GAME DAY Merrimack Warriors at Wagner Seahawks 3-10, 3-8 NEC 8-4, 8-3 NEC
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GAME DAY Merrimack Warriors AT Wagner Seahawks 3-10, 3-8 NEC 8-4, 8-3 NEC Saturday, May 1, 2021 | 1:00 PM Hameline Field | Staten Island, N.Y. ances on the season. She’s had the hot hand in the SCHEDULE & RESULTS INSIDE THE MATCHUP past few weeks, as she enters Saturday’s season FEBRUARY finale on a five-game goal scoring streak, which 11.0 Goals per Game 14.5 Fri. 26 @New Hampshire L, 20-9 includes a pair against Central Connecticut that 15.2 Goals Against per Game 9.9 came just 22 seconds apart during the first half that sparked the Warrior attack. MARCH .407 Shooting % .387 Sat. 6 SAINT FRANCIS* W, 14-10 .500 Free Position % .420 Natalie Calkins has also been enjoying a breakout Sat. 13 @Mount St. Mary’s* L, 20-5 .478 Draw Control % .574 season during her second year in North Andover. Wed. 17 @Holy Cross L, 19-12 .786 Clear % .881 She tied her single game career-high of three as- Sat. 20 WAGNER* L, 22-11 The Merrimack College women’s lacrosse team sists Wednesday and now leads the Warriors in the Wed. 24 @Sacred Heart* L, 15-14 puts a wrap on the 2021 season Saturday after- category with 15 on the year and currently sits in Sat. 27 @Saint Francis* L, 21-9 noon when it travels to Staten Island, N.Y. to take fourth on the team in points with 22. She now has Wed. 31 BRYANT* L, 18-10 on NEC rival, Wagner. five multi-assist efforts this season. APRIL Five Things to Know: The play of Gabby Cacciola continues to be a Sat. 10 LONG ISLAND* L, 12-11 It was better late than never for Isabella Tersoni storyline for Merrimack during the latter stages Sat. 17 @Central Connecticut* W, 19-10 Wednesday against Central Connecticut. The of 2021. She nearly set a single game career-high Wed. 21 @Bryant* L, 19-7 senior electrified the Warrior bench in the in saves against the Blue Devils when she turned Sat. 24 SACRED HEART* L, 9-7 closing five minutes, as she netted her first two aside 15 shots, but more amazingly, she only collegiate goals to cap the scoring against the allowed three goals on the day for a .833 save Wed. 28 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT* W, 15-3 Blue Devils. She also added an assist earlier percentage. She’s made 26 stops in her last two in the game to complete a three point effort, outings and has rapidly improved her season save MAY which marked a single game career-high for percentage to .441, which is currently tied for the Sat. 1 @Wagner* 1:00 PM the captain. She also registered single game ca- 15th best single season save percentage in Warrior reer-highs in shots (5), shots on goal (4) and free program history with Emily Sherlock ‘04. All Times are EST | Home Games in CAPS position shots (2) in the winning effort. *NEC Game Wagner enters Saturday’s affair on a three-game Although she sits just a few points outside the winning streak and already knows its opponent in team’s top-3 in scoring, Catherine Mahanna the NEC semifinal, as it will host LIU Wednesday. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS has easily put together the best season of her Erin Kerstetter leads the team in scoring and is career in her senior campaign. She’s already the frontrunner for NEC Player of the Year with 63 LACROSSE SID: Will LeBlond set career-highs in goal (17) and points (21) and points on 34 goals and 29 assists in 12 games. In OFFICE PHONE: 978-837-5899 EMAIL: [email protected] has tied her career-high in assists (4) and has the cage, Lauren DiStefano has started all 12 con- scored at least one goal in 11 of her 12 appear- tests and holds a .433 save percentage. MerrimackAthletics.com @MerrimackWLAX MerrimackWarriors @MerrimackWLAX @MC_Athletics NEC STANDINGS THE WARRIORS WHEN.. MACK FACTS W L TEAM NEC Overall Overall 3 10 Location ........................North Andover, Mass. Mount St. Mary’s 10-0 11-2 Founded ..............................................................1947 Wagner 8-3 8-4 in NEC play 3 8 in non-conference play 0 2 Total Enrollment ......................................... 3,726 LIU 7-4 9-4 President..........Christopher E. Hopey, PhD. Bryant 7-5 7-5 at home 2 4 Director of Athletics ........... Jeremy Gibson Sacred Heart 6-6 6-7 on the road 1 6 Saint Francis 4-7 4-8 Colors ......................................... Blue and Yellow leading at the half 2 0 Merrimack 3-8 3-10 Affiliation ................................NCAA Division I trailing at the half 0 10 Conference ................Northeast Conference Central Connecticut 0-12 0-14 tied at the half 1 0 Field (Capacity) .................... Duane Stadium outshooting the opposition 3 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 3 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 2 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...................................................................3-10 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 2 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 1 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) 186 165 0 351 11 Virginia 328 8-7 Shots (A) 233 214 0 447 12 Stanford 322 9-0 Shots on Goal (F) 136 123 0 259 T-13 Johns Hopkins 302 7-5 T-13 Maryland 302 7-5 Shots on Goal (A) 168 168 0 336 15 Denver 270 12-1 Goals (F) 68 75 0 143 16 Rutgers 229 5-7 17 Jacksonville 217 7-1 Goals (A) 106 92 0 198 18 Louisville 178 5-10 Saves (F) 62 76 0 138 19 Richmond 157 10-1 Saves (A) 68 48 0 116 20 Penn State 147 4-8 21 James Madison 93 9-4 Ground Balls (F) 105 95 0 200 22 Massachusetts 85 13-2 Ground Balls (A) 129 110 0 239 23 Ohio State 81 4-8 24 Virginia Tech 54 5-10 Draw Controls (F) 90 82 0 172 25 Towson 53 8-6 Draw Controls (A) 94 94 0 188 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. / Nashua South 21 Macy Wilcox So. A 5-7 Somers, Conn. / East Catholic High School 22 Haley Bartlett Sr. A 5-3 Gilford, N.H.