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Junior Colleen Cormier (Westampton, NJ) scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the 60th minute, lifting Widener to a 3-2 Commonwealth Conference win over Arcadia in Glenside, PA.
Cormier scored from the top of the circle for a 1-0 Widener lead at the 16:31 mark, following a penalty corner. Junior Kate Fetterman (Camden, ME) added an unassisted tally less than two minutes later for a 2-0 Widener advantage.
Adrienne Altera buried a penalty stroke for Arcadia in the 29th minute to make it 2-1. The Knights outshot Widener by a 21-4 margin in the first half, and earned an 11-5 advantage in penalty corners, but Widener held on to the 2-1 lead at the break, thanks to 12 saves by senior goalkeeper Megan Purcell (Perkasie, PA).
Arcadia knotted the score at 2-2 in the 49th minute. Marilen Beatty gathered a rebound in front and shot it past Purcell for the equalizer.
Widener capitalized on another penalty corner to regain the lead just over 10 minutes later. Cormier flicked a high shot over the head of Arcadia goalkeeper Sarah Baumgardner and into the top corner for her team-leading 13th goal of the year and the eventual game-winner.
Purcell made a total of 20 saves for the Pride (10-4, 3-3 CC).
Altera totaled 14 shots for the Knights (9-9, 2-5), who finished with a 34-7 edge.
Widener on Friday hosts No. 2 Lebanon Valley for a Commonwealth Conference game in its season finale, beginning at 4:00 pm.
