ELKINS, W.Va. - The Davis and Elkins College Women's Lacrosse team fell to Lake Erie College 21-3 this evening at Nuttall Field in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference contest.
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The Senators scored twice with
Samantha Cozzolino and once with
Gabby Fagan but weren't able to stop the league leaders in Lake Erie.
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The visitors started strong scoring five goals in the first seven minutes of the game.
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D&E would cut the difference by one, getting an unassisted goal by Fagan, with 21:29 left in the first half.
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Lake Erie would go on to break D&E's defense seven more times in the first half.
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Before the end of the first period, the Senators would put one more in the back of the net with sophomore Cozzolino's unassisted effort, to make it 12-2 before the break.
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Lake Erie came back from halftime with another strong start, getting three goals in the first six minutes of the half.
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Cozzolino would score once more for the Senators, on another unassisted effort, seven minutes into the second half after winning a draw control.
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The team from Ohio responded quickly with another goal one minute later and five more later on to end the game with the final score of 21-3.
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Fagan and Cozzolino won three draw controls each and they also led the way for the Senators with two ground balls each, along with D&E's goalkeeper,
Ebele De La Bay Coffie, who made 20 stops against Lake Erie.
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The Davis and Elkins College Women's Lacrosse team has another G-MAC contest on Sunday against Ursuline. The game is set for 1:00 p.m. at Nuttall Field.