WATERVILLE, Maine -- Megan Towe (Potomac, Md.) scored two of Colby College's three goals in the final 7:05 of play to help the Mules pull away for a 12-8 victory over Plymouth State University in non-conference women's lacrosse Tuesday at Bill Alfond Field.

The Panthers (4-4) had pulled to within 9-8 when Kelsey MacDonald (Oak Bluffs, Mass.) scored on a free position shot with 7:58 remaining. Cary Finnegan (West Hartford, Conn.) had the other goal during Colby's three-goal run to end the contest and Lauren Barrett (Fairfield, Conn.) had assists on two of the three scores.

Colby (5-3) led 7-2 at halftime as Kate Sheridan (Hingham, Mass.) had three of her four goals in the opening 30 minutes. After Sheridan's fourth goal to start the second half, Plymouth State responded with a 5-0 scoring run to make it 8-7. Colby's Heather Nickerson (Falmouth, Mass.) tallied with 15:21 left to make it 9-7. Nickerson also had six caused turnovers and three ground balls.

Sheridan also had an assist with her four goals, while Barrett had one goal with her two assists. Finnegan scored twice, Becky Julian (South Windsor, Conn.) and Courtney Drake (Falmouth, Maine) both had one goal and one assist, and Allie Libby (Needham, Mass.) and Lauren Strazzula (Norwell, Mass.) both had two assists.

MacDonald finished with two goals, one assist, five ground balls and three caused turnovers for the Panthers. Meg Cupoli (Southboro, Mass.) and Annie Pinault (Framingham, Mass.) both had two goals. Catharine O'Brien (Reading, Vt.) made eight saves in about 45 minutes of work in goal for Colby. Suzie Lilakos (Stratham, N.H.) kept the Panthers in the game with 20 saves.

Plymouth St. 2 # 6--8
Colby 7 # 5--12

Goals-Assists:
Plymouth State: Kelsey MacDonald 2-1, Meg Cupoli 2-0, Annie Pinault 2-0, Amanda Spadafora 1-1, Liz Boddy 1-0, Taylor Cambal 0-1
Colby: Kate Sheridan 4-1, Lauren Barrett 1-2, Cary Finnegan 2-0, Megan Towe 2-0, Becky Julian 1-1, Courtney Drake 1-1, Allie Libby 0-2, Lauren Strazzula 0-2, Heather Nickerson 1-0, Libba Cox 0-1.

Goalies:
Suzie Lilakos (Plymouth State, 60 minutes, 12 GA, 20 saves).
Catharine O'Brien (Colby, 45:21, 3 GA, 8 saves) and Keryn Meierdiercks (Colby, 14:31, 5 GA, 1 save).

2007-04-10