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#17 William & Mary 8, Delaware 6
March 30, 2002

Delaware Falls Just Short in Combeack Try vs. Tribe

Michelle Campolettano scored three goals for the Blue Hens

WILLIAMSBURG, VA -- Morgan Watkins scored two goals and added two assists to lead No. 17 ranked William & Mary past the University of Delaware, 8-6, in Colonial Athletic Association women's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon at Busch Field.

The loss was the Blue Hens' fifth straight, four them coming by two goals or less and four of them vs. teams ranked in the top 20 in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association poll.

In a relatively low-scoring first half, Delaware rallied from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game with Michelle Campolettano (St. Anthony's/Massapequa Park, NY) and Nikki Kucharski scoring goals within 16 seconds of each other late into the first half. The Tribe's Colette Chaput broke the tie a minute later with her first of two goals in the contest to give William and Mary a 3-2 halftime lead.

The Blue Hens tied the game again three minutes into the second period on a Kateri Linville (Moorestown/Moorestown, NJ) goal. But WIlliam & Mary responded by going on a five-goal run to make the score to 8-3.

Delaware made a charge late in the contest, scoring three scores in the final 10 minutes of play, with Campolettano, who led Delaware with three goals, connecting off feed from Ashley Moderacki with 8:54 left and again off a pass from Connie Martin with 5:02 remaining, to cut the margin to 8-5.

Moderacki, a senior co-captain and team's leading scorer, tallied her only goal of the game with 2:40 left but the Hens couldn't find the nets again.

Senior co-captain Laurie Tortorelli (Haverford/Haverford, PA) stopped 14 shots in goal for UD in the losing effort.

William & Mary improves to 3-5 overall (2-2 CAA) while the Blue Hens sink to 2-6 overall and 1-4 in its first season of CAA play.

Delaware continue's play against the nation's elite as the Hens will play at No. 2 Princeton Wednesday night in Princeton, NJ. The Tigers will be the sixth nationally-ranked opponent that the Blue Hens have played this season.

AGATE:

DELAWARE.................2.......4........6
WILLIAM & MARY......3.......5........8

Scoring:
Goals: Delaware - Michelle Campolettano-3, Nikki Kucharski, Kateri Linville, Ashley Moderacki; W&M - Colette Chaput-2, Morgan Watkins-2, Allison Evans, Nicole Lewis, Kelly McQuade, Meghan Schneider;

Assists: Delaware - Martin, Moderacki, Shuck; W&M - Watkins-2, Chaput, Evans.

Saves: Delaware - 14 (Laurie Tortorelli); W&M - 3 (Sydney Richards); Shots: Delaware - 17, W&M - 32; Groundballs: Delaware - 27, W&M - 40; Draw Controls: Delaware 7, W&M 8; Caused Turnovers: Delaware 13, W&M 14.

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