2006 PSAC Women's Lacrosse Championship
(hosted by West Chester University)

WEST CHESTER, PA – For the 18th time in its 20-year history of participating in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, the West Chester University women’s lacrosse team has captured the PSAC Championship.

On Saturday afternoon at WCU’s South Campus Multi-Purpose Turf Field, senior attack player Katelyn Martin raced past the Lock Haven University defense with nine points on six goals and three assists as the Golden Rams doubled up the Bald Eagles 16-8. Martin was named the game's MVP.

Jessica Blickenstaff topped Lock Haven with six points on four goals and two assists. She scored the game’s first goal to give LHU a 1-0 lead and the game’s third goal to snap a 1-1 tie.

However, Martin dominated the contest by leading a barrage of four consecutive goals near the end of the first half to give the Golden Rams a 5-3 intermission advantage. She scored twice during the run, while Gina DiDomenicis and Christine Kane also tallied scores.  Kane, a junior attack, ended the contest with four goals and three assists.

The Golden Rams scored the first two goals of the second half thanks to Mandy Masoner and Kane, but Lock Haven then used a 3-1 run to pull within two at 8-6. However, West Chester punched in eight of the game’s final 10 goals to secure the victory.

Senior goalkeeper Chelsea Marshall halted 10 Lock Haven shots on net and kept the Bald Eagles to their lowest goal output of the year.

Martin has now moved into second place all-time on the NCAA Division II career scoring list after jumping her total to 358 points vs. the Bald Eagles. She now needs just two points to break the mark of 359 currently held by Deb Wood of Gannon University.

Martin has posted 112 points this season, upping her total to the third most in school history. The record of 131 is held by Kathleen Sheehan (2004), while Erika Baker is second with 128 (1993). She also has 84 goals which ranks second all-time in a season behind Sheehan who set the record of 93 in 2004.

The victory marked the third straight PSAC Championship for the Golden Rams and fifth in the last six seasons. West Chester, which joined the PSAC in 1983 in the sport of women’s lacrosse, has now won the title every year it has been in the league with the exception of 2000 and 2003. The Golden Rams did not participate in the conference from 1988-91.

Lock Haven
SCORING: GOALS: Jessica Blickenstaff 4; Amber Hoch 1; Jenna
Richter 1; Mandy Alderfer 1; Caitlyn Watts 1.
ASSISTS: Jessica Blickenstaff 2; Amber Hoch 1; Lindsay Rentel 1; Jenna Richter 1.

West Chester
SCORING: GOALS: Katelyn Martin 6; Christine Kane 4; Stephanie
Kienle 2; Molly Halberstadt 1; Maureen Clifton 1; Mandy Masoner 1; Gina DiDomenicis 1.
ASSISTS: Christine Kane 3; Katelyn Martin 3; Maureen Clifton 2; Molly
Halberstadt 2; Jackie Baker 1; Mandy Masoner 1.

SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Lock Haven Univ..... 10  8 - 18
West Chester Univ... 11 12 - 23

GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  Tot
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Lock Haven Univ.....  0  0 -  0
West Chester Univ...  0  0 -  0


SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Lock Haven Univ.....  6  1 -  7
West Chester Univ...  7  3 - 10


GOALIES
West Chester Univ.        Minutes   GA   W/L Saves
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42 Chelsea Marshall....     60:00    8    W     10

Lock Haven Univ.          Minutes   GA   W/L Saves
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0  Melissa Seesz.......     60:00   16    L      7