The WNEC womens lacrosse team captured its second ECAC championship in three years on Saturday when they defeated Curry College, 14-10.
Curry started out the game quickly, with Ashley Hansbury scoring two goals in the first minute and a half, to put Curry up 2-0. WNEC would respond with two quick goals, but Curry scored five unanswered goals to go up 7-2 with 17:33 remaining in the first half. WNEC would turn it on from this point on. The Golden Bears would score three goals, two of which were scored by Jeanmarie Barbado, to cut the lead to 7-5 at the half.
In the second half, WNEC would score 9 of the 12 goals scored in the final 30 minutes, despite their final goal being a Katie Toomy goal with 12:36 left. Senior standouts Jeanmarie Barbado and Nicole Poli both had games to remember on Saturday, as Barbado had 6 goals and an assist in the victory, whiel Poli had 3 groundballs, 3 draw controls, and 3 forced turnovers to go along with a goal and two assists. Barbado finished her career with 245 goals, 76 of which were scored in 2011. Her 245 goals ranks second in the program's 12-year history behind Lindsay Fenton, who finished her career last may with 253 goals.
Curry finishes the season 16-5.
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