2021 JCU Women's LACROSSE GAME NOTES: JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY BLUE STREAKS VS
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2021 JCU woMEN'S LACROSSE GAME NOTES: JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY BLUE STREAKS VS. OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY CARDINALS JCUSports.com SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021 1 TONIGHT'S MATCHUP Team information John Carroll University: 3-0 (3-0) Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference AT Head Coach: Rachel Dell Seasons at JCU: 7th Otterbein University: 2-1 (2-1) Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY CARDINALS Head Coach: Alexis Venechanos AT Seasons at OTT: 2nd JOHN CARROLL BLUE STREAKS WHERE TO FOLLOW Saturday, March 6 1:00 pm Live Broadcast: JCUSports.com/live Play by Play: Logan Potosky Don Shula Stadium Color Analyst: Andrew McNutt Wasmer Field PA Announcer: Will Grubbs Live Stats: JCUSports.com/livestats Stat Inputter: Max Loeb 2021 JCU Women’s Stat Caller: Nate Reed Subs Stats: Jake Novicky Lacrosse Schedule 2/20 @ Ohio Northern University W, 24-8 FOLLOW ALONG ON 2/24 vs. Heidelberg University W, 19-1 3/3 vs. Baldwin Wallace University W, 19-1 SOCIAL MEDIA 3/6 vs. Otterbein University 1:00 pm 3/10 @ University of Mount Union 7:00 pm Twitter: @JCUSports 3/13 vs. Capital University 1:00 pm Instagram: @JCUSports 3/17 @ Marietta College 7:00 pm Tik Tok: jcusports 3/20 vs. Muskingum University 4:30 pm Facebook: John Carroll University Athletics 3/27 vs. Ohio Northern University 1:00 pm 3/31 @ Heidelberg University 7:00 pm 4/3 @ Otterbein University 4:00 pm MEDIA CONTACT 4/7 @ Baldwin Wallace University 7:00 pm 4/14 vs. Marietta College 7:00 pm Sports Information Director: Joe Ginley 4/17 @ Capital University 1:00 pm Email: [email protected] 4/21 vs. University of Mount Union 7:00 pm Phone: 216-215-3689 4/24 @ Muskingum University 1:00 pm 4/27 OAC Tournament Quarterfinal TBA Contact Joe Ginley for postgame Zoom 4/29 OAC Tournament Semifinal TBA meeting information. 5/1 OAC Tournament Final TBA 2 2021 Game Notes ABOUT THE JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY BLUE STREAKS & WOmen's LACROSSE ABOUT JOHN CARROLL ABOUT DON SHULA STADIUM Location: University Heights, OH AT WASMER FIELD Telephone: 216-397-1886 Namesake: Don Shula ’51 Founded: 1886 Wasmer Field Dedication: October 5, 1968 Undergrad Enrollment: 3,017 Shula Stadium Dedication: September 27, 2003 Graduate students: 462 Capacity: 5,416 Religion: Roman Catholic Surface: Artificial turf Religious Affiliation: Jesuit (Society of Jesus) Turf install date: Summer 2019 President: Michael Johnson, Ph.D. Home Record in 2020: 1-0 Student-Faculty ratio: 13-to-1 Students from: 34 states & 29 countries Average class size: 20 students DIRECTORY: Alumni: 44,000 alumni in all 50 states and 48 countries Head Coach Rachel Dell Email: [email protected] ABOUT THE BLUE STREAKS Phone: 216-397-1795 Nickname: Blue Streaks Sports Information Director Joe Ginley ’16 Colors: Blue and Gold Email: [email protected] Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference Phone: 216-397-4676 NCAA Affliation: NCAA Division III Website: jcusports.com Athletic Department Number of varsity sports: 23 Phone: 216-397-4416 Athletic Director: Michelle Morgan Assistant AD: Dana Funyak Sports Information Student Captains: Assistant AD: Russell Houser Luke Potosky Senior Women Admin: Michele Benoit Nate Reed Head Athletic Trainer Don McPhillips Assistant Athletic Trainer Paul Spicuzza PA Announcer Assistant Athletic Trainer Michelle Davis Kyle Kelly Assistant Athletic Trainer Ryan Goughnour Assistant Athletic Trainer Rachael McGrail 2021 MEDIA POLICY Equipment & Facilities Man. Raymond Sterling Asst. Equip. & Fac. Manager P.J. Spicuzza Due to COVID-19, media besides JCUSports.com and WJCU 88.7 FM are not allowed to cover Ohio ABOUT JCU WOMEN’S LACROSSE Athletic Conference games in-person due to OAC 2020 Record: 4-2 (0-0 OAC) COVID-19 protocols. 2019 Postseason: OAC Tournament Apperance Head Coach: Rachel Dell Coaches and players will have postgame media Record at JCU: 63-27, 7th season availability via Zoom. Contact Joe Ginley Assistant Coaches: Gina Vilsack, Mike Petrella, ([email protected]) for the Zoom meeting Blair Rosenberg, information. Dir. of Video Operations Hannah Grazia Graduate Assistant Carlie Grandjean JCUSports.com 3 2021 OTTERBEIN WOMEN'S LACROSSE roster # Name Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School 0 Leah McNutt G So. Wadsworth, OH / Wadsworth 1 Macey Buchanan M Jr. Avon Lake, OH / Avon Lake 2 Grace Cory D So. Lewis Center, OH / Olentangy 3 Emily Willms M So. Liberty Township, OH / Lakota East 5 Carli Rigel M Fr. Hilliard, OH / Darby 6 Logan Fox M So. Cincinnati, OH / Liberty Township Lakota East 7 Cameron Finnegan M Sr. Dublin, OH / Jerome 9 Victoria Eastep A Sr. Dublin, OH / Jerome 11 Lexie Van Cleef A Jr. Hilliard, OH / Darby 14 Emma Long D So. Cincinnati, OH / Sycamore 16 Regan Keane D Jr. Westerville, OH / Olentangy Orange 18 Kiera Mulcahy M Sr. Columbus, OH / Bishop Watterson 19 Julia Karas M Sr. Copley, OH / Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Valley Christian 20 Katie Barber D Sr. Bay Village, OH / Rocky River Magnificat 21 Sydney Nadal D Fr. Dublin, OH / Scioto 22 Courtney Costello A Fr. Naperville, IL / Neuqua Valley 26 Lauren Newkirk M So. Granville, OH / Granville Coaching Staff Head Coach: Alexis Venechanos (Maryland ‘03, 2nd season) Assistant Coach: Rachael Griffith (Florida Southern ‘16, 2nd season) Graduate Assistant: Jaclen Moxley (Ohio State ‘20, 1st season) Pronunciation Guide #3 WILMZ #5 REE-gull #18 Mul-KAY-he 4 2021 Game Notes 2021 JOHN CARROLL WOMEN'S LACROSSE ROSTER # Name Pos. Yr. 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Hometown/High School 3 Madison Sinopoli A Fr. 5’2” Rochester, NY / Honeoye Falls-Lima 4 Emma Workman M Jr. 5’9” Stow, OH / Stow-Munroe Falls 5 Carly Ross M Sr. 5’2” Medina, OH / Medina 6 Jenna Ginsberg A/M Jr. 5’6” Walworth, NY / Gananda Central 7 Colleen Grombala A Gr. 5’7” Beverly Hills, MI / Bloomfield Hills Marian 10 Claire Mezzoprete A Jr. 5’6” Pittsford, NY / Pittsford 11 Hannah Rust D So. 5’6” Gibsonia, PA / Pine-Richland 12 Olivia Hanulak A Fr. 5’5” Gibsonia, PA / Pine-Richland 14 Maddy Eifert M Fr. 5’8” Cincinnati, OH / Mount Notre Dame 15 Mary Doherty M So. 5’8” Eastchester, NY / New Rochelle Ursuline 16 Molly Carroll D Jr. 5’6” Easton, CT / Redding Joel Barlow 17 Shannon Burdick M So. 5’7” Penfield, NY / Penfield 18 Caylin Perryman A/M So. 5’6” Honeoye Falls, NY / Honeoye Falls-Lima 19 Sophie Grabowski M Jr. 5’9” Park Ridge, IL / Maine South 22 Ashley Schoepfel D Jr. 5’6” Fairport, NY / Fairport 23 Jill Jarem A Jr. 5’6” Painesville, OH / Mentor Lake Catholic 24 Lainey Donalson M So. 5’8” Pittsburgh, PA / Mt. Lebanon 25 Olivia Gerlach A/M So. 5’7” Pittsburgh, PA / Upper St. Clair 26 Ava Welchans G Fr. 5’3” Wyckoff, NJ / Oakland Indian Hills 28 Alex Heishman A Jr. 5’6” Herndon, VA / Reston South Lakes 29 Kaleigh Kotula G Sr. 5’11” Crownsville, MD / Severn Annapolis Area Christian 32 Madelyn Veto D Fr. 5’2” Fenton, MI / Hartland 35 Kendall Gessner M So. 5’8” Pittsburgh, PA / Pine-Richland 36 Madelyn Pietrek D Fr. 5’5” Wake Forest, NC / Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 42 Lauren Schwartz A Fr. 5’8” Bay Village, OH / Bay 46 Madison Polaski A Fr. 5’4” Medford, NY / Shawnee 50 Maddie Munding G So. 5’4” Rochester, NY / Rochester Aquinas Institute Coaching Staff Head Coach: Rachel Dell (St. Bonaventure ‘03, 7th season) Assistant Coach: Gina Vilsack (John Carroll ‘18) Goalkeeper Coach: Mike Petrella Volunteer Assistant: Blair Rosenberg Director of Lacrosse Video Operations: Hannah Grazia Graduate Assistant: Carlie Grandjean Pronunciation Guide #3 Madison Suh-nope-oh-lee #26 Ava Well-chins #12 Olivia Han-oo-lach #29 Kaleigh Cuh-too-la #14 Maddy Eye-fert #35 Kendall Guess-ner #17 Shannon Burr-dich #36 Madelyn Pee-trick #22 Ashley Shuffle #46 Madison Puh-lass-key JCUSports.com 5 THE TEAMS The John Carroll Blue Streaks (3-0, 3-0 OAC) host the Series history Otterbein Cardinals (2-1, 2-1 OAC). This is the sixth meeting all-time between the teams and John Carroll’s third home game Meetings..................................................................................5 of the season. First Meeting.....................................................4/4/2015 Most Recent Meeting.............................3/30/2019 LAST TIME OUT - JOHN CARROLL John Carroll Wins..........................................................5 The Blue Streaks played nearly a perfect game in a 19-1 shellack- Last JCU Win...............................3/30/2019, (22-6) ing of crosstown rival Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday night. Otterbein Wins .................................................................0 Last OTT Win...................................................................N/A Needing just 30 seconds, Colleen Grombala got John Carroll Longest Winning Streaks In Series on the board with a free position shot. The Blue Streaks scored JCU................................................5, (4/4/15-3/30/19) four goals in the first 90 seconds, securing a 4-0 early lead. JCU OTT.......................................................................................N/A never relinquished it. Current Streak...................................John Carroll, 5 Largest Margin of Victory Jenna Ginsberg achieved a hat trick and Alex Heishman JCU..............................................16, (22-6 on 3/30/19) tallied two goals, leading the assault on the scoreboard. JCU led OTT........................................................................................N/A 12-1 at halftime. JCU Home Record in Series..............................5-0 The scoring slowed a bit in the second half, but the Blue Streaks’ defense did not. Kaleigh Kotula and Ava Welchans stopped Otter- bein cold in the second half in an impressive effort. The coaches Grombala finished with a career high 8 points (1 goal, 7 assists) John Carroll: Rachel Dell as well as 6 draw controls. Heishman finished with 3 goals and 2 assists. Ginsberg recorded 3 groundballs along with 3 goals Alma Mater..................................St. Bonaventure ‘03 and an assist. Amazingly, JCU won all 18 draw controls. Record at JCU/Seasons....................63-27 / 7th Overall Record/Seasons.............102-108 / 15th LAST TIME OUT - OTTERBEIN Record vs. Otterbein...............................................5-0 Otterbein lost an absolute barnburner against crosstown rival Capital in its last time out on Saturday, 14-13.