Women's Lax Records Second Straight Shutout Victory

UNION, N.J. (4/10/09) - Junior defender Chelsea Davis (Livingston, N.J.) scored two goals and added one assist, six draw controls, five groundballs and four caused turnovers to lead the Kean University women's lacrosse team to a 14-0 shutout over Polytechnic Institute of NYU in Skyline Conference action on Friday afternoon.

Sophomore midfielder Kelly Mataya (Woodland Park, N.J.) added one goal and a game-high three assists, as the Cougars (5-7, 3-0 Skyline) won their third straight game.  Senior goalkeeper Anne Li (Long Island City, N.Y.) made 20 saves for the Fighting Blue Jays (0-7, 0-3 Skyline). 

The Cougars scored twice in the opening 10 minutes, as sophomore Erica Kelly (West Deptford, N.J.) put Kean on the scoreboard, scoring off the assist by sophomore Amanda South (Fairless, Pa.) just 4:08 into the contest.

Kean scored 10 goals in the final 17:24 of the first half en-route to taking a 12-0 lead at halftime, as nine different Cougars recorded points.  Li made 18 saves on 32 Cougar shots for Polytechnic.

In the second half, junior Julie Bachovchin (Piscataway, N.J.) and senior Stephanie Cirino (Warminster, Pa.) scored goal in the first 7:02 of the half before the Cougars held onto the ball for a most of the remainder of the contest to record their second straight 14-0 shutout over Skyline opponents.

Cirino, Bachovchin and Kelly (pictured right) each had two goals and one assist in the victory.

The Cougars return to action next Wednesday, April 15, when they take on host Ramapo College in both a Skyline and New Jersey Athletic Conference game at 4 p.m.