Friday’s Women’s Lacrosse Results
UMass 17, Holy Cross 8
Robert Morris 11, George Mason 10 (OT)
Kent State 12, Lindenwood 11 (OT)
Marquette 20, Eastern Michigan 9
Butler 17, Detroit Mercy 13
Bucknell 20, Youngstown State 6
Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments
UMass 17, Holy Cross 8
Box Score
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts women's lacrosse outscored Holy Cross 10-2 in the middle two quarters to carry the squad to a convincing 17-8 win at Garber Field on Friday afternoon. UMass opens the season at 1-0, while the Crusaders fall to 0-1.
Kassidy Morris led the Maroon & White with a game-high nine points on five goals and four assists. Katie Peterson followed with eight points, posting a hat trick and five helpers. Lil Hancock chipped in three points (2g, 1a) and Katie Onderdonk scored twice for UMass. Hadley Cepiel led Holy Cross with four points on three goals and an assist.
Cepiel opened the scoring at the 12:22 mark to put the Crusaders out in front briefly until Morris responded with the first Massachusetts goal of the season, set up by Peterson 60 seconds later to begin a three-goal run for UMass.
Back-to-back tallies for Holy Cross at 7:49 and 6:46 knotted things up at 3-3 before Hancock closed the opening quarter scoring with a woman-up goal at 4:47 for a 4-3 edge at the period break.
Hancock's first of the day began an 11-1 run for UMass that lasted into the third quarter as Massachusetts led 14-4 with 6:28 remaining in the frame. The Crusaders scored with 2:33 remaining to bring the deficit back to within single digits before the teams played a level fourth quarter with three goals apiece.
UMass finished with a 36-22 advantage in shots and collected 12 ground balls to Holy Cross' 11.
Robert Morris 11, George Mason 10
Box Score
FAIRFAX, Va. – A game-winning goal by Freshman Julia Foley gave the Colonials an 11-10 overtime victory on the road against George Mason to open up the 2026 campaign.
RMU got its season started quickly as Mia Berthoff found the back of the next possession of the first possession to give the Colonials a quick lead with 13:54 on the clock. Just over a minute later, George Mason's Kaitlyn Bestick answered back with a goal to tie up the contest at 1-1. With 10:35 on the clock, the Colonials got a man-up goal from Lea Otts, giving the Colonials a 2-1 lead. George Mason got back-to-back goals before Berthoff scored her second goal of the game to make it 3-3 with just over five minutes left in the first quarter. The Patriots closed out the first quarter with two man-up goals from Delaney Stup and Addison Bechler to make it 5-3 at the end of the first.
The Colonials started off the second quarter with a goal from Gabi Puzevic, before getting two back-to-back goals, one from Jade Doldo and one from Madison Prietz, to give RMU a 6-5 lead. George Mason closed out the first half with a goal from Bestick with 32 seconds on the clock to tie the contest up at 6-6 going into halftime.
Berthoff got the Colonials going in the third quarter with her third goal of the game at 13:25 to give the Colonials a 7-6 lead. With 10:15 on the clock, the Patriots tied the contest back up with a man-up goal from Stup to make it 7-7 before she found the back of the net again five minutes later to give George Mason an 8-7 lead going into the final quarter.
A 3-0 push by the Colonials, following two goals from Berthoff and a goal from freshman Julia Foley, gave RMU a 10-8 lead with seven minutes remaining in regulation. The Colonials lead would be short-lived as back-to-back goals by George Mason's Kate Anders tied the game up at 10-10 with neither team able to score in the final 4:56 of the contest, sending the game to overtime.
The Colonials were able to get draw control to open up overtime before a foul by George Mason gave RMU an advantage as a green card was issued to Margaret Harmon, allowing Julia Foley to find the back of the net on the man-up goal off an assist from Mia Berthoff, giving RMU the 11-10 season opening victory over the Patriots.
Kent State 12, Lindenwood 11
Box Score
ST. CHARLES, MO - The Kent State Lacrosse team opened up their season with a big comeback victory on the road. The Flashes defeated Lindenwood by a score of 12-11 on an overtime game-winning goal from senior Lizzie Lundeen, who finished the game with five goals.
The Golden Flashes opened up the game with one goal in each of the first two quarters offensively, trailing the Lions by a score of 6-2 into the halftime break. That was when the team's production on both ends of the field stepped up, outscoring Lindenwood 10-5 to finish out the contest.
KSU scored six of the last eight goals in the fourth quarter after entering the frame down 9-6. Zayda Crumpton scored the final two goals in regulation for the Flashes before the Lions would tie it back up with under three minutes to go.
A score with two minutes remaining in overtime by Lundeen on an assist from Eva Anderson secured the second straight season-opening victory for the Blue and Gold.
Lundeen's five goals was good enough for a game-high best between both teams, while Crumpton also contributed five points off of three goals and two assists. Morgan Halli chipped in two goals for the visitors while Riley Floyd finished with two assists. Eva Anderson also produced a goal and an assist in the win.
Leading the way on the defensive end for the Flashes was sophomore Anna Zucconi who caused four turnovers while picking up four ground balls. Sydney-Davis had a game-high 14 saves in net for the Blue and Gold.
