEAT WOMEN'S LACROSSE
March 31, 2012

WILMINGTON RALLIES TO DEFEAT WOMEN'S LACROSSE

Hillburn, NY (3/31/12) The Wilmington University women's lacrosse team rallied from a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Lady Chargers of Dominican College, 15-13, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest played at the Torne Valley Sports Complex. With the loss, Dominican falls to 3-6 overall and 3-3 in conference play.

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Hillburn, NY (3/31/12)   The Wilmington University women's lacrosse team rallied from a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Lady Chargers of Dominican College, 15-13, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest played at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.  With the loss, Dominican falls to 3-6 overall and 3-3 in conference play.

DC jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first five minutes of play and led 4-1 with 18:13 remaining in the first half.  The 'Cats answered back with seven consecutive goals to close out the first half and take a 8-4 lead.

The Lady Chargers began the second half, like the first, with three goals and outscored WU 6-1 over the first ten minutes of the second half to regain a 10-9 lead.  A 2-0 spurt by the Wildcats put them ahead, 11-10, but Dominican came back with two straight goals to go up 12-11 with 16:27 to play.

Later tied 12-all, KC Jentzen (Nanuet, NY) scored a free position goal to give Dominican a 13-12 advantage with 14:13 to go, but Wilmington closed out the game with three unanswered goals for the 15-13 victory.

Both Jentzen and CACC Player of the Week, Allison Smithwick (Commack, NY), netted five goals a-piece in the loss.

Aubree Williams* (Great Meadows, NJ), Traci-Joan Muniz (Middlesex, NJ) and Lauren Arnone (Neptune City, NJ) accounted for the other Lady Charger goals.

Goalie Veronica Iozzi (Chester, NJ) made 10 saves.

Dominican is back in action on Thursday when they host Holy Family 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.