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Women's Lacrosse

Lyons rally from early six-goal deficit to down Gordon, 12-10

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WENHAM, Mass. - Senior Hailey Colburn (Concord, N.H./Concord) scored four goals and sophomore Charlotte DeSantis (Darien, Conn./Darien) potted three to propel the Wheaton College women's lacrosse team to its fifth-straight win, a 12-10 non-conference victory at Gordon College Thursday night at the Brigham Athletic Complex.

Senior Katie Powers (Ashburnham, Mass./Cushing Academy) and junior Kristen Palmer (East Dorset, Vt./Burr and Burton Academy) each tallied twice for the Lyons, who improved to 8-3 on the season.

Senior Jordan Alexander (Portland, Maine/Portland) scored three goals in the opening 17 minutes of the contest to help stake Gordon to a 6-0 lead. Wheaton responded by scoring four of the next five goals to cut its deficit to three (7-4) entering halftime. Powers scored twice to spark the run while Palmer and Colburn also tallied once.

The momentum gained by the Lyons in the waning minutes of the first half carried over into the second as they scored the first four goals to take their first lead of the contest at 8-7. Colburn sandwiched a pair of goals around Palmer's second marker of the contest before an own goal by Gordon put the Lyons in front. Sophomore Anna Blomberg (Simsbury, Conn./Simsburg) responded for the Fighting Scots with a pair of goals in 32 seconds to help Gordon regain the lead at 9-8.

Down a goal with nine minutes remaining in regulation, Colburn netted her team-leading 52nd goal of the season at 8:18 to tie the game at nine. DeSantis followed with three goals in a span of 23 seconds to give the Lyons a 12-9 advantage. Blomberg registered her fifth of the contest for Gordon (8-2) with 2:51 remaining before the Lyons closed out the victory.

Freshman Katy Ananian (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) recorded four saves to earn her seventh victory of the season as the Lyons outshot the Fighting Scots 25-21. Wheaton forced 19 turnovers and tallied 18 ground balls, led by four from Colburn and three each from Palmer and senior Sydney Ferguson (Jamestown, R.I./North Kingstown).

Alexander finished with three goals and five assists for Gordon while sophomore Danielle Maguire (Braintree, Mass./Braintree) recorded 12 saves.

The Lyons return to action on Saturday afternoon when they welcome Mount Holyoke to Norton for a 1 p.m. contest. Gordon heads to Maine next Wednesday for a 4 p.m. contest at the University of New England.

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Players Mentioned

Hailey Colburn

#22 Hailey Colburn

A
5' 9"
Senior
Katie Powers

#17 Katie Powers

M
5' 2"
Senior
Katy Ananian

#23 Katy Ananian

GK
5' 6"
First Year
Kristen Palmer

#19 Kristen Palmer

M
5' 10"
Junior
Sydney Ferguson

#12 Sydney Ferguson

M
5' 5"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Hailey Colburn

#22 Hailey Colburn

5' 9"
Senior
A
Katie Powers

#17 Katie Powers

5' 2"
Senior
M
Katy Ananian

#23 Katy Ananian

5' 6"
First Year
GK
Kristen Palmer

#19 Kristen Palmer

5' 10"
Junior
M
Sydney Ferguson

#12 Sydney Ferguson

5' 5"
Senior
M
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