CASTLETON, Vt. - Ally Daniels scored a game-high six goals and added two assists, and Ashley Haviland netted four goals and dished out one assist to lead the Norwich University women's lacrosse team to a 13-8 victory over Castleton State in a non-league contest Wednesday afternoon.

The Cadets, who snap a brief three-game losing streak with the victory, improve to 7-4 on the season. The Spartans, meanwhile, fall to 6-4.

Norwich took a 7-5 lead into halftime as the teams traded goals until the Cadets took the lead for good, 5-3 on Haviland's free position goal with 13:36 remaining in the first half. Stephanie Pearce kept the Spartans alive in the first half, scoring two of her three goals during the opening 30 minutes.

Marie VanDerKar pulled the Spartans to within 7-6 in the opening minutes of the second half, but Daniels answered with two straight goals to give Norwich a three goal cushion with 24:18 remaining.

VanDerKar once again cut into the lead, scoring just 16 seconds later to make it 9-7, but it was as close as Castleton State would get.

Daniels sandwiched her final two goals around single tallies from Chelsea Martin and Haviland.

VanDerKar led the Spartans with four goals and one assist.

Kellie Pickel earned the win in goal for the Cadets, stopping 10 shots. Meredith Pope stopped nine shots in the loss for Castleton State.

Norwich returns to action on Friday, April 18, when the Cadets host GNAC rival Pine Manor at Howard Field at 4:30 p.m.

Goals By Period                                 1          2         Total

Norwich                                              7        6           13          

Castleton State                                                5         3           8