BURLINGTON, N.C. - The Christopher Newport women's lacrosse team took a commanding lead over the Greensboro Pride on Saturday before claiming their fourth straight tournament championship with an 18-5 win.

Christopher Newport went ahead 3-0 in the first nine minutes before Greensboro called a timeout to regroup but with 6:41 to go Shayna Sargent scored the Captains' tenth goal. Christopher Newport added two more before the Pride tallied with a goal from Ashley Nolen (Lothian, MD/Southern) on the assist from Chelsea Farley (Sykesville, MD/Centennial) with 1:47 remaining in the half. CNU led 12-1 at the break.

Greensboro's Layne Woodard ( East Greenbush, NY/Columbia) scored the first goal of the second half to cut the lead to ten, but the Captains came back with four straight. Farley would score twice for the Pride, but Christopher Newport cruised to the 18-5 win.

Gayle Robinson made six saves in goal for Christopher Newport before Kristen Duca finished in goal with one. Stacey Pulskamp ( Cincinnati, OH/Turpin) made seven stops for the Pride.

Christopher Newport receives an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament

2009-04-18