JAMES MADISON LACROSSE 15Th NCAA Championship Appearance • 11-Time CAA Tournament Champions • 50Th Season of JMU Lacrosse
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JAMES MADISON LACROSSE 15th NCAA Championship Appearance • 11-Time CAA Tournament Champions • 50th Season of JMU Lacrosse #5 JAMES MADISON vs. WINNER OF VIRGINIA/#10 STANFORD 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018 • 12 P.M. ET • NCAA 1ST & 2ND ROUNDS • HARRISONBURG, VA. • SENTARA PARK Location ........ Harrisonburg, Va. JAMES MADISON (18-1) Overall: 18-1 | CAA: 6-0 Site ..................Sentara Park Rankings (Media / Coaches) ...............#5 / #5 Head Coach .............Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe | | Home: 10-0 Away: 7-1 Neutral: 1-0 Capacity ....................1,500 Career Record (Yr) .................197-110 (17th) Streak: W10 Surface ........................Grass JMU Record (Yr) ....................147-75 (12th) TV/Online ...MadiZONE HD SportsNet VIRGINIA (9-9) .................. STANFORD (15-4) NCAA Record ................8-14 RV / #18 Rankings #10 / #11 Julie Myers Head Coach Amy Bokker DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Last NCAA Game ....May 14, 2017 310-144 (23rd) Career Record (Yr) 232-154 (22nd) Penn State 19, JMU 14 Feb. 10 #3 NORTH CAROLINA W, 15-14 (2OT) same School Record (Yr) 138-52 (10th) Feb. 14 VIRGINIA TECH W, 16-11 DUKES HOST VIRGINIA AND STANFORD FOR NCAA 1ST & 2ND ROUNDS Feb. 18 vs. UConn W, 21-9 • Third-seeded JMU hosts its first NCAA tournament games in seven years this weekend, as it welcomes Virginia and No. 10 Stanford to town for the first and second rounds. Feb. 24 at High Point W, 13-11 • The Cavaliers and Cardinal face off in Friday’s first round at 6 p.m., while the Dukes play the winner on Mar. 2 at Temple W, 19-7 Sunday in the second round at noon. Both games at Sentara Park can be seen on MadiZONE HD SportsNet. • JMU enters the postseason with an 18-1 overall record, while U.Va. is 9-9 and Stanford is 15-4. Mar. 7 #20 PENN STATE W, 14-12 • Virginia and Stanford will meet for the first time, but the Dukes have seen both squads in the past. Mar. 10 at Rutgers W, 16-8 • A Virginia win Friday would make it the 50th meeting all-time between JMU and U.Va. (Cavs lead 33-15-1). Mar. 17 RICHMOND W, 14-9 • Should Stanford advance, it would mark JMU’s seventh game ever with the Cardinal (Series tied 3-3). Mar. 24 at #4 Maryland L, 12-15 DUKES EARN NO. 3 OVERALL SEED FOR TOURNAMENT Mar. 28 UC DAVIS W, 15-5 • Following a second consecutive conference championship and a program-record 18 wins, JMU earned the No. 3 seed for the NCAA Championship. Apr. 6 DELAWARE * W, 19-5 • It’s the highest seed the Dukes have ever received, besting the No. 5 seed from the 2010 Championship. Apr. 8 DREXEL * W, 15-2 • The Dukes ranked fourth in the latest NCAA ratings percentage index (RPI) and are one of just four teams to have zero or one losses in the country. Apr. 13 at William & Mary * W, 21-4 • JMU went 3-1 against the RPI top 10, which includes wins over North Carolina and Towson twice. The Apr. 15 at Elon * W, 15-3 program’s lone setback this year came at the No. 1 overall seed, Maryland. Apr. 18 at #17 Virginia W, 15-10 • The winner of JMU’s pod will face the winner of No. 6 Florida’s pod, which includes Colorado and Jacksonville. The Dukes have faced each of those teams one time ever, all on the road. Apr. 22 HOFSTRA * W, 15-10 Apr. 28 at #6 Towson * W, 17-16 (OT) JMU HISTORY IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP • The Dukes are making their 15th appearance in the NCAA postseason, holding an 8-14 record. May 4 DELAWARE ^ W, 17-5 • JMU is 6-3 in games played at home, to go with a 1-8 road record and 1-3 neutral-site mark. May 6 #7 TOWSON ^ W, 16-10 • Regardless of Friday’s winner, it will mark JMU’s third meeting in the postseason against that team. May 11 Virginia vs. Stanford 6 p.m. • The Dukes are 2-0 against Virginia, having won in 2000 at home (12-5) and 2001 in Charlottesville (11-8). JMU and Stanford are 1-1 in the NCAA Championship, with the Dukes claiming a home win in 2010 (9-8) May 13 JMU vs. UVA/STAN Winner Noon and the Cardinal taking a neutral-site game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2016 (8-9). DUKES GO BACK-TO-BACK WITH CAA TITLE WIN Home games in BOLD CAPS • JMU won its second consecutive CAA tournament title and conference-leading 11th championship with a 16-10 triumph against Towson on May 6, earning the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Rankings are Cascade Media Poll • The win set a new JMU single-season record for wins, surpassing the 2010 team, which was 17-3. * CAA game • Kristen Gaudian led the way with five goals and an assist, and Elena Romesburg scored four goals, to go ^ CAA Championship (at JMU) with three draws and five ground balls, which matched her career high. Morgan Hardt scored twice and Katie Kerrigan produced six assists, which set the tournament’s single-game record for assists. • Warden had game highs of seven draw controls and four caused turnovers, as she became JMU’s all-time leader with 114 career caused turnovers. • It was back-and-forth early until JMU closed the final 7:50 of the first half on a 5-0 run to grab a 10-4 lead MADIZONE HD SPORTSNET at the break. Towson scored three straight to open the second to trim JMU’s advantage to 10-7 but a 4-0 • Online . jmusports .com/MadiZONE run late in the game sealed JMU’s second straight conference tournament title. TEAM COMPARISON LIVE STATS James Madison Virginia Stanford Scoring Offense 16.05 13.83 15.79 • StatBroadcast . www .jmustats .com Scoring Defense 8.74 12.22 9.26 Scoring Margin +7.31 +1.61 +6.53 Goals-Shot Attempts 305-604 (.505) 249-604 (.412) 300-668 (.449) Shots on Goal-Attempts 473-604 (.783) 425-604 (.704) 496-668 (.743) JMU Lax Communications Assists 136 83 121 Free-Position Goals-Attempts 68-141 (.482) 60-122 (.492) 35-79 (.443) Chris Brooks, Lacrosse SID Ground Balls 373 347 407 Office Phone: 540-568-3702 Caused Turnovers 215 160 163 Email: brookscp@jmu .edu Draw Controls 277 266 294 Twitter: @CBrooksSID Clears 347-383 (.906) 291-334 (.871) 307-347 (.885) Save Percentage .445 .359 .496 GAME 20: JAMES MADISON VS. VIRGINIA/STANFORD WINNER (NCAA 2ND ROUND) GAME NOTES JMU NO STRANGER TO CONSECUTIVE TITLES SCOUTING VIRGINIA • JMU captured its second straight conference • The Cavaliers enter the NCAA Championship INSIDE THE POLLS tournament championship on May 6 against with a 9-9 record after finishing fourth in the Cascade Women’s Division I Media Poll Towson, marking the program’s 11th in history. Atlantic Coast Conference this season. May 7, 2018 • It’s the third time the Dukes have won in • U.Va. scores 13.83 goals per game while No. Team Record Points consecutive seasons, joining the 2003 and 2004 conceding 12.22 per outing. 1 Stony Brook (22) 19-0 459 teams and 2010 and 2011 squads. • Virginia is led by Sammy Mueller, who has 2 Maryland (1) 18-1 418 3 Boston College 19-1 409 • Since 2008, JMU and Towson have accounted scored 50 goals with 15 assists for 65 points. 4 North Carolina 15-3 397 for all 11 CAA tournament titles, with the Tigers • Kasey Behr also has 50 goals, to go with six 5 James Madison 18-1 386 winning six and JMU claiming five. assists. Avery Shoemaker has tallied 47 goals 6 Florida 16-3 326 7 Navy 16-3 301 and 11 helpers and Maggie Jackson has struck 8 Towson 15-4 298 WARDEN NAMED MOP OF CAA TOURNEY the back of the net 30 times. 9 Loyola 15-4 254 • Haley Warden was named the CAA • Jackson also needs just six draw controls to 10 Stanford 15-4 244 11 Northwestern 13-5 242 Championship Most Outstanding Performer reach 100, as she has 94. Mueller and Behr also 12 Princeton 13-5 233 for the second straight year, becoming the first have 68 and 62 draws, respectively. 13 Virginia Tech 13-6 170 player to ever win the award in back-to-back 14 Penn 13-4 151 CAA Championships. 15 Colorado 13-5 138 SCOUTING STANFORD 16 Penn State 10-9 105 • She finished the weekend with a pair of goals • The Cardinal heads east with a 15-4 record after 17 High Point 17-2 99 and 23 hustle stats, which included team bests winning the inaugural Pac-12 Championship, 18 Denver 12-6 70 of 11 draw controls and seven ground balls, to t-19 Georgetown 12-6 35 upsetting host Colorado for the title. t-19 Syracuse 9-9 35 go with five caused turnovers. • Stanford scores 15.79 goals per game while • Joining Warden on the All-Tournament team allowing just 9.26 per contest. Receiving Votes: Notre Dame, Jacksonville, USC, Virginia, Johns Hopkins, Richmond, Dartmouth, UMass were Kristen Gaudian, Elena Romesburg • Kelsey Murray paces the offense with 50 goals Caroline Sdanowich. and 39 assists for 89 points. Ali Baiocco has 62 • Gaudian led the tournament with 10 goals and points off 48 goals and 14 assists. Three others IWLCA Division I Poll 11 points, as she went 5-for-6 on free-position have scored at least 30 times. May 7, 2018 shots.