Norwich junior Nikki Szczepanski notched a goal in the Lady Cadet's 3-1 win over Mt. Ida last week at Howard field. The win snapped a five game winless skid for the Lady Cadets. Nikki Szczepanski and Brittany Casey each tallied a pair of goals, and Nicki Hunsicker made seven saves in the Cadets' net as Norwich shut out Lasell, 4-0, in a key Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's soccer match Saturday afternoon.

Norwich, which has won three straight matches, improves to 7- 7-1 (4-5-1 GNAC). The Lasers, meanwhile, fall to 5-4-2 (4-2-2 GNAC).

Norwich got on the board early, just 11:36 into the contest, with a breakaway opportunity by Szczepanski. The junior forward received a long lead pass and dribbled past several Lasell's defenders before ripping a shot past Lasell goalkeeper.

Norwich made it 2-0 with 11:18 remaining in the first half when Casey carried the ball downfield and took a shot that glided into the Lasers' net. Less than three minutes later, the Cadets struck again as Szczepanski scored from the top of the box. The goal, which was assisted by Casey, helped the Cadets to a 3-0 halftime lead.

Casey rounded out the scoring with 13:52 to play in the contest as the freshman forward drove down the left side of the field all alone before blasting a hard shot into the right-hand corner of the cage.

NU outshot Lasell 16-10 in the game, while the Lasers held a 5- 2 edge in corner kicks.

Earlier in the week, Karissa Doyon's return to the Northeast Kingdom was a special one as the Canaan Memorial graduate netted two second-half goals to lead Norwich University to a 3-1 victory over Lyndon State College in a non-conference women's soccer match Thursday afternoon at the LSC Athletics Field.

Brittany Casey, who collected 12 shots and seven shots-ongoal in the contest, gave the Cadets (6-7-1) a 1-0 lead at the 10:30 mark as she punched home a pass from Ashley Sanford.

The one-goal advantage stood until the midpoint of the second half when Doyon tallied two goals off a pair of crosses by Emily Chandler to push the Norwich advantage to 3-0.

The lone Lyndon goal of the contest came in the final minute of play as Kathy Kline drilled home a shot into the lower lefthand corner of the net off a pass from teammate Abby Fadden.

Nicki Hunsicker and Meghan Kennedy combined to make two saves for the Cadets, while Natalia Shams turned aside 16 shots for the Lady Hornets (7-6).

Norwich outshot Lyndon by a margin of 32-5, and the Cadets held a 6-0 edge in corner kicks.