ELKINS, W.Va. - The Davis & Elkins College Women's Lacrosse team fell to Ursuline College 16-7 this afternoon at Nuttall Field in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference contest.
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Gabby Fagan scored four goals,
Samantha Cozzolino scored two and
Kathleen Shaw put one in but D&E couldn't keep up with Ursuline in the middle of the contest.
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The Senators started off well, getting two goals in the first two minutes of the game with an unassisted effort by Cozzolino, who also gave the assist for the second goal, scored by Shaw.
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D&E was then pulled back by the visitors, conceding two goals in the next two minutes.
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Ebele De La Bay Coffie made a couple saves on Ursuline to keep the score tied, allowing Fagan to score her first in the game and give the Senators the lead 3-2 with 21 minutes remaining in the half.
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Once again, Ursuline responded quickly to tie the game. That would start a run for the Arrows, who scored 14 of the next 15 goals in the contest.
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After seven goals from Ursuline, the Senators would cut one back to make it 9-4 with Cozzolino's unassisted goal at 5:23 remaining in the half.
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D&E went a player down with four minutes left in the half and the visitors took the advantage, scoring the last goal of the period to make it 10-4.
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After the break, the Senators got a couple of shots on target but couldn't break the Arrows defense. Ursuline then took charge, as the Senators conceded six goals over the first 17 minutes of the second period.
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Ursuline then went two players down and D&E took advantage, as
Gabby Fagan scored her second of the game and the first of three straight from the junior to end the game.
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Both of the remaining goals from Fagan came from free position shots. The first came with 2:20 left and the last goal of the game was scored with 42 seconds remaining on the clock with a player advantage.
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De La Bay Coffie played the whole entire game and stopped 11 shots. She also led the way for the Senators with two ground balls.
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Gabby Fagan and
Samantha Cozzolino split the draw controls for the Senators, each one recording six.
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Davis & Elkins returns to action on Tuesday in the home finale, as well as Senior night, at Nuttall Field for a G-MAC battle against Alderson Broaddus. The game is set for 7:00 p.m.