'MANSFIELD, CT –  Mo Deegan (WESTPORT) had six goals and three assists to lift the Eastern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse

team to an 18-8 Little East Conference victory over Keene State College Monday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

The win is the seventh straight for Eastern (7-4, 5-1 little east), which won its final five conference matches after an opening loss. The Warriors are seeded second in the conference playoffs and will host a

semifinal-round match Friday. Eastern will face the winner of a first-round match between  No. 3 seed Western Connecticut State University and No. 6

seed MAachusetts Dartmouth. The tournament final is scheduled for Sunday at the site of the highest remaining tournament seed.

Freshman midfielders Lauren Saunders (Fremont, N.H.) led Keene with four goals and with three caused turnovers. Collen Murphy (Mansfield, MA.) also added two goals for the Owls.

Fourth-seeded Keene STATE (8-6, 2-4 Little East) will host fifth-seeded University of Southern ME in a first-round match Tuesday.

Against Keene, Eastern scored 12 of the first 13 goals to move out to an 11-goal lead. Deegan contributed to half of the those goals with five goals and an assist.

Jamie Litch (Addison, Vt.) had four saves and Mandy Gray (Sharon, MA.) finished weith eight saves for KSC in goal.