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UConn Cruises Past New Hampshire 13-7 Saturday
2/27/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
DURHAM, N.H. - Four goals each from seniors Alyson Fazio (Methuen, Mass.) and Katherine Finkelston (Leonardtown, Md.) helped the UConn women's lacrosse team past UNH 13-7 to extend the Huskies' winning streak to three games.
Senior Alexandra Crofts (Westport, Conn.) scored 19 seconds into the game to give the Huskies an early 1-0 lead. Sophomore Kelsey Catalano (Stony Brook, N.Y.) added another to the board for UConn just over a minute in to put the Huskies up 2-0.
After UNH cut UConn's lead to 2-1, senior Alyson Fazio (Methuen, Mass.) went on a tear and scored three unanswered goals, two off free position shots, to make it 5-1 halfway through the first half.
Finkelston scored UConn's next four goals to put the Huskies up 9-3 with six minutes to go in the first half. Crofts got her second of the game to close out the first half and the Huskies took a 10-4 lead going into the break.
The first nine minutes of the second half remained scoreless. Senior Carly Palmucci (Herndon, Va.) opened the scoring with 21:10 on the clock. Sophomore Grace Nolan (Marcellus, N.Y.) tacked on another for the Huskies less than 30 seconds later to make it 12-4.
Fazio notched her fourth and final goal of the game halfway through the second half to give UConn a solid 13-4 lead. UNH scored three unanswered goals at the end to make the final score 13-7.
Senior goalkeeper Shannon Nee (Lancaster, Pa.) finished with 14 saves in 60 minutes of play, allowing only seven goals on 21 shots for her third win of the season.
UP NEXT…
The Huskies will travel to Piscataway, N.J. where they will take on Rutgers on Saturday, March 5 at 1 p.m.
