Women's Lacrosse Falls in Season Opener

Women's Lacrosse Falls in Season Opener
Kean Athletics

DANBURY, Conn. (3/12/08) - In the season opener, the Kean University women's lacrosse team fell to host Western Connecticut State University, 13-6, on Thursday afternoon. Freshman attack Nicole Torre (Toms River, N.J.) scored three goals in her first intercollegiate game to lead the Cougars (0-1), while junior Kara Kruczkiewicz (Brookfield, Conn.) netted the first three goals of the game to lead the Colonials (1-0).

After the Colonials opened the game with those three straight goals by Kruczkiewicz, Torre got the Cougars on the board with her first goal with three minutes to go until halftime, cutting the lead to 3-1 heading into the break.

The Cougars trimmed the deficit to 3-2 with the first goal of the second half, however WestConn answered with seven unanswered goals to extend the lead to 10-2 en-route to the seven-goal victory.

For the Cougars, sophomore Amanda South (Fairless, Pa.) scored twice, while rookie Gina Petrizzo (Hopatcong, N.J.) made 10 saves in goal.