GAME DAY Merrimack Warriors AT Sacred Heart Pioneers 1-4, 1-2 NEC 1-4, 1-3 NEC Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021 | 3:00 PM Campus Field | Fairfield, Conn. opposing shots on goal entering play Wednesday. SCHEDULE & RESULTS INSIDE THE MATCHUP FEBRUARY The historic career of Haley Bartlett continued 10.2 Goals per Game 9.4 Fri. 26 @New Hampshire L, 20-9 Saturday, as she moved up in the Warriors’ all-time 18.2 Goals Against per Game 11.4 record book. Her second half goal was her 10th tally of the season and 139th in her prolific career, MARCH .443 Shooting % .416 which puts her alone at fifth all-time in goal scor- Sat. 6 SAINT FRANCIS* W, 14-10 .583 Free Position % .318 ing at Merrimack. She’s also just one marker away Sat. 13 @Mount St. Mary’s* L, 20-5 .473 Draw Control % .530 from tying Kelly Pasquantonio ‘10 for fourth on the Wed. 17 @Holy Cross L, 19-12 .776 Clear % .827 list at 140. Sat. 20 WAGNER* L, 22-11 The Merrimack College women’s lacrosse team Wed. 24 @Sacred Heart* 3:00 PM looks for its second NEC victory on the cam- The Warriors have become a lethal team on free Sat. 27 @Saint Francis* 1:00 PM paign Wednesday afternoon when it takes to positions and it showed against the Seahawks. Fairfield, Conn. to battle Sacred Heart. Merrimack scored on five of its seven opportuni- APRIL ties, which brought the team’s season conversion Sat. 3 @Wagner* 3:00 PM Five Things to Know: rate to .583, which is now the best in the NEC. Wed. 7 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT* 3:00 PM Meghan Dzialo has been enjoying quite the Dzialo and Taylor Darrell are tied for the team lead Sat. 10 LONG ISLAND* 12:00 PM breakout season and now she’s on top of the in free position goals with three and eight different Sat. 17 @Central Connecticut* 1:00 PM NEC. The senior attack entered the season players have been able to score at least one in the Wed. 21 BRYANT* 3:00 PM averaging just over a goal per game in her team’s first five games. Merrimack career, but has tallied 18 goals so far Sat. 24 SACRED HEART* 3:00 PM in 2021 in just five games, which now leads the Sacred Heart faces the Warriors on a two-game conference. She passed Wagner’s Erin Kerstetter slide, as it fell to Mount St. Mary’s and Saint Fran- Saturday in the teams’ battle at Duane Stadi- cis the past two Saturday’s. The Pioneers are 1-4 All Times are EST | Home Games in CAPS um, as Dzialo netted four, while Kerstetter did overall and 1-3 in the NEC with their sole victory *NEC Game not find the back of the net. The Hampton, N.H. against Central Connecticut on Mar. 10. Kerri Met- native has now scored four goals or more in four zler and Lydia Werlau are tied for the team lead in of the team’s first five games. points with 13, while Werlau tops the team in goals with 12. Natalie Cook has led the Pioneer defense After she transferred from Stony Brook during with eight caused turnovers and 10 ground balls ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS the offseason, Gabby Cacciola has settled in and has started all five games. In the cage, Bella nicely as the starting goalie for the Warriors. Beaton has started every game and enters with an LACROSSE SID: Will LeBlond The junior registered a single game career-high 11.08 goals against average and .505 save percent- OFFICE PHONE: 978-837-5899 EMAIL: [email protected] in saves Saturday against the Seahawks when age. She also earned the decision in the Pioneers’ she stopped 16 shots. She’s now turned aside 45 win against the Blue Devils. MerrimackAthletics.com @MerrimackWLAX MerrimackWarriors @MerrimackWLAX @MC_Athletics NEC STANDINGS THE WARRIORS WHEN.. MACK FACTS W L TEAM NEC Overall Overall 1 4 Location ........................North Andover, Mass. Wagner 4-0 4-1 Founded ..............................................................1947 Mount St. Mary’s 3-0 4-2 in NEC play 1 2 in non-conference play 0 2 Total Enrollment ......................................... 3,726 Long Island 2-1 4-1 President..........Christopher E. Hopey, PhD. Saint Francis 2-2 2-3 at home 1 1 Director of Athletics ........... Jeremy Gibson Merrimack 1-2 1-4 on the road 0 3 Sacred Heart 1-3 1-4 Colors ......................................... Blue and Yellow leading at the half 0 0 Bryant 0-1 0-1 Affiliation ................................NCAA Division I trailing at the half 0 4 Conference ................Northeast Conference Central Connecticut 0-4 0-6 tied at the half 1 0 Field (Capacity) .................... Duane Stadium outshooting the opposition 1 0 (3,500) out-shot by the opposition 0 4 shots are even 0 0 NATIONAL POLLS in one-goal games 0 0 2021 TEAM INFORMATION Maverik Inside Lacrosse in two-goal games 0 0 Division I Women’s Poll (3/22/21) Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Pts. in three-goal games 0 0 1 North Carolina (17) 9 - 0 359 in four+ goal games 1 4 COACHING/STAFF INFORMATION 2 Syracuse (1) 5 - 0 340 3 Northwestern 7 - 0 327 4 Notre Dame 4 - 2 302 Head Coach.........................................Ashley Durepo 5 Boston College 5 - 1 284 scoring first 1 2 6 Stony Brook 6 - 2 249 opposition scores first 0 2 (UNH ‘09/1st season) 7 Duke 6 - 3 240 8 Virginia 7 - 2 230 Record...................................................................... 1-4 9 Maryland 5 - 1 225 in February 0 1 10 Penn State 3 - 3 198 Volunteer Assistant Coach ...Ashley Milley 11 Jacksonville 5 - 0 149 in March 1 3 12 Florida 5 - 2 146 in April 0 0 (UNH ‘08/1st season) 13 Loyola 5 - 2 125 14 Michigan 3 - 4 114 Volunteer Assistant Coach .........Joe Fagone 15 Louisville 4 - 4 89 on Wednesday 0 1 16 Navy 3 - 0 88 17 Drexel 6 - 1 61 on Friday 0 1 (Merrimack ‘92/2nd season) 18 Stanford 3 - 0 53 18 Richmond 4 - 1 53 on Saturday 1 2 20 Elon 5 - 0 47 Receiving Votes vs America East 0 1 Towson, James Madison, Rutgers, UMass, Johns TEAM INFORMATION Hopkins, UConn, Arizona State, Albany, Vanderbilt, vs Patriot League 0 1 Ohio State, Temple Captains .......Ally DaCosta, Meghan Dzialo IWLCA COACHES Division I Women’s Poll (3/22/21) Haley Bartlett, Isabella Tersoni Rank Team (first-place votes) Pts. Record 1 North Carolina (24) 624 9-0 Newcomers ................................................................ 9 2 Syracuse (1) 600 5-0 3 Northwestern 576 7-0 4 Boston College 514 5-1 2020 Record.......................................................... 1-6 5 Notre Dame 512 4-2 6 Stony Brook 511 6-2 HALF BY HALF STATS 7 Maryland 458 5-1 8 Virginia 435 6-2 9 Duke 428 6-3 1st 2nd OT Total 10 Penn State 423 3-3 11 Florida 352 5-2 Shots (F) 61 54 0 115 12 Michigan 335 3-4 Shots (A) 99 91 0 190 13 Loyola Maryland 316 5-2 Shots on Goal (F) 46 44 0 90 14 Towson 254 6-2 15 Jacksonville 247 5-0 Shots on Goal (A) 71 74 0 145 16 Louisville 227 4-4 Goals (F) 22 29 0 51 17 Stanford 186 3-0 18 Richmond 167 4-1 Goals (A) 49 42 0 91 19 Navy 158 3-0 Saves (F) 22 32 0 54 20 Drexel 156 6-1 Saves (A) 24 15 0 39 21 Rutgers 129 3-5 22 James Madison 92 4-2 Ground Balls (F) 38 36 0 74 23 Elon 86 5-0 Ground Balls (A) 50 50 0 100 24 Temple 54 4-3 Draw Controls (F) 32 39 0 71 T-25 Virginia Tech 43 2-5 T-25 Denver 43 4-1 Draw Controls (A) 43 36 0 79 Receiving Votes Southern California 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. / New Hampton 23 Isabella Tersoni Sr.