SOUTH BURLINGTON — The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative girls’ lacrosse team on Saturday breezed past Division I foe Rice, 17-6. The Commodores improved to 12-2 and remained in second place in Division II heading into a home game vs. Spaulding scheduled for Wednesday after the deadline for this print edition.

After that the Commodores have one more regular-season game, at home on Saturday at 11 a.m. vs. third-place U-32, which as of Tuesday also had just two losses. That game could possibly decide second place in D-II.

At Rice on Saturday Annie Dufault paced the MAV attack with six goals and two assists, Anna Stillwell scored four goals, Siena Stanley tossed in three, and Kennedy Denecker, Esme Visco-Lyons, Thompson Davis and Scout Jacobson added one apiece. Nell Harvey chipped in with two assists, and goalie Carley Cook made five saves. 

Gillian Gromes led Rice with two goals, and goalie Bethany Nelson made four saves.