Women's Lacrosse Rally at Top-Ranked C.W. Post Falls Shy

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – Top-ranked and defending Division II national champion C.W. Post withstood a late Southern New Hampshire University rally to post a 15-10 women’s lacrosse victory Sunday afternoon.  The Pioneers remained upbeaten at 7-0 on the season, while the Penmen are now 5-4 overall.

Carole Lee (Derry, NH) led Southern New Hampshire with six goals, while Emmalee Willis (Hingham, MA) registered a pair of goals.  Jennifer Parro (Ipswich, MA) recorded a goal and two assists, while Libby Parent (Hinesburg, VT) had the other Penmen tally.  Lucretia Joy (Portland, ME) handed out a pair of assists.

Jaclyn Napoli led C.W. Post with two goals and five assists.

SNHU trailed 10-2 at halftime and saw the hosts extend their lead to 12-2 early in the second half before scoring five straight goals, capped by a Willis tally with 12:36 left to pull within 12-7.  The Pioneers scored the next to increase their lead to seven, but three straight SNHU goals, capped by Parent’s goal with exactly three minutes left, would make it 14-10, but that would be as close as the guests would get.

Southern New Hampshire took 1-0 and 2-1 leads early, but C.W. Post scored the final nine goals of the first half to take a 10-2 lead at halftime.

Katie Clark (Norwich, CT) made 10 saves for Southern New Hampshire, which was outshot 34-18 by C.W. Post.

SNHU returns to Northeast-10 play Tuesday when it hosts Southern Connecticut State University at 4:00.