GENEVA, N.Y. -- Senior goalie Leslie Khachadourian (Guilderland/Albany, N.Y.) had 21 saves to lead the No. 8 William Smith College lacrosse team to an 18-11 victory over visiting Union College in women's lacrosse action on Saturday. First-year Megan Shea (Mountain Lakes/Mountain Lakes, N.J.) finished with a career-high six goals and one assist for the Herons (11-1), who have won 15 of their last 16, and 31 of 33 regular season contests. The 19th-ranked Dutchwomen (7-6) suffered their fourth straight loss.

Khachadourian became just the second William Smith netminder to record 500 saves, joining Sarah Daniels '95. While improving her career record to 35-4, Khachadourian increased her career saves total to 510. Daniels collected 658 from 1992-95.

Union first-year Jessica Eaton (Soughen/Amherst, N.H.) netted two of her team's initial three goals to give the Dutchwomen a 3-1 lead with 15:50 remaining in the opening half. William Smith countered with four of the game's next five goals -- two by senior Danae Nason-Junco (BB&N/Boston, Mass.) -- to take a 5-4 advantage with 8:23 left until halftime.

Tallies by first-years Nina Mandel (Schreiber/Port Washington, N.Y.) and Katherine Rosenberg (Shipley School/Wynnewood, Pa.) gave Union its final lead, 6-5, at the 2:01 mark of the first half. Junior Maura Reilly (Miss Porter's School/Newington, Conn.) assisted on Shea's game-tying goal with 1:20 left, and junior Jennifer Faith (Spring-Ford/Schwenksville, Pa.) fired home her first collegiate point on an assist from first-year Brigid Lynch (Manhasset/Manhasset, N.Y.) with just nine seconds remaining to give William Smith a 7-6 halftime lead.

The Herons received four goals from Shea, and two from sophomore Gwen Parker (Woodstock/Brownsville, Vt.) in outscoring Union 11-5 in the final 30 minutes. After junior Melanie Thornton's (Bethlehem/Delmar, N.Y.) second unassisted goal of the day reduced Union's deficit to 11-9 with 11:25 left, William Smith deposited seven of the final nine scores to secure the win in the regular season finale for both teams.

Junior Meghan Genovese (Geneva/Geneva, N.Y.) and Parker both had two goals and an assist for the Herons. Nason-Junco tallied three goals, first-year Amanda Wynn (Loomis Chaffee/Aspen, Colo.) finished with one goal and a career-high matching three assists, and Reilly delivered one goal and one assist. Senior Rebecca Armiger (Centennial/Baltimore, Md.) and first-year Jackie Toner (Geneva/Geneva, N.Y.) each added one goal.

For Union, Thornton, Eaton, senior Abigail Harris (Phillips Academy/Andover, Mass.), and junior Margaret Merriam (Fayetteville-Manlius/Fayetteville, N.Y.) all had two goals. Mandel and senior Samantha Ryall (Longmeadow/ Longmeadow, Mass.) both contributed one goal and two assists. In goal, junior Michelle Morrin (Waterloo/Waterloo, N.Y.) and first-year Emily Boosahda (Bishop Stang/Bass River, Mass.) combined for 14 saves.

Scoring 1 2 Final
#19 Union (7-6) 6 5 11
#8 William Smith (11-1) 7 11 18

Individual Scoring (goals-assists): Union - Nina Mandel 1-2, Samantha Ryall 1-2, Jessica Eaton 2-0, Abigail Harris 2-0, Margaret Merriam 2-0, Melanie Thornton 2-0, Katherine Rosenberg 1-0. William Smith - Megan Shea 6-1, Amanda Wynn 1-3, Danae Nason-Junco 3-0, Meghan Genovese 2-1, Gwen Parker 2-1, Maura Reilly 1-1, Rebecca Armiger 1-0, Jennifer Faith 1-0, Jackie Toner 1-0, Brigid Lynch 0-1.

Saves: Union 14 (Michelle Morrin 6, Emily Boosahda 8). William Smith 21 (Leslie Khachadourian).

Shots: William Smith 42, Union 38.

Draw Controls: William Smith 18, Union 13.

Ground Balls: William Smith 25, Union 19.

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