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2011 WOMEN’SWOMEN’SWOMEN’S LACROSSELACROSSELACROSSE NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873 Women’s Lacrosse Contact: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440 / Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Bryant (2012-13) • Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Women’s Lacrosse Northeast Conference Women’s Lacrosse Facts & Figures (Week 9 • April 25, 2011) 2011 NEC Tournament School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral (hosted by Quinnipiac University) 1. Quinnipiac* 8-1 .889 11-4 .733 W4 6-2 5-2 0-0 2. Bryant 7-2 .778 8-8 .500 W5 4-2 4-6 0-0 Semifinals Robert Morris* 7-2 .778 8-8 .500 W6 3-5 5-3 0-0 Friday, April 29 4. Mount St. Mary's* 6-3 .667 7-10 .412 W1 3-5 4-5 0-0 #4 Sacred Heart at #1 Quinnipiac 12:00 pm 5. Monmouth 5-4 .556 10-7 .588 L3 4-5 6-2 0-0 #3 Mount St. Mary’s vs. #2 Robert Morris 2:30 pm Sacred Heart* 5-4 .556 6-10 .375 L1 4-5 2-5 0-0 7. Wagner 3-6 .333 4-12 .250 W1 3-4 0-7 1-1 Championship 8. Central Connecticut State 2-7 .222 7-9 .438 L1 2-5 4-4 1-0 Sunday, May 1 9. Saint Francis (PA) 1-8 .111 5-12 .294 L1 3-4 2-8 0-0 12:00 pm Long Island 1-8 .111 1-15 .062 L5 1-5 0-9 0-1 * Clinched NEC Tournament berth. Top four teams based on conference winning percentage qualify for NEC Tournament. Northeast Conference Player of the Week Last Week’s Results Devon Gibney, Quinnipiac Jr., MF., Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton Wednesday, April 20 Saturday, April 23 Gibney takes home her second NEC Player of the Week award of the year after she helped steer Quinnipiac to a pair of road wins over SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 18, Detroit 14 BRYANT 18, LONG ISLAND 8 playoff contending teams. In doing so, the Bobcats secured the NEC regular season title and top seed in the NEC Tournament, which WAGNER 12, CCSU 10 Thursday, April 21 QUINNIPIAC 13, MONMOUTH 8 will be hosted by Quinnipiac beginning with Friday’s semifinal round. Gibney, one of the league’s top two-way players, scored four CCSU 21, LONG ISLAND 11 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 10, goals, added three assists and contributed eight draw controls, five ground balls and four caused turnovers on the week. In SACRED HEART 12, MONMOUTH 6 SACRED HEART 9 Thursday’s 11-8 victory over Mount St. Mary’s, she finished with two goals, an assist, three ground balls, a draw control and a caused QUINNIPIAC 11, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 8 turnover. Gibney contributed two goals, two assists, a season-high seven draw wins, two ground balls and three caused turnovers BRYANT 14, WAGNER 11 END OF REGULAR SEASON on Saturday as Quinnipiac won for the 11th time in 12 games with a 13-8 triumph over Monmouth. The seven draw controls tied her ROBERT MORRIS 17, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 11 for third on the NEC single-game list this season. Gibney, a Hopkinton, MA native who has shut down some of the NEC’s top offensive Home Team Underlined performers this season, finished the regular season with 30 goals and 41 points to rank third on the Bobcats in both categories. She is fifth in the NEC with 2.73 draw controls per game. NEC Player of the Week Northeast Conference Co-Defensive Players of the Week Feb. 28 Rachel Feirstein, MU Apr. 4 Marissa Caroleo, QU Carly Lyster, Wagner Mar. 7 Rachel Feirstein, MU Apr. 11 Ashley Trombetta, RMU Sr., D, Oakhurst, NJ/Ocean Township Mar. 14 Meaghan McCurry, CCSU Apr. 18 Ashley Trombetta, RMU Lyster had a memorable end to her career with a pair of stellar defensive performances in a 1-1 week for the Seahawks. The Oakhurst, Mar. 21 Lauren Matuszczak, QU Apr. 25 Devon Gibney, QU NJ product collected 14 ground balls and caused six turnovers over the two games to extend her team-leading totals in both categories. Mar. 28 Devon Gibney, QU Lyster finished with a career-high eight ground balls, caused four turnovers and won a draw in Thursday’s 14-11 setback to second NEC Defensive Player of the Week place Bryant. The eight ground balls is tied for third on the NEC single-game list this season. Two days later, she claimed six more Feb. 28 Kirby Mundorf, MU Apr. 4 Kaitlyn Kelly, QU ground balls and caused two turnovers as Wagner ended its year with a 12-10 win over CCSU. Lyster’s 51 ground balls and 27 caused Mar. 7 Kirby Mundorf, MU Brigid McTavish, MSM turnovers ties her for fifth on Wagner’s all-time single-season list in both categories. She currently ranks third in the NEC in ground Mar. 14 Gianna D’Urso, MU Apr. 11 Lisa Vendel, BU balls (3.19 per game) and caused turnovers (1.69 per game). Mar. 21 Kirby Mundorf, MU Apr. 18 Colleen O’Donnell, RMU Noelle Martello, Quinnipiac Mar. 28 Lauren Filippone, BU Apr. 25 Carly Lyster, WC Jr., GK, Westbury, NY/Carle Place Noelle Martello, QU Martello was solid between the pipes last week as Quinnipiac won twice on the road to clinch the NEC regular season title. She posted NEC Rookie of the Week an 8.00 GAA and .579 save percentage in the two outings as the Bobcats finished the year with an 8-1 record in league play. Martello Feb. 28 Lauren Roberts, RMU Apr. 4 Emily VanDyne, RMU turned away nine shots in an 11-8 win at Mount St. Mary’s on Thursday, then made 13 saves in a 13-8 victory at Monmouth on Saturday. Mar. 7 Katherine Keckeisen, BU Apr. 11 Katherine Keckeisen, BU Martello, a Westbury, NY native who has tied the single season program record with 10 wins, led all NEC keepers in league play with Mar. 14 Haley Bloom, BU Apr. 18 Kelsey Russo, SHU a 7.83 GAA and .561 save percentage. She is also the NEC leader in overall save percentage (.505) and ranks second in GAA (9.93). Mar. 21 Cara Hernandez, RMU Apr. 25 Kaitlyn Larrimore, MSM Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week Mar. 28 Kelsey Russo, SHU Kaitlyn Larrimore, Mount St. Mary’s Follow the NEC RFr., MF, Pylesville, MD/North Harford With a playoff bid in the balance, Larrimore came up big for Mount St. Mary’s last week. She scored seven goals on just ten shots in For all the latest men’s basketball news, visit the NEC website at two games, including a four-goal outing on Saturday as the Mount came from behind to beat Sacred Heart, 10-9, and qualify for the www.northeastconference.org and via social media at: NEC Tournament for the ninth straight year. Trailing 8-6 with just over 14 minutes to play, Larrimore scored an unassisted goal to pull twitter.com/NECsports the Mountaineers to within one. After the Pioneers responded, the Pylesville, MD product again brought her team to within a goal on facebook.com/NECsports an unassisted tally with 7:56 to play. Larrimore then tied the game on a free position shot with 1:17 left on the clock. The Mount would youtube.com/NECsports go on to net the game-winner with 21 seconds remaining. Larrimore also recorded a hat trick in an 11-8 setback to first place Quinnipiac on Thursday. These marked her first career three-goal games and lifted her season total to 14. NEC Women’s Lacrosse Notes (through games of April 23) NEC vs... Around The League: America East 2-1 American Lacrosse 0-1 The NEC Tournament field was finally settled on Saturday, with Quinnipiac clinching its third regular season crown and first Atlantic 10 1-8 outright championship. By defeating Mount St. Mary’s and Monmouth on the road last week, the Bobcats finished the year with ACC 0-0 an 8-1 NEC record and earned the right to host the NEC Tournament for the first time since 2008...Set to make its first-ever Big East 0-7 postseason appearance, Robert Morris claimed the #2 seed after posting a 7-2 league mark. The Colonials tied for second place Colonial 0-0 Independent 0-0 with Bryant, but the Bulldogs are ineligible for postseason play until 2013...In a must-win situation on Saturday, Mount St. Mary’s Ivy 2-3 (6-3 NEC) rallied from three goals down in the final 14 minutes to beat Sacred Heart, 10-9, and earn a spot in the postseason. The MAAC 4-12 win gave the Mount the third seed and eliminated Monmouth (5-4 NEC), which would have qualified had the Pioneers held Mountain Pacific 2-4 on...Three-time defending NEC champion Sacred Heart (5-4 NEC) is the tourney’s fourth seed, having made a remarkable National Lacrosse 9-7 Patriot 3-6 turnaround after struggling early in the season. The Pioneers began the year 2-9, including a 1-3 start in NEC play, before Total 23-49 recovering to win four of their last five to close out the regular season...Sacred Heart edged Monmouth out of the final playoff berth based on its 12-6 victory over the Hawks last Thursday...The NEC semifinals commence on Friday at 12:00 pm with the host Bobcats taking on #4 Sacred Heart, followed by #2 Robert Morris against #3 Mount St.