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Castleton downs Husson, Adams and VanDerKar set scoring marks

4/19/2009 12:00:00 AM

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Castleton, VT – Nicole Adams became the all-time leading point scorer in Castleton history, and Marie VanDerKar set the single-season goal scoring record as Castleton cruised to a 22-12 win over Husson University in North Atlantic Conference action Sunday afternoon.

Adams tallied the 151st point of her three-year career on an unassisted goal with 4:22 remaining in the contest to give Castleton a 20-11 lead. VanDerKar's fifth goal of the contest came with 8:36 remaining in the first half, and gave her 49 on the season, setting the new mark. Nicole Bouchard set both marks last season as a senior.

Castleton traded goals with Husson over the opening five minutes of play, but used a 14-3 run to close out the half and take a commanding 17-5 lead into intermission. The Spartans stretched their lead to 19-7 with 16:55 remaining in the contest, but a 4-0 run by the Eagles cut the lead to eight with 4:28 remaining. Castleton answered with two quick goals coming out of a timeout to put the game out of reach.

VanDerKar scored a game-high seven goals and dished out one assist, while Adams added four goals and three assists. Stephanie Pearce tallied four goals and one assist as Castleton improves to 10-1 on the season. Freshmen Angelica Mazzola and Stephanie Paproski added three and two goals respectively, and Elizabeth Haggerty rounded out the scoring with two goals.

Shelby Bradford led the 5-5 Eagles with five goals while Caitlyn Butterfield added three and Caitlin Ramsey two.

The Spartans will travel to Colby-Sawyer Tuesday for a 4:00 pm non-conference match-up. Husson wraps up its season Tuesday at Thomas College in a 4:00 pm NAC tilt. 

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