WATERVILLE, Maine – An 8-1 third quarter advantage for No. 4 Colby College proved to be the difference in a 17-6 win over the No. 17 Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team in the 2025 NCAA Championships Round of 16 Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Stevens (17-5) took a 2-0 lead late in the first quarter on goals from Alison Lax and Maddie Hogan, but Colby (16-3) scored the final goal of the opening quarter and first two of the second for a 3-2 lead.
 
Stefanie Sellitto tied the game less than a minute after the Mules took the lead and Alina Friz put the Ducks back up one just past the midway point of the period, but Colby scored back-to-back goals just over a minute apart and seemed poised to enter the half with a one-goal lead, but Lax notched her second of the day with 15 seconds to go, tying the game at five midway through.
 
Emily Leiby scored for the Ducks in the third, but Colby found the back of the net eight times, opening a 13-6 lead with 15 minutes left to play, then tacked on four more in the fourth.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Lax scored at least two goals for the seventh consecutive game.
• Leiby finished with a goal and two assists, becoming just the fourth player for the program with 90+ points in a season since 2013.
• Sellitto finished with three draw controls, matching her single-season program record of 165 set last season and extending her career program record to 411.

UP NEXT
Fresh off their first Round of 16 appearance in school history this season, the Ducks will return to the field in 2026 looking to make more history.

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