'KEENE, N.H 4/29/03 – Kristal Lundegaard (Babylon, N.Y.) had six goals and an assist and Colleen Murphy (Mansfield, Mass.) finished with three goals and four assists to lead the Keene State College women's lacrosse team to a 18-3 victory over Southern Maine in a Little Conference Tournament quarterfinal game played Tuesday in Keene.

Seeded fourth, Keene State (9-6) advances to the semifinals and will play at top seed Plymouth State on Friday (3 p.m.).  The winner of the #6 UMass-Dartmouth/#4 Western Conn. game will take on second Eastern Conn. in the other semifinal contest.

Keene State, which scored just 35 seconds into the game, jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead on the way to building up a 13-2 halftime advantage. 

 Natalie Kent (Billerica, Mass.) had three goals and an assist and Liz Maddocks (Essex, Vt.) added a pair of goals for KSC.

 Laura Jurkowski (East Longmeadow, Mass.), Emily Kirkland (Damariscotta, Me.), and Amanda Loomis (Poultney, Vt.) scored for USM, which concludes its season with a 4-11 record.

Jamie Litch (Addison, Vt.) who made five saves and Mandy Gray (Sharon, Mass.) with three saves, each played a half in goal for KSC.  Andrea Guerrette (Fairfield, Me.) finished with 13 saves for the Huskies.

Keene State lost to Eastern Conn. (14-4) in last year's semifinals.