KEENE, N.H.4/6/02 - Michelle Mason (Fairport, NY) tied her own school record with six goals and added three assists to lead the Keene State College women's lacrosse team to a 12-6 Little East Conference victory over UMA-Dartmouth at Keene on Saturday. It was the LEC opener for both teams.

It was the fourth straight win for KSC (4-2, 1-0 LEC) while UMA-Dartmouth goes to 2-2, (0-1 LEC).

The Owls jumped out to a 6-1 lead and held an 8-2 advantage at half time. Mason, a freshman attack player netted three goals in each half. She now has team-high 19 goals this season.

Erin Boudreau (Framingham, MA.) scored two goals and Liz Maddocks (Essex, Vt.), Natalie Kent (Billerica, MA.), Erin Mehner (Stamford, CT) Brianne Manley (Nashua, NH) and Michelle Roy (Keene, NH) scored one goal each for KSC.

Emily Valorz (Milton, MA.) led the Corsairs with five goals.

Colleen McSweeney (East Longmeadow, MA.) made nine saves for the Owls and Liz Holland (Quincy, MA.) stopped 21 shots for UMD.

It was the first win for KSC over UMD in five meetings. KSC is a Colby-Sawyer on Tuesday (4 p.m.).