KEENE, N.H. 4/12/08 - Keene State freshmen accounted for 14 of the teams goals in the Owls' 21-5 Little East Conference women's lacrosse victory over Western Connecticut State University at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.

Winners of four straight, Keene State (7-4, 3-0 LEC), which netted a season high 21 goals on Saturday, has scored 20 or more goals in its last three games. 

The Owls took control early, going up 5-0 just 6:37 into the game.  Freshman Jill Kirk (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) netted two of KSC goal in the early uprising.

 Keene State went up 7-1 before WCSU scored three consecutive goals. Free position goals by Ashley Caruso (Northport, N.Y.) and Whitney Fairchild (New Milford, Conn.) made it a 7-4 game at the 21:11 mark of the first half.

 But it was all Keene State from there.  The Owls scored the next four goals to take an 11-4 halftime lead and tact on eight unanswered goals in the second half to go up 19-4.

 One of 10 freshmen on the Owls' roster, Jenny Lillis (West Islip, N.Y.) led the KSC attack with five goals.  "Over the past few games the offense has really started to gel, "said Lillis, second of the team in scoring with 26 goals and 32 points.  "When we get on the field, we just rip it."

 Fellow freshman Kirk finished the game with four goals and Lauren Sawyer (Westbrook, Me.) tallied two goals and five assists.  Emily Persano (Somers, Conn.), Dene Tully (Peabody, Mass.), and Mazzotta had two goals each, and Andrea Mitchell (Bow, N.H.), Merrill Simone (West Hartford, Conn.), Molly Corcoran (Concord, N.H.), and Missy Luzzi (Oakland, N.J.) chipped in with single goals.

 Caruso led the Colonials (0-11, 0-4 LEC with two goals.

 KSC goalie Jen Gearing (Westfield, Mass.) made six save. Meghan Ledoux (Standish, Me.) played the final 17 minutes and stopped two shots.

 Angela Vargas (Stonington, Conn.) made nine saves in goal for Western.

 Keene State hosts Colby-Sawyer on Monday (4 p.m.).  Western returns home to face Vassar on Tuesday (4 p.m.).