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KEENE SENTINEL: "Stick Revival"

KEENE SENTINEL: "Stick Revival"

Franklin Pierce's Kimberly Jaksina (18) tries to gain control of the ball as Keene State's Shannon Palumbo closes in. (KEENE SENTINEL PHOTO)

FPU women clip Owls, sense lax turnaround

By KEN MURPHY
Sentinel Staff

Last week, last month, last year, the shot would have caromed off in another direction. That's just the way things were going for the Franklin Pierce women's lacrosse team.

But not now, not this time. Sophomore attacker Lauren Stille's first-period shot hit the post, but instead of bouncing away, it took one hop back into the basket of Stille's stick, and Franklin Pierce's leading scorer wasted no time in making good on the second-chance effort.

It was a cold, wet Monday afternoon at Owl Athletic Complex, but the gloomy days are behind Franklin Pierce. With their 17-14 victory over the Owls, the Ravens won back-to-back games for the first time in five years.

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