Box Score NORTHFIELD, VT. – Five players compiled multi-goal games,
leading Norwich University to a 19-6 win over Anna Maria April
12.
The senior midfielder duo of Kacey
Abbriano (Hicksville, N.Y.) and Mollie
Fitzpatrick (Falmouth, Maine) each scored four goals
to highlight the Senior Day 2012 win which wrapped up the top seed
for NU in next week's GNAC postseason tournament. The victory was
part of an afternoon in which coach Elizabeth VanParys and her
staff recognized eight Cadets prior to appearing in their final
regular season home game on Howard Field.
NU's offense started quickly. An eight-goal run in the opening
10 minutes got Norwich out to a lead they didn't surrender.
Fitzpatrick's four tallies all occurred in the opening 30 minutes
en route to a 13-2 halftime lead.
The Maroon and Gold (10-0, 8-0 GNAC) opened the second half in
similar fashion with four straight goals to lead 17-2. Anna Maria
(1-12, 0-9 GNAC) did forge a late comeback with four of the final
six scores.
The quartet of sophomore midfielder Grace
Fitzpatrick (Falmouth, Maine) and senior attackers
Danielle
Del Dotto (Andover. Mass.), Lindsey
Mathias (Worcester, Mass.) and Suzanne
Whitaker (Chelmsford, Mass.) each finished with two
goals. Abbriano's seven-point total, with a team-high three
assists, topped the Cadets, while she also added top honors in
ground balls (nine) and caused turnovers (five).
The Maroon and Gold put their 25-game GNAC and 15-game home
field win streaks on the line Sunday, April 22, when Emerson
College visits for a 1 p.m. game.
NOTES – Abbriano continued to move closer to the 200-goal
career mark (192), while her multiple-goal game streak hit 21.
… Grace Fitzpatrick recorded her eighth straight
multiple-goal contest. … Senior goalkeeper Meghan
Kennedy (Lowell, Mass.), also among the Senior Day
honorees, recorded her 15th straight win in net.
