BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Mar. 30, 2008) – Junior attacker Jaclyn Napoli (West Islip, N.Y.) registered seven points on two goals and five assists as No. 1 C.W. Post defeated Southern New Hampshire University, 15-10, in a non-conference women's lacrosse game Sunday afternoon on Hickox Field.

The Pioneers remain undefeated at 7-0, including 4-0 at home. Southern New Hampshire falls to 5-4 with the loss.

C.W. Post completed the game outshooting SNHU, 34-28, and held an 18-9 advantage in ground balls.

Sophomore attacker Carole Lee scored a game-high six goals, including five in the second half for the Penmen.

Trailing 2-1 in the first half, the Pioneers responded with 10 unmatched goals that included two apiece from senior midfielders Elaine Williams (East Islip, N.Y.) and Mallory Poole (Corning, N.Y.) and senior attacker Jenna Miller (Silver Spring, Md.).

SNHU attacked aggressively on offense in the second half, knocking off five goals with three from Lee and two from freshman midfielder Emmalee Willis, cutting C.W. Post's lead to 12-7 with less than 13 minutes to play in regulation.

The Pioneers added two more goals from junior attacker Katie Hogan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and Poole with Napoli assisting on both.

Lee helped make it a closer game (14-9) when she scored back-to-back goals at 8:02 and 6:05 on the clock.

Williams closed out the game and scored her third goal of the game with 13 seconds left on the clock.

Miller completed the game with four goals while Poole and Williams each had three for the Pioneers.

Senior Lauren Scipione (East Meadow, N.Y.) made five saves in goal to improve her record to 7-0.

SNHU's Katie Clark played the full game in goal and made 10 stops for the Penmen.

C.W. Post will host Molloy College on Apr. 1 at 4:00 p.m. on Hickox Field.

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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.

2008-03-30