BUFFALO, N.Y. – Made their third consecutive trip to the East Coast Conference Championships, the No. 3 seeded D'Youville University women's lacrosse team will travel to face No. 2 Mercy University Thursday afternoon.
No. 3 D'Youville at No. 2 Mercy
Thursday, May 2nd, 3:00pm
Watch: ECC Network
About the Saints
DYU is coming off a regular season record of 7-9, and a program best 4-2 record. The Saints finished the regular season on a three-game winning streak, beating the likes of St. Thomas Aquinas College, Daemen University, and the University of the District of Columbia.
D'Youville is no stranger to playing Mercy in the semifinals, facing them in each of the past two postseasons. The Mavs hold a 2-0 record in those games.
The Saints will look to avenge their regular season loss to the Mavs where they fell by a score of 18-8.
Madison Handley led the offense with three goals while
Madison Buck (Rochester, N.Y.) and
Sam Newlin (Austin, Texas) each had two goals.
Jillian Bernas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) added one goal with
Danielle Gephart (Eden, N.Y.) added two assists.
On the defensive end, DYU was led by
Lauren Parker (Syracuse, N.Y.) with six groundballs and three caused turnovers.
Brinn Stworzydlak (Hamburg, N.Y.) saw most the time in net, making 12 saves.
Saints Stats
- DYU is averaging 10.2 goals per game while allowing 13.4 goals per game.
- Handley leads the offensive attack, accounting for 64 points (51 goals, 13 assists) on the season.
- In the starting circle, the Saints are averaging 12.1 draw controls per game while allowing 14.4 draw controls per game.
- Parker leads the team with 75 draw controls on the season.
- On the defensive end, DYU is averaging 17.3 groundballs per game while allowing 17.4 groundballs per game.
- Parker leads the team with 48 groundballs as well as 25 caused turnvovers.
- Stworzydlak has seen most the time in between the pipes, making 162 saves on the year.
About the Mavs
- Mercy brings in an overall record of 8-9 and a conference record of 5-1.
- The Mavs are averaging 12.8 goals per game while allowing 11.0 goals per game.
- Leah Hansen leads the offensive attack, accounting for 67 points (59 goals, 8 assists).
- In the starting circle, Mercy is averaging 14.5 draw controls per game while allowing 12.3 draw controls per game.
- Lindsey Shimborske leads the team with 101 draw controls.
- On the defensive side, the Mavs are averaging 20.3 groundballs per game while allowing 17.2 groundballs per game.
- Shimborske leads the team with 48 groundballs and 37 caused turnovers.
- Olivia Maute has seen most the actin in net, making 121 saves on the year.
- The Mavs hold the all-time series record at 6-0.
