Saturday’s Women’s Lacrosse Results
Akron 11, Lindenwood 9
UMass 17, Vermont 10
Kent State 17, Mercyhurst 9
Eastern Michigan 9, Xavier 7
Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments
Akron 11, Lindenwood 9
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AKRON, Ohio – Directed by a four-goal and two-assist performance from senior Katie Baumer (Rochester, N.Y.) the University of Akron lacrosse team moved to 2-0 for the first time in program history on the strength of an 11-9 triumph past Lindenwood on Saturday (Feb. 14) at the Stile Athletics Field House.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Akron garnered a game-high four goals and two assists from Katie Baumer.
• Adding three goals, including her 100th career tally in the opening quarter, was junior Sienna Hinchcliffe (Rochester, N.Y.).
• Additionally, tallying one goal apiece were seniors Heather Carey (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Kellen Fletcher (Valencia, Pa.), junior Kaitlyn Sikorski (Plymouth, Minn.) and Savannah Hinchcliffe (Rochester, N.Y.), who scored her first career goal.
• Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Adrianna Califano Bellmore, N.Y.) turned in another stout defensive effort for Akron with a team-high six saves.
• Sikorski dished out a game-high three assists for the Zips. Adding two, one and one assist, respectively, was Katie Baumer, Fletcher and sophomore Julia Mattingly (Leonardtown, Md.).
• Hinchcliffe posted a team-high five ground balls, while Katie Baumer corralled a team-best two draw controls.
• Carey led Akron with a game-high four caused turnovers.
• Recording six shots each was Hinchcliffe and Katie Baumer.
UMass 17, Vermont 10
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AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts women's lacrosse erased a 4-0 deficit with an 11-goal run to pick up a 17-10 win over Vermont on Garber Field on Saturday. With the win, UMass improves to 2-1 to begin the year, while the Catamounts drop to 1-1.
Six different Minutewomen had multiple goals in the contest, led by Kassidy Morris with four. Dylan Lyons added a hat trick and an assist for four points, as well, and Elizabeth Schafer registered her first collegiate hat trick. Ava Connaughton both chipped in with three points apiece, each on two goals and an assist. Cate Marshall logged 15 draw controls.
Caitlin Haggerty and Jane Trauger provided the majority of the offense for UVM, Haggerty with four points (3g, 1a) and Trauger with three (3g).
The Catamounts sprinted out to a 4-0 advantage in the first 7:39 of the contest with two scores from Trauger and one each from Lauren and Lindsay Lafebvre. At the 6:13 mark of the opening quarter, Lyons put UMass on the board, converting a free position shot and set up Morris 57 seconds later to halve the deficit for the Maroon & White. Morris then completed a hat trick to end the opening quarter and level things at 4-4.
Massachusetts then outscored Vermont 5-0 in the second and added the first three of the third quarter to cap an 11-0 run and build an 11-4 advantage. The Catamounts made a push at a rally with a 4-1 stretch to close the gap to 12-8 but could draw no closer the rest of the way.
UMass out-shot Vermont 32-23 on the afternoon and won 19 draw controls to the Catamounts' 10. The Maroon & White grabbed 14 ground balls to UVM's eight.
Kent State 17, Mercyhurst 9
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Kent, OHIO - The Kent State Lacrosse team turned in a big offensive performance in their home-opener at Dix Stadium on Saturday for a 17-9 Valentine's Day win over Mercyhurst. The win gave Coach Tierney and company their first 2-0 start in program history.
The Lakers opened up the scoring first with two goals in the first three minutes. Senior Riley Floyd opened up the scoring a few minutes later to get the Flashes rolling as they would then score five of the next eight goals to take a lead heading into the second quarter.
A dominant second frame for the Flashes gave them a 12-6 cushion into halftime as Senior Zayda Crumpton paced the Flashes with two goals in that span. After a 5-1 third quarter in favor of the Blue and Gold, the Lakers scored the final two goals in the fourth quarter to bring the score to 17-9 where it would remain as the final.
The Golden Flashes won the battle of claiming possession, out-pacing Mercyhurst in ground balls by a count of 38-22. They also earned a strong advantage with 18 Draw Controls compared to 10 from the Lakers.
Lizzie Lundeen and Crumpton finished with identical scoring outputs in their first game of the season as Lundeen produced five goals and Crumpton had five points off of three goals and two assists.
Morgan Halli and Floyd contributed three goals and one assist each while Meghan Haddow also had two goals and an assist. Katlyn Binnix dished out three assists in the win.
Leading the way on the defensive end for the Flashes was Haddow with seven ground balls and two caused turnovers. Amber Shinsky, Anna Zucconi and Haleigh Greenberg each had two caused turnovers as well. Sydney Davis also tallied nine saves in net for KSU.
Eastern Michigan 9, Xavier 7
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Postgame recap coming soon.
