NOTRE DAME, IN - The 20th-ranked Rutgers women’s lacrosse team (12-4, 3-3 BIG EAST) fell to conference rival No. 18 Notre Dame (7-7, 4-2 BIG EAST), 13-6, on Sunday afternoon at Moose Krause Stadium.

Junior Cali Wojdyla (Liverpool, NY) opened the scoring with an assist from junior Cristina Curiale (Summit, NJ), but Notre Dame’s Danielle Shearer tied the score with a free-position goal. Shearer scored two more goals to put the Irish up, 3-1, before RU senior Kate Slotman (Moorestown, NJ) scored her first of three goals, with help from senior Melissa Mosey (Skaneateles, NY). After Shearer scored her fourth goal of the game, Slotman and Mosey each scored one goal to tie the score at 4-4 with nine minutes to play in the first half. The Irish, though, took a 6-4 lead at the break after goals from Shearer and Kelly McCardell.

ND’s Angela Dixon, who dished out three assists in the first half, scored the opening goal of the half, increasing the Irish lead to three (7-4). Slotman and Wojdyla each scored again, bringing RU within one (7-6), but the Irish went on to score six more goals in the second half, earning the conference win and third-place in the BIG EAST with the 13-6 win.

Sophomore Lyndsey Feldman (Ft. Myers, FL) made nine saves on the day for the Scarlet Knights, while Jen White made nine saves for the Irish.

RU has concluded its regular-season play with a 12-4 record, an impressive turnaround from the 2002 season’s 7-9 final record.

First-Half Scoring
Team	Time	Score	Goal			        Assist
RU	25:02	0-1	Cal Wojdyla			Melissa Mosey
ND	24:41	1-1	Danielle Shearer
ND	22:53	2-1  *	Danielle Shearer (2)
ND	18:03	3-1	Danielle Shearer (3)		Angela Dixon
RU	12:00	3-2	Kate Slotman			Melissa Mosey
ND	10:48	4-2	Danielle Shearer (4)		Angela Dixon (2)
RU	9:43	4-3  *	Melissa Mosey
RU	9:01	4-4	Kate Slotman (2)
ND	4:53	5-4	Kelly McCardell			Angela Dixon (3)
ND	1:32	6-4	Danielle Shearer (5)

Second-Half Scoring
Team	Time	Score	Goal			        Assist
ND	28:40	7-4	Angela Dixon			Meredith Simon
RU	22:27	7-5	Kate Slotman (3)
RU	14:55	7-6  *	Cal Wojdyla (2)
ND	12:23	8-6	Danielle Shearer (6)
ND	6:01	9-6	Mary McGrath			Meredith Simon (2)
ND	2:44	10-6	Crysti Foote 			Danielle Shearer
ND	2:03	11-6	Crysti Foote (2)
ND	0:34	12-6	Anne Riley
ND	0:19	13-6	Angela Dixon (2)		Crysti Foote


Scoring:                   1st    2nd      Final
Rutgers (12-4/3-3)          4      2         6
Notre Dame (7-7/4-2)        6      7	    13

Goalkeepers
Rutgers:  Lyndsey Feldman (60:00 minutes, 13 goals against, 9 saves)
Notre Dame:    Jen White (60:00 minutes, 6 goals against, 9 saves)

Shots on Goal
RU	21
ND	28

Free Position Shots
RU     2 for 4
ND     1 of  5

Ground Balls
RU	 4
ND	23

Draw Controls
RU       6
ND      14