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SAINT TEAM HONORED BY IWLCA, GAUTHIER, DAVIE ALL ACADEMIC

St. Lawrence University's 2004 women's lacrosse team is among 39 teams in Division III nationally recognized by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association as a Academic Squad for compiling a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

Additionally, seniors Katie Gauthier and Jessie Davie were named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll as individuals.

CHERRY 1ST TEAM ALL STATE, YANDOW 2ND TEAM

May 13: St. Lawrence University junior attack player Carolyn Cheery earned first team All New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association honors in lacrosse and sophomore Leah Yandow was named to the second team.

Cherry led the Saints in scoring with 40 goal and 10 assists for 50 points as a junior and helped the team to six straight wins to conclude the season with an 8-6 record. She has 192 career points heading into her senior season and has scored160 goals in three years for the Saints.

Yandow scored 18 goals and had six assists for 24 points as a sophomore and played a key role on defense for the Saints as well. The sophomore midfielder has 34 goals and 45 points in her first two seasons of collegiate lacrosse.

GAUTHIER, CHERRY NAMED TO ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

May2-Two members of the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse Team were named to the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association All-Conference Team.

Senior Katie Gauthier was named to the All-Conference First-Team for her contributions at midfield. As captain, all of Gauthier's goals came in UCAA league games and she leads both the team and the conference in assists with 18 on the season.

Junior attack Carolyn Cherry was named to the All-Conference Second-Team and leads the Saints in goals and total points. Cherry is third in the UCAA in goals per game, fourth in points per game and in shots per game.

NINE SAINTS NAMED TO ACADEMIC TEAM

Apr. 28-Eight members of the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse Team were named to the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association All-Academic Team.

To be honored, players must maintain an overall 3.2 grade point average and must have sophomore standing at St. Lawrence.

Included on the All-Academic team are seniors Jenny Heffler, Jessie Davie and Katie Gauthier and Meagan Mellow. Sophomores Wendy Berner, Meg Getsinger, Amy Peterson, Leah Yandow and Susanna Whitaker-Rahilly were also recognized.

SAINTS CLOSE OUT SEASON WITH WIN OVER POTSDAM

Apr. 27- Senior attack Jenny Heffler collected a game high four goals and one assist as she led the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team to a 15-6 win over the Potsdam Bears in a non-league game on North Country Field Tuesday afternoon.

The Saints, who have won their last six games and improve to 8-6 overall and are 5-4 in conference play, are tied for fourth place with Skidmore College in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association. Due to their 14-7 loss to Skidmore earlier in the season, the Saints will just miss the conference tournament.

Heffler opened up the scoring with 4:12 down in the first on a pass from Heidi Hansen. Just 1: 34 later Heffler connected from Hansen again for her second of the game.

The Saints enjoyed a 6-0 lead until Christina Domser tossed the ball to Mollie Lacek who slipped it past Rebecca Timbers to put the Bears
(3-11) on the board. Sarah Rosintoski scored at the 9:48 mark to make it a 6-2 game.

Potsdam's Hope Horton scored the first goal of the second half with her team down 7-3 with 25:21 left to play. Heffler connected from Katie Gauthier and sparked a 3-0 Saint run. Jen Prevost added a Potsdam goal at 19:19 to make the score 10-5. Carolyn Gioia and Meg Getsinger added two goals and Samantha Bealer had one to close out the scoring for the Saints.

Gauthier had a game high three assists while Hansen had two. Patricia Ball, Meghan Clement and Jessie Davie each recorded one assist.

Rebecca Timbers and Ali Mattison combined for seven goals while Potsdam's keeper Laura Mooney had nine on the night.

REBECCA TIMBERS NAMED UCAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Apr. 26- First year goalkeeper Rebecca Timbers (Underhill, VT) was named the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Rookie of the Week based on her performance in the Saints game against Hartwick College on Saturday April, 24.

Timbers had a near shut-out against Hartwick as the Saints won in convincing style, 17-1. Timbers played all 60 minutes of the game and made ten saves in the win.

CHERRY LEADS SAINTS ATTACK WITH FOUR GOALS

Apr. 24- Junior attack Carolyn Cherry led the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse cause in a 17-1 blowout over Hartwick College on North Country Field Saturday afternoon. Cherry had four goals in the win. The Saints improve their record to 7-6 overall as Hartwick falls to
5-10.

Before the start of the game the Saints took time to recognize their five seniors including Jessie Davie (defense), Jenny Heffler (midfield), Meagan Mellow (midfield), Katie Gautheir (attack) and Heidi Hansen (midfield).

Carolyn Gioia opened the floodgates 1:30 into the game on a free position shot. Cherry scored her first of the game less than a minute later on a pass from Gauthier. Gioia scored once more at the 9:55 mark of the first half and Heffler scored her first of the game to put the Saints up 4-0.

Tiffany Hoke scored Hartwick's lone goal with 21:14 left to play in the first half before Cherry scored two goals just seconds apart from each other at 14:07 and 14:16. Heffler scored once more in the first half, Cherry nailed one more and Hansen tallied two as the Saints made it a 10-1 halftime game.

Freshman midfilder Erin Mellow scored her first collegiate goal at the 15:53 mark of the second half on a toss from Samantha Bealer. Mellow also closed out the scoring for the Saints with 3:07 on the board for her second goal of the game.

Wendy Berner, Julia Palmateer, Kathryn Durki and Susanna Whitaker-Rahilly also scored for the Saints. Katie Gauthier recorded a game high four assists.

Rebecca Timbers made 10 saves for St. Lawrence while Amanda Gerich and Jessica DiBrita combined to stop 10 for Hartwick.

The Saints, who are currently tied in fourth place with Skidmore College in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association standings, will play their final home game on Tuesday against Potsdam State at 4 p.m.

CHERRY COLLECTS FIVE AS SAINTS ROLL OVER CLARKSON
17-8

Apr. 20- Carolyn Cherry recorded a game high five goals, three assists and six ground balls as the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse Team defeated neighboring foes the Clarkson Golden Knights in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association league game held on North Country Field Tuesday evening.

The Saints improve to a 6-6 overall and are 5-3 in the UCAA. Clarkson ends their season with a 3-9 and 0-8 record.

St. Lawrence outscored their opponent 10-3 in the first half and out shot the Golden Knights 24-9. Cherry recorded all of her goals in the opening 30 minutes.

The Saints scored three unanswered goals to start the second half before Lindsey Grigg shot one past Ali Mattison at the 15:20 mark. Less than a minute later Wendy Berner scored her first of the game before Clarkson would score the next three goals.

Meg Getsinger tossed one past Allison Morlock on a feed from Patricia Ball with just under six minutes remaining in the game. Ball and Berner scored the next two Saint goals and Grigg wrapped up the game with a final goal with 2:45 left on the clock.

Meghan Clement tallied three goals, while Carolyn Gioia and Samantha Bealer each had two. Katie Gauthier added three assists and Clement chipped in two while Heidi Hansen and Susanna Whitaker-Rahilly had one.

Grigg and Colleen Flynn led Clarkson with three goals. Lindsay Roberts had one goal and two assists.

Rebecca Timbers, Cynthia Saul and Ali Mattison combined for five saves for the Saints while Morlock made 14 for Clarkson.

The Saints will next host Hartwick on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.

SAINTS HOST CLARKSON TUESDAY

Apr. 20- The UCAA women's lacrosse game between the Saints and Clarkson originally scheduled for Potsdam has been moved to North Country Field. The Saints will host Clarkson at 3:30 p.m. today.

CHERRY HAS FIVE IN SAINTS 16-7 WIN

Apr. 17- Junior attack Carolyn Cherry recorded a game high five goals and two assists as the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team defeated the Rensselaer Red Hawks by a score of 16-7 in an Upstaate Collegiate Athletic Association league game on North Country Field Saturday afternoon.

The Saints (5-6, 4-3) started out strong and opened up a 3-0 lead early in the first half. Rensselaer's (5-6, 3-3) Mary Beth Cooley sneaked one past Rebecca Timbers to put the Red Hawks on the board before Cherry hit two in a row to put the Saints up 5-1 with 12:27 remaining in the half.

Katie Gauthier connected with the back of the net at the 3:15 mark and seconds later passed to Heidi Hansen as the Saints headed into the second half with a 9-3 advantage.

St. Lawrence came out strong in the second half and scored five unanswered points sparked by Leah Yandow's goal off a pass from Avery Cushman.

Rensselaers's Rebecca Primm had two consecutive goals but Meg Getsinger and Wendy Berner responded for the Saints as the scoreboard read 16-5. Hillary Lahn had an unassisted goal with 1:19 left to play and Sabrina Alimis closed out the scoring with 58 seconds remaining to end the game.

Jenny Heffler and Hansen each had two goals while Carolyn Gioia, Meghan Clement, and Kathryn Durki all recorded one.

Lahn led Rensselaer with three goals and Primm followed with two goals and one assist.

Rebecca Timbers and Cynthia Saul combined for eight saves for the Saints while Meghan Gaul made nine.

The Saints will host Hartwick next Saturday at 2 p.m.


WHITAKER-RAHILLY SCORES FOUR IN SAINTS 19-4 WIN OVER VASSAR

Apr. 16- Sophomore attack Susanna Whitaker-Rahilly scored her first four goals of the season in a lopsided St. Lawrence 19-4 win over Vassar College in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association league game on North Country Field Friday afternoon.

St. Lawrence improves their record to 4-6 and 3-3 in the UCAA while Vassar falls to 1-8 and 0-5.

Leah Yandow opened the scoring just one minute into the game of a pass from Carolyn Cherry. Carolyn Gioia scored the next two goals for the Saints. Vassar's Julie Brown scored from Ali Fantl at the 7:40 mark of first to put Vassar on the board. Julia Palmateer struck for her first collegiate goal at the 10:15 mark and helped the Saints enjoy an 11-1 lead heading into halftime.

Palmateer connected for the first goal of the second half off a feed from Kathryn Durki. Meg Getsinger added a man up goal with 24:36 remaining in the game. Emilie Moeckel got one past Ali Mattison two minutes later before Durki scored her own goal with 21:22 left to play.

Durki finished with two goals and one assist and nine other players scored for the Saints. Ellie Fletcher and Fantl also scored for Vassar. Rebecca Timbers and Mattison combined for six saves while Sarah McKenna stopped 11.

The Saints will host Rensselaer tomorrow at 12 p.m.

SAINTS SPLIT WEEKEND WITH 8-5 LOSS AT NAZARETH

Apr. 10- Carolyn Gioia and Carolyn Cherry each tallied two goals as the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team fell 8-5 on Saturday afternoon at Nazareth College to split their last regular season road games.

The Saints fall to 3-6 on the season and are 2-3 in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association. Nazareth improves to 9-1 with the win and are ranked 20th nationally in Division III.

Nazareth used first-half goals from Kim Kreskow, Amy O'Donnell and Beth Quartier to take a 3-2 lead at halftime.

St. Lawrence tied the score twice in the second half on a pair of goals by Cherry. Nazareth, however, closed out the Saints by scoring four of the last five goals.

Betsy Carney scored with 21:42 left to give Nazareth the lead for good, 5-4. Quartier added her second goal of the game a minute later off a pass from Stephanie Smolos to make it 6-4.

Gioia's second goal of the game pulled the Saints back within one, 6-5, but Nazareth finished with goals from Melissa Passno and Kabot to settle for the 8-5 win.

Nazareth had a 22-19 edge in shots, with junior goalie Lindsey Burgess preserving Nazareth's win with 11 saves. Rebecca Timbers made eight saves for the Saints.

St. Lawrence will return to home next Friday as they host Vassar College at 4 p.m.

CHERRY, HANSEN EACH SCORE THREE IN SAINTS VICTORY

Apr. 9-. Carolyn Cherry and Heidi Hansen scored three goals apiece to lead St. Lawrence University to an 11-7 victory over the University of Rochester at Edwin Fauver Stadium Friday in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association league game.
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The Saints improved to 3-5 overall, 2-3 in the UCAA. Rochester
is 3-5, 1-2 in the UCAA.

Hansen and Jenny Heffler struck twice each in the last 11 minutes of the
first half to give St. Lawrence a 7-3 edge at the break. The lead grew
to 9-3 on goals by Cherry and Samantha Bealer 15 seconds apart to start the second half.

Rochester rallied with three straight goals from Rachael Holtzberg
Heidi Davies, and Emily Riegel to pull within 9-6 with 8:57 remaining.

Cherry scored twice on assists from Gauthier - just 1:03 apart - and
the Saints had an 11-6 cushion.

Heffler added two goals for the Saints while Katie Gauthier had four assists. Davies had two goals for Rochester and Riegel scored one goal and had one assist.

Rebecca Timbers made seven saves on 22 Rochester shots. Stephanie Bristol had nine saves for Rochester.

The Saints will be back in action tomorrow at Nazareth at 2:30.

GAUTHIER LEADS SAINTS WITH TWO GOALS IN 14-7 LOSS AT SKIDMORE

Apr. 3-Senior attack Katie Gauthier led St. Lawrence University with two goals and an assist in a 14-7 loss in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association league game at Skidmore College Saturday afternoon. The Saints fall to 2-5 and 1-3 in the UCAA while Skidmore improves to 7-0 and 4-0.

Gauthier gave the Saints a 2-1 lead at 20:57 of the first half, but Skidmore stormed back with four straight and eight of the next nine goals to build a comfortable 8-3 halftime lead.

Carolyn Cherry had two goals while Heidi Hansen, Shannon Garrett and Wendy Berner each tallied a goal. Leah Yandow and Carolyn Gioia each recorded an assist. Rebecca Timbers and Ali Mattison combined for seven saves while Skidmore's Sarah Berheide made 11 stops.

The Saints will travel to Clarkson on Tuesday April 6 for a 4 p.m. game time.

SAINTS FALL 15-6 AT UNION

Apr. 2-Sophomore midfielder Leah Yandow scored two goals as St. Lawrence University fell 15-6 to Union College in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association match up on Frank Bailey Field.

The Saints fall to a 2-4 overall record and are 1-2 in the UCAA while Union improves to 5-2 and a perfect 3-0.

Samantha Bealer's tally with 10:37 left in the opening half gave the Saints a 2-2 tie before the Dutchwomen rattled off the next four scores to take a 6-2 advantage that would decide the outcome. Molly Flanagan started the run at 10:06 and found the back of the net again with 8:10 remaining. Kathy Dolezal and Julia Davis scored with 7:16 and 4:45 showing, respectively.

Yandow and Union's Corinne Hennessy traded goals to open the second half before Dolezal started the Dutchwomen on a 6-0 tear with 22:11 left to play. She had three of her goals during the run.

Jenny Heffler, who was named UCAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week, recorded one goal as did Meghan Clement and Wendy Berner. Katie Gauthier had one assist.

Rebecca Timbers and Ali Mattison combined for a 14-save performance while Rachel Beckman finished with nine saves for Union.

The Saints will travel Skidmore tomorrow at 2 p.m.

JENNY HEFFLER NAMED UCAA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mar. 29- Senior midfielder Jenny Heffler was named the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

She scored the game winning goal in overtime as the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team defeated the number seventh nationally ranked William Smith Herons in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association battle. The 11-10 win was the Saints first win over the Herons since 1990.

Heffler also scored the first two goals of the game and recorded one assist. She is currently second on the team in total points with 12.

SAINTS DOWN NATIONALLY RANKED WILLIAM SMITH
11-10 IN OVERTIME

Mar. 27- Senior midfielder Jenny Heffler scored the game winning goal in overtime as the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team defeated the number seventh nationally ranked William Smith Herons in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association battle on North Country Field Saturday afternoon. This win marks the first time since 1990 that the Saints were able to defeat the Herons.

The Saints improve their record to 2-3 and 1-1 while the previously undefeated Herons fall to 4-1 and 1-1.

Heffler rocketed a shot past Rebecca Splain 1:44 into the game and then hit another one less than a minute later to give the Saints the early lead. Carolyn Cherry scored four of her six goals in the first half as the Saints enjoyed a comfortable 8-4 advantage going into halftime.

William Smith's Gretchen Lasda recorded the first goal of the second half at the 12:48 mark before Cherry answered back with a free position goal to put the Saints up 9-5. Lasda then scored the next four goals in a six minute time span to tie the game. Alexandra Herter connected on a free position shot with just over two minutes left to play to give the Herons their first lead of the game. Cherry then scored on another free position shot to tie the game once again at 28:50 to send it into overtime.

The Saints won the ball and eventually Heffler grabbed it and ran towards the net and shot it past Splain for the game winning goal.

Rebecca Timbers was in nets for the Saints and made seven saves while Splain stopped 13.

Leah Yandow and Emi Seibert each scored one goal for the Saints. Carolyn Gioia collected two assists while Hadley Quish and Heidi Hansen each had an assist.

Brighde Dougherty had two goals for the Herons and Megan Sontrum and Alexandra Herter each recorded one.

The Saints will travel to Union next Friday for a 4:00 game time.

SAINTS DROP HOME OPENER TO HAMILTON 11-9

Mar. 26- Junior attack Carolyn Cherry recorded three goals and two assists as the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team lost to Hamilton College 11-9 in their home opener and first Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association game of the season.

The Saints (1-3, 0-1) were up 6-5 at the half before surrendering six second half goals to the Continentals (5-0, 1-0) who came from behind and took the game 11-9.

Junior midfielder Heidi Hansen also struck for three goals while Carolyn Gioia collected two. Leah Yandow had one goal and two assists while both Jen Heffler and Hadley Quish tallied an assist.

Freshman midfielder Liz Longley led the Continentals with four goals. Inga Stots and Anne Lucas each had two goals while Suzy Belmont and Moira Delahanty recorded one a piece.

Becky Timbers stopped 10 shots for the Saints and Hilary Gamble was in nets for Hamilton.

The Saints will continue UCAA action tomorrow when they host William Smith at 2:30 on North Country Field.

SAINTS FALL TO FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL 11-10

Mar. 19- In the final game of their spring break trip, the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team (1-2) fell to Franklin and Marshall (2-3) as Brenna Dolphin beat the Saint defense with a goal at the 59:07 mark for the deciding score of 11-10.

Carolyn Cherry led the way for the Saints with three goals and one assist. Carolyn Gioia tallied three goals and Jenny Heffler had one goal and three assists. Leah Yandow, Lis Reade and Sam Bealer each recorded one goal. Becky Timbers made eleven saves for the Saints.

St. Lawrence will return to action at home on Saturday March 27 for their first Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association league game against Hamilton at 2 p.m.

SAINTS LOSE FIRST SPRING BREAK GAME IN CLOSE BATTLE WITH COLLEGE OF WOOSTER

Mar. 17- Sophomore midfielder Leah Yandow led St. Lawrence University (1-1) with three goals in a close 8-7 loss against the College of Wooster on Wednesday afternoon in their first of two spring break games.

The Saints and the Fighting Scots (2-0) battled neck and neck throughout the game and went into halftime tied 4-4 before the Scots rallied ahead of the Saints late in the second half to take the lead and the game.

Carolyn Cherry had two goals and two assists while Jenny Heffler also recorded two goals and one assist. Katie Gauthier tallied one goal while Annie Steward led the Fighting Scots with two goals.

The Saints will next face Franklin and Marshall at 10 am on Friday, March 9.

SAINTS OPEN SEASON WITH 16-9 WIN OVER OSWEGO

Mar. 6- Junior attacker Carolyn Cherry scored five goals and added one assists to lead the St. Lawrence University Women's Lacrosse team to a 16-9 season opener win over Oswego in Liverpool.

Leah Yandow opened the scoring for the Saints (1-0) off an assist from Carolyn Gioia at the 1:15 mark of the first half. Oswego's Jamie Collins answered back four minutes later with a goal of her own off a free position shot. Cherry nailed her first of the game at 7:20 to give the Saints a 2-1 advantage before Yandow and Meghan Clement each recorded a goal.

Nicole McHale tried to bring the Lakers (0-1) back but Cherry struck again to put the Saints up 7-2 going into halftime.

Maura Meehan and Katie Carbonro rallied the Lakers by scoring the first two goals of the second half but the Saints continued to dominate and Cherry and Lis Reade each posted a goal. At the 12:14 mark of the second half Katie Carbonaro connected on a pass from Tricia McNeilly before the Saints added three more goals.

Gioia got one past Oswego's Ashley Perkins with 11:26 remaining in the game before Yandow and Heidi Hansen each tallied unassisted goals to put the Saints ahead 12-5.

Oswego scored the next three goals before Clement could get another point on the board for the Saints with just over three minutes left in the game. Gioia scored the next two and Cherry wrapped the scoring for the Saints off a feed from Clement with just under one minute remaining to give the Saints a final 16-9 margin of victory.

Rebecca Timbers made 10 saves for the Saints while Perkins and Meghan Slack combined for seven saves for the Lakers.

The Saints will next face the College of Wooster in Florida on March 17 at 2 p.m.

SAINTS SET TO OPEN 2004 SEASON

Feb. 27- If fifth year head coach Jodi Axtell could say one thing about her 2004 team, she would want everyone to know that their expectations are high for the upcoming season.

A former St. Lawrence University lacrosse player and member of the Athletic Department Hall of Fame, Axtell said, "With big wins over Nazareth and Union last year our women showed that they can play with the best of competition. We were close to where we wanted to be last year, but this year we are there."

Axtell considers this year's team different from the 2003 squad because of the diversity of the team. "We have depth this year, both on and off the field," Axtell said.

A major factor in the Saints success is the newfound age depth. Last year the Saints graduated one senior and this year there are four seniors who have seen significant playing time in their last three years at St. Lawrence.

Recruiting has also been key in forming the Saints team. "Recruiting has been quite successful and grown over the last few years. I contribute it entirely to the new athletic facilities and the environment of St. Lawrence-both the sports and campus atmosphere," Axtell commented.

"We as coaches are very lucky to have a group of women like this. With a team this large you never know what personalities you will have, but all the women are friends and they help each other which is another component of our success," Axtell said.

Newcomers include former All-State Patricia Ball in the attack position and joining her is Shannon Garrett. Julia Palmateer, who is also a member of the St. Lawrence University Women's Hockey Team, and Erin Mellow will play at midfield. Sam Bealer, Kathryn Durki, Jamie Mara and Lis Reade are ready at defense.

"The new players come from competitive high school backgrounds and will offer more depth at key positions," Axtell said.

All three goalies are new and Axtell is pleased with their talent and team spirit. Ali Mattison, Cynthia Saul and Rebecca Timbers are vying for a starting position on the Saint squad.

Helping the rookies out are experienced veterans that include seniors Jenny Heffler at midfield and Jessie Davie on defense. Junior Carolyn Cherry will lead the Saints in the attack position while sophomores Leah Yandow, Megan Clement, Hadley Quish and Kat Smithson (also on the Women's Hockey Team) are returning midfielders.

The Saints will start their season against Oswego at Liverpool on March 6 before heading to Florida to face the College of Wooster on March 17 and Franklin and Marshall on March 19.

"Wooster has become more competitive over the years and I expect a good strong game," Coach Axtell said. "Franklin and Marshall will be a great test for us. We will use that game as a primer for league play against Hamilton and William Smith when we return home."

Axtell's ultimate goal is to win the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament and advance to the NCAA playoffs. "We haven't been their since 1996 and I think it's about time for the Saint's to return," she said.