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WOMEN'S LACROSSE TURNS BACK GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY
April 17, 2012

WOMEN'S LACROSSE TURNS BACK GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY

Lakewood, NJ (4/17/12) The Dominican College women's lacrosse team avenged a loss earlier in the season to host Georgian Court University by downing the Lions, 21-13, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play held at the GCU Track & Field Complex. With the win, Dominican improves to 5-7 overall and 5-4 in the CACC and earns their first win against GCU in program and conference history.

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Lakewood, NJ (4/17/12)  The Dominican College women's lacrosse team avenged a loss earlier in the season to host Georgian Court University by downing the Lions, 21-13, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play held at the GCU Track & Field Complex.  With the win, Dominican improves to 5-7 overall and 5-4 in the CACC and earns their first win against GCU in program and conference history.

Sophomore KC Jentzen (Pearl River, NY) led all scorers with a career high seven goals on the day and added two assists for a career high nine points.

Freshman midfielder Gina Sparaco (Freeport, NY) tied her career high with four goals as she also netted four goals in the earlier season loss to GCU and added one assist for a total five points.

The game was tied at 8-8 after one half of play when the Lady Chargers went on an offensive tear, outscoring the Lions in the second half, 13-5.  DC opened second half play with a 3-0 run as Jentzen tallied her third goal of the game with 26:53 to go.  Freshman midfielder Lauren Arnone (Neptune City, NJ) scored back-to-back goals off two assists from Allison Smithwick (Commack, NY) to give Dominican an 11-8 advantage with 21:46 on the clock.

After a 2-0 spurt by GCU, the Lady Chargers exploded for nine straight goals, spanning a period of a little over eleven minutes to pull ahead 20-10.  In that time, Jenzten recorded four goals, while Emily Murray (Oakdale, NY) and Sparaco netted two goals a-piece.

The Lions scored three unanswered goals, before Dominican closed out the game with Ariana Tharrington (Red Bank, NJ) scoring her first collegiate goal off the pass from Jenzten with 27 ticks left on the clock for the 21-13 final score.

Goalie Veronica Iozzi (Chester, NJ) made four saves in the win.

Dominican is back in action on Saturday when they travel to Wilmington University in a CACC contest.

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.