Utica, NY (4/29/14) – The Utica College women's lacrosse team (10-5, 3-4 Empire 8) wraps up its season Wednesday as it hosts Keuka College.  Game time is set for 4 p.m.
 
Last Time Out: The Pioneers started out strong and held Houghton scoreless at halftime as UC beat the Highlanders 12-4 last Saturday … Junior Megan Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) led UC with six points (five goals, one assist) and classmate Morgan Dupont added six more assists to move her record to 43 on the year … Rebecca Plunkett (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) added two tallies of her own and Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, PA/Millbrook School), Courtney Wheeler (Ava, NY/Rome Free Academy), Julia Primps (Ossining, NY/Ossining), Colleen Dowling (Fairport, NY/Fairport), and Vanessa Maines (Boxborough, MA/Acton-Boxborough Regional) scored as well.

Follow The Games Live: Live streaming video will be available via www.empire8.tv … Live stats will also be provided by Utica College and fans can also follow the Pioneers on Twitter for live updates: @UCPioneers.
 
Record-Setting Year: UC set a new program record for wins in a single season (10) … Last game Morgan DuPont (Wynantskill, NY/Averill Park) set a new single-game school-record with six assists and her 43 assists is also a single-season record … Dupont already has the career record for assists with 73 assists and still has another full season left … As a team, the Pioneers only need one more assist to break the single-season team record for assists (85) and they also set a record for most shots in a single season (455).
 
Senior Salute: Utica will graduate six seniors this season: Julia Primps (Ossining, NY/Ossining) (21 goals, 16 assists), Jennifer Rogaski (Schenectady, NY/Colonie Central) (76 gb, 49 ct), Alexandra Balboni (South Windsor, CT/South Windsor) (10 gb, 9 ct), Keala King (St. Albans, VT/Bellows Free Academy) (32 gb, 34 ct), Vanessa Maines (Boxborough, MA/Acton-Boxborough Regional) (18 goals, 7 assists), and Lindsey Gelles (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) (3 goals, 2 assists) … In the last four years these seniors helped the Pioneers secure 33 wins, including a school-record ten wins this season. 
 
Scouting Keuka: The Storm (13-2, 9-0) have clinched the NEAC regular season title and are coming off a 20-3 win over SUNY IT last Sunday … Keuka is led by Maggie Bonafede who has 88 points on the year and is fifth in the NCAA in assists (61) … Last year, UC beat Keuka 11-4 behind four goals apiece from Patricia Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) and Megan Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville).



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