GAME DAY Merrimack Warriors VS Central Connecticut Blue Devils 2-10, 2-8 NEC 0-13, 0-11 NEC
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GAME DAY Merrimack Warriors VS Central Connecticut Blue Devils 2-10, 2-8 NEC 0-13, 0-11 NEC Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021 | 3:00 PM Duane Stadium | North Andover, Mass. season to give Merrimack a 3-2 lead at the time. It SCHEDULE & RESULTS INSIDE THE MATCHUP was an anniversary of sorts, as it was the senior’s FEBRUARY first goal since two years ago to the date when she 10.7 Goals per Game 5.1 Fri. 26 @New Hampshire L, 20-9 notched one against Franklin Pierce. 16.3 Goals Against per Game 17.1 The Warrior defensive unit has turned a corner MARCH .405 Shooting % .281 in the past couple weeks and the play of Gabby Sat. 6 SAINT FRANCIS* W, 14-10 .508 Free Position % .382 Cacciola has been a big factor. She turned in the Sat. 13 @Mount St. Mary’s* L, 20-5 .468 Draw Control % .296 best performance of her career Saturday when Wed. 17 @Holy Cross L, 19-12 .772 Clear % .726 she made 11 saves on 20 shots on goal for a single Sat. 20 WAGNER* L, 22-11 The Merrimack College women’s lacrosse team game career-high .550 save percentage. She’s now Wed. 24 @Sacred Heart* L, 15-14 closes out the home portion of its 2021 cam- made 31 stops in the past three games and has a Sat. 27 @Saint Francis* L, 21-9 paign Wednesday afternoon when it welcomes .449 save percentage during that stretch. Wed. 31 BRYANT* L, 18-10 in Central Connecticut to Duane Stadium. It’s been a dominant senior season for Dzialo and APRIL Five Things to Know: she’s set to pen her name into the Merrimack Sat. 10 LONG ISLAND* L, 12-11 The Warriors celebrated senior day Saturday record books because of it. She is averaging 3.33 Sat. 17 @Central Connecticut* W, 19-10 against Sacred Heart and the Class of 2021 was goals per game entering Wednesday’s matchup Wed. 21 @Bryant* L, 19-7 able to show out in its second to last appearance against the Blue Devils, which has topped the NEC Sat. 24 SACRED HEART* L, 9-7 at Duane Stadium. In the 9-7 setback to the for weeks now and has her tied for 35th in the na- Pioneers, all seven Merrimack goals were scored tion. Her pace is also currently the ninth-best in a Wed. 28 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT* 3:00 PM by seniors, including a pair from Haley Bartlett, single season in Warrior history, but her total is the who moved into sixth all-time at the school in first to be done during the Division I era. MAY points in the process with 192. The class of 11 Sat. 1 @Wagner* 1:00 PM has put together another prolific season, as the Central Connecticut enters the game with an 0-13 group has combined for 146 points in 12 games, record, including an 0-11 mark in the league and is All Times are EST | Home Games in CAPS which accounts for 78% of the team’s scoring. set to close its season in North Andover. The Blue *NEC Game Meghan Dzialo paces the class and the team in Devils dropped a pair to Sacred Heart (14-4) and points with 44. Bryant (22-3) last week and were knocked off by the Warriors a week and a half ago in a 19-10 final. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Lulu Sweeney had been sidelined for the first 11 Morgan Sinton paces the team in goals with 20 games of the season, but she made her presence and points with 24 on the campaign. Emma Sulli- LACROSSE SID: Will LeBlond felt against the Pioneers. She entered the game van has had a great senior year in the midfield, as OFFICE PHONE: 978-837-5899 EMAIL: [email protected] off the bench and beat a defender one-on-one she tops all field players with 25 ground balls and midway through the first half for her first of the 11 caused turnovers. MerrimackAthletics.com @MerrimackWLAX MerrimackWarriors @MerrimackWLAX @MC_Athletics NEC STANDINGS THE WARRIORS WHEN.. MACK FACTS W L TEAM NEC Overall Overall 2 10 Location ........................North Andover, Mass. Mount St. Mary’s 10-0 11-2 Founded ..............................................................1947 LIU 7-3 9-3 in NEC play 2 8 in non-conference play 0 2 Total Enrollment ......................................... 3,726 Wagner 7-3 7-4 President..........Christopher E. Hopey, PhD. Bryant 6-5 6-5 at home 1 4 Director of Athletics ........... Jeremy Gibson Sacred Heart 6-6 6-7 on the road 1 6 Saint Francis 4-6 4-7 Colors ......................................... Blue and Yellow leading at the half 1 0 Merrimack 2-8 2-10 Affiliation ................................NCAA Division I trailing at the half 0 10 Conference ................Northeast Conference Central Connecticut 0-11 0-13 tied at the half 1 0 Field (Capacity) .................... Duane Stadium outshooting the opposition 2 0 (3,500) out-shot by the opposition 0 9 shots are even 0 1 NATIONAL POLLS in one-goal games 0 2 2021 TEAM INFORMATION Maverik Inside Lacrosse in two-goal games 0 1 Division I Women’s Poll (4/26/21) Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Pts. in three-goal games 0 0 1 North Carolina (18) 15 - 0 379 in four+ goal games 2 7 COACHING/STAFF INFORMATION 2 Northwestern (1) 11 - 0 360 3 Syracuse 12 - 2 342 Head Coach.........................................Ashley Durepo 4 Boston College 12 - 2 325 scoring first 1 4 5 Notre Dame 8 - 5 297 6 Duke 9 - 6 268 opposition scores first 1 6 (UNH ‘09/1st season) 7 Stony Brook 10 - 2 254 8 Florida 13 - 2 247 Record...................................................................2-10 9 Drexel 12 - 1 230 in February 0 1 10 Loyola 9 - 2 211 Volunteer Assistant Coach ......Taylor Sokol 11 Virginia 8 - 7 156 in March 1 6 12 Johns Hopkins 7 - 5 141 in April 1 3 (UMass Lowell ‘18/1st season) 13 Stanford 9 - 0 134 14 Maryland 7 - 5 129 Volunteer Assistant Coach ...Ashley Milley 15 Denver 12 - 1 97 on Wednesday 0 4 16 Rutgers 5 - 7 85 (UNH ‘08/1st season) 17 Jacksonville 7 - 1 77 on Friday 0 1 18 Richmond 10 - 1 46 on Saturday 2 5 19 Virginia Tech 5 - 10 32 19 Louisville 5 - 10 32 Receiving Votes vs America East 0 1 James Madison, Temple, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, UMa- TEAM INFORMATION ss, Penn State, Michigan, Mount St Mary’s, Fairfield, vs Patriot League 0 1 USC, Arizona State, UConn Captains .......Ally DaCosta, Meghan Dzialo IWLCA COACHES Division I Women’s Poll (4/26/21) Haley Bartlett, Isabella Tersoni Rank Team (first-place votes) Pts. Record 1 North Carolina (25) 625 15-0 Newcomers ................................................................ 9 2 Northwestern 596 11-0 3 Syracuse 576 12-2 2020 Record.......................................................... 1-6 4 Boston College 553 12-2 5 Notre Dame 511 8-5 HALF BY HALF STATS 6 Stony Brook 493 10-2 7 Duke 474 9-6 8 Florida 449 13-2 9 Loyola Maryland 417 9-2 1st 2nd OT Total 10 Drexel 397 12-1 Shots (F) 164 152 0 316 11 Virginia 328 8-7 Shots (A) 220 201 0 421 12 Stanford 322 9-0 Shots on Goal (F) 120 116 0 236 T-13 Johns Hopkins 302 7-5 T-13 Maryland 302 7-5 Shots on Goal (A) 159 159 0 318 15 Denver 270 12-1 Goals (F) 57 71 0 128 16 Rutgers 229 5-7 17 Jacksonville 217 7-1 Goals (A) 104 91 0 195 18 Louisville 178 5-10 Saves (F) 55 68 0 123 19 Richmond 157 10-1 Saves (A) 63 45 0 108 20 Penn State 147 4-8 21 James Madison 93 9-4 Ground Balls (F) 94 92 0 186 22 Massachusetts 85 13-2 Ground Balls (A) 123 106 0 229 23 Ohio State 81 4-8 24 Virginia Tech 54 5-10 Draw Controls (F) 80 79 0 159 25 Towson 53 8-6 Draw Controls (A) 90 91 0 181 2021 MERRIMACK COLLEGE WOMEN’S LACROSSE No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School / Previous School 0 Sam Preston Fr. GK 5-7 Longmeadow, Mass. / Longmeadow 1 Tristen Novak Sr. A 5-8 South Salem, N.Y. / John Jay Cross River 2 Sophie Scearbo So. M 5-0 Southborough, Mass. / Algonquin Regional 3 Krissy Kakridas Fr. D 5-3 Palm Beach Gardens, F.L. / Weston 5 Emily Hawley Jr. M 5-2 Natick, Mass. / Natick 6 Catherine Mahanna Sr. M 5-4 Westford, Mass. / Westford Academy 7 Haley Mullen So. A 5-0 Marshfield, Mass. / Archbishop Williams 8 Georgia Parker Fr. M 5-2 Framingham M.A. / Framingham 9 Taylor Darrell Sr. M 5-4 Bow, N.H. / Bow / Delaware 10 Natalie Calkins So. A 5-7 Hopkinton, Mass. / Hopkinton 11 Ally DaCosta Gr. A 5-3 New Bedford, Mass. / St. Mary Academy - Bay View 12 Meghan Dzialo Sr. M 5-4 Hampton, N.H. / Winnacunnet 13 Kylie Ward Jr. M 5-2 Guelph, Ontario / Bedford 14 Sydney Leeds Jr. A 5-3 Stamford, Conn. / Stamford 15 Lydia Tinnerello Fr. M 5-0 Old Lyme C.T. / Lyme-Old Lyme 16 Bridget Boyle Jr. M 5-10 Haverford P.A. / Episcopal / Drexel 17 Vicki Palmer Sr. A 5-0 Cheshire, Conn. / Cheshire 18 Grace Reid Jr. D 5-3 Fair Haven, N.J. / Rumson-Fair Haven 19 Holly Schweitzer Fr. D 5-4 West Islip, N.Y./ West Islip 20 Kirsten McIntire Fr. A 6-0 Nashua N.H.