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ROCHESTER, NY -- Nazareth closed out its season with a 4-2 win over Utica College on a cold and rainy Senior Day. The Golden Flyers improved to 9-10 on the season and an even 4-4 in the Empire 8 Conference just missing the Empire 8 Tournament. Utica fell to 6-11, 3-5 to end the 2018 season.

The Golden Flyers held off a late rally by the Pioneers and dominated the offensive end with a 30-16 advantage in shots. They also held a 13-6 advantage on penalty corners.

Natalie L'Hommedieu opened up the scoring for Nazareth at 23:17 into the first half off a Jennifer Hilts assist. The Pioneers had a chance to tie up the score less than a minute later when they were awarded a penalty stroke at 23:39. However, Rylee Meelan's shot went wide of the goal. The Golden Flyers preserved the 1-0 lead at the half.

The Pioneers tied the game after scoring the first goal in the second half at 40:19 when Jessica Belt collected the rebound off Nazareth keeper Kimber Nourse's goal-pads. The tie was short-lived as Nazareth quickly regained the lead after Mikaylee Whalen scored off a crossing pass from Alexandra Livesey just two minutes later at 41:47.

Senior Sarah Dugas scored her second goal of the season to give Nazareth a 3-1 lead when she received a pass from Hilts who had collected her own rebound off a shot. Whalen scored her second goal of the game at 64:30 rocketing a shot in from the top of the goal circle to give the Golden Flyers a comfortable 4-1 lead.

Utica rallied in the final minutes scoring its second goal of the game at 69:05 to make the score 4-2 and had several shots in the waning seconds before running out of time.

Nourse finished the game with 13 saves while Utica's Carly Tebolt had 20 saves in the loss.

Prior to the game seniors Nourse, Leah Good, Jessica Livesey, Dugas, and Emily Prescott were honored for their contributions to the program over the last four year.