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Story Courtesy of Jim Seavey, Stonehill Sports Information

GAME #2 FINAL: LONGWOOD 13, BLOOMSBURG 9

Box Score

SCORING SUMMARY

BU GOALS: Georgia Carinci (4), Sheila Zilinski (3), Danielle Yeager,

Julie Minogue

LU GOALS: Emily Bikowski (6), Kristy Taylor (4), Tia Richardson, Carlee

Ullery,

Ali Shafer

BU ASSISTS: Yeager (2), Megan Pry (2)

LU ASSISTS: Bikowski (3), Taylor (2), Richardson (2), Ullery, Sophie

Dress, Leah Graham

GOALIE SAVES

BU: Linda Schultz—11

LU: Stacey Schmidt—18

GAME #1 FINAL: STONEHILL 14, LIU-C.W. POST 13

SCORING SUMMARY

CWP GOALS: Taryn Brody (5), Trisha Moran (4), Katie Lundy, Ashley

Gilroy,Kemola Webster, Kristy O'Connor

STO GOALS: Erin Acone (6), Melissa Gross (3), Colette Carpenter (2),

Colby Confer, Brenna Newfell, Courtney Duggan

CWP ASSISTS: Moran (2), Gilroy, Lundy, Tara Vokes

STO ASSISTS: Gross (2), Confer, Meaghan Carey, Katie Lambert, Jenny

McGrath

GOALIE SAVES

CWP: Chrissy Esposito—9

STO: Carissa Medeiros—15

EASTON, Mass.-- Second-ranked Stonehill will play for the NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse National Championship for the second straight season on Sunday afternoon, as the Chieftains advanced to the title game with a 14-13 victory over fourth-ranked LIU-C.W. Post in the North Region national semi-final played at Chieftain Stadium. Stonehill will face top-ranked Longwood in Sunday's championship match, as the Lancers advanced with a 13-9 victory over fifth-ranked Bloomsburg in the South Region national semi-final also played at Chieftain Stadium.

In the South Region national semi-final, Longwood (13-1) overcame a 6-2 first half deficit by scoring 11 of the final 14 goals of the match, as sophomore Emily Bikowski (Fairfax, Va.) scored six goals and added three assists to have a hand in nine of the Lancers' 13 goals on the afternoon. Junior Kristy Taylor (Lorton, Va.) added four goals and a pair of assists in the triumph for Longwood, which also received a goal and two assists from junior Tia Richardson (Ellicott City, Md.) and a goal and an assist from junior Carlee Ullerty (Charlottesville, Va.).

Freshman Ali Shafer (Fairfax, Va.) netted the other Lancer goal of the contest, while sophomores Sophie Dress (Ellicott City, Md.) and Leah Graham (Salisbury, Md.) chipped in with single assists for the Lancers, who snapped a 6-6 halftime deadlock in holding a 7-3 scoring edge in the final 30 minutes of play.

Junior Georgia Carinci (Springmount, Pa.) paced Bloomsburg (13-2) with four goals in the setback, while fellow junior Sheila Zilinski (Barto, Pa.) added a hat trick as well for the Huskies, who also received a pair of goals and two assists from sophomore Danielle Yeager (Delran, N.J.). The four points for Carinci tie her for the school's all-time lead in points with 183. Carinci is tied with Kelly Cutbert for the all-time scoring lead and her 75 points this season tie the school record for most points in a season. Junior Julie Minogue (Chalfont, Pa.) netted the other Bloomsburg goal of the match, while senior Megan Pry (Downington, Pa.) chipped in with a pair of assists for the Huskies, who, like C.W. Post, suffered both of their setbacks on the season to the same team, as Bloomsburg opened its schedule with a setback to Longwood.

Junior Stacey Schmidt (Berlin, N.J.) picked up the win in goal for Longwood with an 18-save effort, while junior Linda Schultz (Doylestown, Pa.) made 11 stops in net for Bloomsburg as the Huskies outshot the Lancers by a 33-26 margin for the match.

Freshman Erin Acone (Bow, N.H.) paced Stonehill (16-2) in its national semi-final victory by tying her career-high with six goals, as the Chieftains forged a pair of two goal leads in the first half only to see the Pioneers (11-2) come back to forge a 7-7 tie at the break. Stonehill took a two-goal lead once again at 10-8 8:36 into the second half on Acone's fourth marker of the day, but C.W. Post forged the final tie of the day at 10-10 with just over 15 minutes remaining. Acone then gave the Chieftains the lead for good with a pair of goals that came 1:50 apart, and after the Pioneers closed to with one on senior Taryn Brody's (Arvada, Colo.) fourth goal of the match with 5:39 remaining, Stonehill received a key insurance marker off the stick of sophomore Courtney Duggan (Billerica, Mass.) with 1:37 remaining, as Brody's goal with seven seconds to play closed out the scoring on the day.

Senior Melissa Gross (Bow, N.H.) added a hat trick and a pair of assists to post a five-point afternoon for Stonehill, which also received a pair of goals off the stick of sophomore Colette Carpenter (Massapequa, N.Y.) and as well as a goal and an assist from sophomore

Colby Confer (Madison, Conn.). Sophomore Brenna Newfell (Billerica, Mass.) chipped in with a goal for the Chieftains, while senior All-America Katie Lambert (Milton, Mass.), sophomore Meaghan Carey (Hingham, Mass.) and freshman Jenny McGrath (Milton, Mass.) all notched

single assists as Stonehill set a school record for victories in one season in the process.

Brody posted five goals in the setback for C.W. Post, while junior Trisha Moran (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) added four goals and two assists for six points. Senior Katie Lundy (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and sophomore Ashley Gilroy (Shoreham, N.Y.) each notched a goal and an assist for the Pioneers, who received single markers off the sticks of senior Kristy

O'Connor (Massapequa, N.Y.) and sophomore Kemola Webster (Elmont, N.Y.) as well as an assist from senior Tara Vokes (Auburn, Mass.).

Senior Carissa Medeiros (New Bedford, Mass.) picked up her 14th win of the season and 41st of her career in goal for Stonehill with a 15-save effort, while freshman Chrissy Esposito (East Islip, N.Y.) made nine stops in net for C.W. Post as the Pioneers outshot the Chieftains by a

40-30 margin for the match. The two teams were meeting for the third straight year in the NCAA national semi-finals, as Stonehill also won last year's national semi-final match-up by the same 14-13 score in West Chester, Pa. Both of C.W. Post's setbacks this season came at the hands of the Chieftains, who also posted a 12-8 win on April 17th at Chieftain

Stadium.

In the South Region national semi-final, Longwood (13-1) overcame a 6-2 first half deficit by scoring 11 of the final 14 goals of the match, as sophomore Emily Bikowski (Fairfax, Va.) scored six goals and added three assists to have a hand in nine of the Lancers' 13 goals on the afternoon. Junior Kristy Taylor (Lorton, Va.) added four goals and a pair of assists in the triumph for Longwood, which also received a goal and two assists from junior Tia Richardson (Ellicott City, Md.) and a goal and an assist from junior Carlee Ullerty (Charlottesville, Va.).

Freshman Ali Shafer (Fairfax, Va.) netted the other Lancer goal of the contest, while sophomores Sophie Dress (Ellicott City, Md.) and Leah Graham (Salisbury, Md.) chipped in with single assists for the Lancers, who snapped a 6-6 halftime deadlock in holding a 7-3 scoring edge in the final 30 minutes of play.

Junior Georgia Carinci (Springmount, Pa.) paced Bloomsburg (13-2) with four goals in the setback, while fellow junior Sheila Zilinski (Barto, Pa.) added a hat trick as well for the Huskies, who also received a pair of goals and two assists from sophomore Danielle Yeager (Delran, N.J.). Junior Julie Minogue (Chalfont, Pa.) netted the other Bloomsburg goal of

the match, while senior Megan Pry (Downington, Pa.) chipped in with a pair of assists for the Huskies, who, like C.W. Post, suffered both of their setbacks on the season to the same team, as Bloomsburg opened its schedule with a setback to Longwood.

Junior Stacey Schmidt (Berlin, N.J.) picked up the win in goal for Longwood with an 18-save effort, while junior Linda Schultz (Doylestown, Pa.) made 11 stops in net for Bloomsburg as the Huskies outshot the Lancers by a 33-26 margin for the match.