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score) Junior Amy Rizzo (Jackson, N.J.) collected five goals in the victory, bringing the Blackbirds’ scoring leader’s season total to 47. Freshman goalkeeper Kim Campbell (Malvern, Pa.) recorded a season-best 13 saves including several crucial second half stops. Campbell held the Mount scoreless over the final 16:35 to help preserve a one-goal advantage. Following a restart in which she was caught out of the goal crease and leading by the slimest of margins, Campbell made a beautiful diving stop of a Mountaineer shot to keep the Blackbirds ahead. LIU (5-11, 3-4 NEC) scored two goals over a one minute span, courtesy of Rizzo and senior Jackie McCormick (Liverpool, N.Y.), to take a 2-1 lead at the 26:03 mark. With lightening reflexes, Rizzo scooped up a deflected shot and parlayed the rebound for a score to push the Blackbirds to a 3-2 edge with 19:29 showing. The teams traded goals for most of the opening stanza with neither side leading by more than one score. The Blackbirds ended the first period with a 6-5 advantage. LIU stretched to a two goal lead (7-5) with a free position shot by Rizzo with 23:14 on the clock. The Mount responded with an unassisted goal from Katelyn Catanese, cutting the margin to 7-6. With 16:35 remaining, the Mountaineers’ Ellie Keener nailed a shot, tying the game at 8-8. Senior Chrissie Carleton (Jackson, N.J.) scored the game-winner off a feed from fellow classmate Nichole Lopez (Highland Mills, N.Y.) at the 13:16 mark. The Blackbirds celebrate Senior Day and wrap up the regular
season on Sunday, April 23 with a NEC match-up against Wagner
at 1:00 pm.
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4/21/06 --Long Island University women’s lacrosse
team extended its win streak to two, recording a 9-8 triumph
over Mount St. Mary’s in Northeast Conference action
Friday afternoon at LIU Field.