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SECOND HALF SURGE LEADS GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY TO VICTORY OVER LADY CHARGERS
March 22, 2012

SECOND HALF SURGE LEADS GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY TO VICTORY OVER LADY CHARGERS

Hillburn, NY (3/22/12) The Georgian Court University Lions netted 13 goals in the second half to defeat the Dominican College women's lacrosse team, 17-14, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played at the Torne Valley Sports Complex. With the loss, Dominican falls to 1-4 overall and 1-2 in conference play while Georgian Court improves to 4-1 and 3-0 in the CACC.

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Hillburn, NY (3/22/12)  The Georgian Court University Lions netted 13 goals in the second half to defeat the Dominican College women's lacrosse team, 17-14, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.  With the loss, Dominican falls to 1-4 overall and 1-2 in conference play while Georgian Court improves to 4-1 and 3-0 in the CACC.

The Lions scored the first goal of the game with 24:04 to go in the first half, but the Lady Chargers answered back with a 4-0 run to take a 4-1 lead.  From their the scoring went back-and-forth over almost a three minute span to make the score 6-3 Dominican with 10:10 to play before the break.  A 2-0 spurt by the Lady Chargers increased the lead to 8-3 and a late GCU goal made the score 7-4 at the intermission.

DC opened up second half scoring to pull ahead 8-4, but Georgian Court came back with three consecutive goals to cut the deficit to 8-7.  A free position goal by KC Jentzen (Nanuet, NY) gave Dominican a two goal lead, but the Lions answered again with another 3-0 run to go ahead 10-9. 

A Lady Charger goal tied the score at 10-all, but GCU netted two goals in about a minute's time to take a 12-10 lead.

The Lady Chargers came back with their own 3-0 run to regain the lead at 13-12, but less than a minute later GCU tied the game at 13-13 with under seven minutes to go.  Freshman Gina Sparaco (Freeport, NY) completed the hat trick with her third goal of the game to put Dominican ahead 14-13 with 6:32 on the clock, but the Lions roared back with four unanswered goals for the 17-14 victory.

Sophomore attacker Brianna Blank (Point Pleasant, NJ) led the Lady Chargers with a season high five goals.  Sparaco finished the game with four goals, while Jentzen netted three goals.

Freshman Allison Smithwick (Commack, NY) and junior Elizabeth Schmidt (Montgomery, NY) each scored a goal in the loss.

Starting goalie Veronica Iozzi (Chester, NJ) made eight saves in 49 minutes of action, while Dominiqu Labate (Bronx, NY) finished the final 10:58 seconds in the net.

DC is back in action on Saturday when they travel to Philadelphia University in CACC action.

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.