Women's Lacrosse 4 Colby-Sawyer 18

Paxton, Mass. – Anna Maria dropped a 18-4 decision to visiting Colby-Sawyer College in non-conference women's lacrosse action tonight at AMCAT field. With the loss the AMCATS' record is now 1-3 while Colby-Sawyer evens their record at 4-4.

Anna Maria was led by junior Sandy Acosta's (Lawrence, Mass.) hat trick and Mackenzie Coakley's (Millbury, Mass.) single tally. Goaltender Marlena Donjacour (San Francisco, CA) made 16 saves on the night.

The Chargers' were paced by senior Brittney Murphy's (Woburn, Mass.) nine points with 5 assists and Molly Prudden's (Andover, Mass.) four goal night. Allie Piper (Barre, VT), Amanda Murray (Norwood, Mass) and Alyssia Janak (Boure, Mass.) each added two points.

Colby-Sawyer opened up the game scoring twelve unanswered goals. Murphy and Prudden each scored three goals in the onslaught while Same Rober (Bedford, Mass.), Carly Stevens (Pittsfield, Mass.) and Janek added unassisted scores.

Anna Maria broke up the shutout in the first half with back-to-back goals by Sandy Acosta, at the 8:17 and 7:23 marks respectively. Colby-Sawyer scored twice more before the end of the half to maintain the 12 goal advantage at 14-2 heading to halftime.

Anna Maria received second half goals by Mackenzie Coakley and Sandy Acosta.

The AMCATS return to action on Saturday afternoon when they host Emmanuel College in a GNAC match-up beginning at 1:00 pm.