Castleton, VT - Castleton State College received a five-goal, one-assist performance from Marie VanDerKar (Manchester, VT) and Aimee Goulette (Baldwinsville, NY) tallied the game-winning goal with just over six minutes remaining in an 11-10 win over Norwich University in non-conference women's lacrosse action Tuesday evening at Spartan Stadium.

Goulette was awarded an eight-meter free-position attempt from the center hash mark with 6:12 left in the contest, and beat Norwich goalie Kellie Pickel (Montpelier, VT) low for what proved to be the game-winner.

Leading 6-4 at the interval, Norwich pushed the lead to 8-4 with goals from Kacey Abbriano (Hicksville, NY) and Danielle Del Dotto (Andover, MA) inside the first six minutes of the second half.

Castleton (8-4) responded with five-straight goals, three from VanDerKar over the next seven minutes to take its first lead since early in the first half. VanDerKar started the surge with  a free-position tally with 22 minutes left, then passed off an assist to Nicole Adams (Rutland, VT), just over one minute later to cut the Cadet advantage to 8-6. After Stephanie Pearce (Shoreham, NY) made it 8-7, VanDerKar tallied her fourth and fifth goals of the game within 15 seconds of each other to give Castleton the lead.

Chelsea Martin (Barre, VT) tied the game at 9-9 with 13 minutes left, but Adams scored her 31st of the season to steal the one-point margin back. A Kathleen Hennessy (Essex Junction, VT) marker with 9:01 left tied the game for the final time, setting up Goulette's heroics.

Adams followed VanDerKar in the scoring column with two goals and two assists, while Pearce, Goulette, Elizabeth Haggerty (Centerport, NY), and Stephanie Paproski (Newtown, CT) each had one goal to round out the scoring.

DelDotto led Norwich (5-6) with four goals, and Abbriano added three. Martin chipped in a pair of scores while Hennessy rounded out the Cadet scorers with one goal and one assist.

Pickel turned away 10 Castleton shots, including seven in the first half, many of which came from point-blank range to give Norwich the early advantage. Abbriano also added game-highs in ground balls (9) and caused turnovers (5)

Freshman Lily Derbyshire picked up the win for Castleton, stopping 10 shots. VanDerKar also led the Spartans with six ground balls, while Pearce added four draw controls.

The game was even on more fronts than just the final score, with Castleton out-shooting Norwich 27-26, and Norwich holding a slight 26-21 edge in ground balls and both teams had 22 turnovers.

Castleton returns to action Saturday when the Spartans play host to Becker College in a 4:00 p.m. New England Women's Lacrosse Alliance battle.

Norwich plays host to Lasell on Friday at 4:00 p.m. in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference tilt.