UTICA, NY - The Utica College women's lacrosse team (3-4, 1-0 E8) defeated conference foe Alfred University (1-2, 0-1 E8) in Empire 8 conference action Friday 16-2.
    The first half was all UC as they dominated the Saxons 12-0. Casey Pelletier (/) (Mercy/Middletown, CT) (three), Kelly Regan (/) (Massapequa/ Massapequa) (one), Kathy Waite (/) (Division Avenue/Levittown) (three), Jill Doherty (Wellesley, MA/Kents Hill) (Kents/Wellesley, MA) (one), Marci Coverstone (/) (Francis Scott Key/Union Bridge, MD) (one) and Jackie Vicencio (/) (Miller Place/Miller Place) (three) all scored first half goals for UC.
    Vicencio scored three goals with two unassisted goals at 28:20 and 17:50 of the first half. Her third goal came at 9:27 with an assist from Laura Keating (/) (Horseheads/ Whitesboro). Vicencio also cashed in on an assist to Doherty at 1:21.
    Waite's three goals came at 21:27(unassisted,) 26:03(Pelletier) and 27:57(Keating).
    Pelletier's first goal was unassisted and came at 29:20 of the first half. Her second was assisted by Vicencio at 17:50, and her third by Keating at 9:31.
    Doherty's goal was scored on an assist by Vicencio at 1:21, Regan's goal was unassisted at 26:24, and Coverstone's goal came at 24:39 left in the first half.
    The second half started out slow until 24:12 when Doherty scored on an assist from Annemarie Reppucci (/) (Lowell/Lowell, MA). Keating scored her first goal of the game at 17:58, and assisted Coverstone in her second goal at 16:02.
    Alfred scored its first goal of the game at 10:37 of the second half on a shot from Kate Simonds (Park City, UT/Park City), assisted by Emily Tobin (Penfield/Penfield). Utica responded 20 seconds later with an unassisted goal by Annie Thiel (/) (Hamden/Hamden, CT). Alfred's second goal of the game came at 2:41 when Bailey Hebert (Heuvelton/Heuvelton) swept a loose ball into the net.
    Junior goalie Kelly George (/)  (Geneva/Geneva) of the Pioneers had one save in the second half, while junior Jessica LeClerc (Deerfield Academy/Augusta, ME) had two saves in the first half. Saxons goalie Shauna Carroll (Babylon/Babylon) had six saves on the day.
    The Pioneers return to action at St. John Fisher, Saturday starting at 1:00 p.m.