NEW LONDON, N.H. – September 19, 2018 – The Colby-Sawyer women's soccer team defeated Norwich University, 3-1, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action on Wednesday afternoon.

Colby-Sawyer evens its overall record to 3-3 and improves to 3-1 in the GNAC. The Chargers have won seven-straight against Norwich dating back to 2012. Colby-Sawyer hosts Regis on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Norwich, coached by 2015 Colby-Sawyer alumna Heather Faasse, suffers its first loss to drop to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in conference play. The Cadets play at Emmanuel on Saturday at noon.

The Chargers got on the board first, in the 16th minute, when Norwich was whistled for a foul in the box and the ref pointed to the spot. Senior Maddie Chamard (Portsmouth, R.I.) converted the penalty kick into the lower left side of the goal for her first tally of the year.

Colby-Sawyer then benefited from an own goal in the 31st minute to take a 2-0 lead. Chamard sent a corner kick towards the box and a Norwich defender knocked the ball in.

With 21 seconds left to play in the half, Colby-Sawyer was whistled for a foul in the box and Norwich was awarded a penalty kick. Junior Kaila Lemmer (Barnard, Vt.) converted her attempt to cut the deficit in half heading into the break.

Early in the second frame, Colby-Sawyer regained its two-goal advantage. Senior Hannah Fields (Shapleigh, Maine) set up senior teammate Amanda Martin (Amesbury, Mass.) who hit a bending ball from 25-yards out that snuck in under the crossbar for her third goal of the season.  

Colby-Sawyer outshot Norwich 24-7 and had a 4-3 edge in corner kicks.

Senior Oona Bond (Southborough, Mass.) finished with two saves in the win, while sophomore Katie Bishop-Manning (New York, N.Y.) had six saves for Norwich. 

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