Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Week 10 Release | May 1, 2014 Primary Contact: Kaleb Center, Director of Media Relations • E-mail: [email protected] • Secondary Contact: Kelsey Helgeson • E-mail: [email protected] RMAC 2014 RMAC Women’s Lacrosse Standings Players of the Week RMAC Overall Institution W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Streak Lindenwood 5-0 1.000 14-2 0.875 W10 Offense P-Regis 4-1 0.800 12-3 0.800 W7 Danica Cutshall P-Fort Lewis 3-2 0.600 9-6 0.600 W2 Regis P-Colorado Mesa 2-3 0.400 8-6 0.571 W1 Senior, Midfield P-Adams State 1-4 0.200 2-11 0.154 L9 Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS Rockhurst 0-5 0.000 0-10 0.000 L10 Cutshall scored four goals and had three assists in the Rangers P - Clinched RMAC Tournament bid (Lindenwood and Rockhurst not participating) 14-6 win over Colorado College. She also had a game-high nine draw controls and helped the defense with three ground balls and two caused turnovers, both team highs. Upcoming Matches Last Week’s Results May 2 April 24 RMAC Championship Semi-Final Round Regis 14, Colorado College 6 Fort Lewis vs. Colo. Mesa Noon Lindenwood 19, McKendree University 1 Adams State vs. Regis 3 p.m. April 26 May 3 Fort Lewis 8, Colorado College 4 RMAC Championship 1 p.m. Colo. Mesa 12, Adams State 9* Lindenwood 18, Rockhurst 1* Defense May 3 April 27 Alyssa Spencer Lindenwood at Limestone College 1 p.m. (ET) McKendree University 18, Rockhurst 13 Fort Lewis College Sophomore, Goalkeeper Durango, Colo./Durango HS Alyssa Spencer made 15 saves in an 8-4 home win Saturday afternoon against Colorado College. The win marked the Skyhawks first win in program history over CC. 1867 Austin Bluffs Parkway • Suite 101 • Colorado Springs, Colo. 80918 RMAC Women’s Lacrosse News & Notes ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY (2-11, 1-4 RMAC) Offense: Aislinn Stace (Junior, Attack, Boise, Idaho/Boise State) Aislinn Stace scored a season-high four goals on five shots for the Grizzlies against Colorado Mesa University. She now has five goals on the season. Defense: Grace Komatz (Sophomore, Goalkeeper, Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe HS) Grace made seven saves in 60 minutes of play for the Grizzlies against Colorado Mesa University. COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY (8-6, 2-3 RMAC) Team Notes: Colorado Mesa won their last regular season game at home, besting Adams State 12-9. The Mavericks travel to Denver for the opening round of the inaugural RMAC Championship tournament on May 2. CMU is the No. 3 seed and they will be taking on No. 2 seed Fort Lewis. Offense: Ellie Carpenter (Sophomore, FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (9-6, 3-2 RMAC) Midfield, 5-5, Salt Lake City, Utah/ Offense: Jessica Norby (Senior, Attack, Chaska, Minn./Chaska HS) Brighton) Jessica Norby tallied three goals to lead the Skyhawks offense in an 8-4 win against Colorado College Saturday afternoon. The Skyhawks entered the game 0-6 all-time against the Tigers. One of Norby’s three goals included the game-winning goal. She added one ground ball and four shots Defense: Carly Smoke (Sophomore, in the win. Defense, Beaverton, Ore./Beaverton Deffense: Alyssa Spencer (Sophomore, Goalie, Durango, Colo./Durango HS) HS) RMAC Defensive Player of the Week LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY (14-2, 5-0 RMAC) Offense: Melissa Smith (Senior, Midfield, Geneva, N.Y./Geneva HS) Melissa Smith scored nine goals and had one assist in two games last week. She scored the game-winning goal in both of Lindenwood’s victo- ries. In the team’s 19-1 victory over McKendree University, she had five goals. All five goals came in the first 9:20 of the game, including four goals in the first 3:35 to help Lindenwood jump out to a dominating lead. In the team’s 18-1 win over Rockhurst, she had four goals and one assist. All five points again came early in the game as her points came in the first 12 minutes. She also had a team-high six groundballs for the week and caused one turnover. Defense: Stephanie Tirman (Senior, Defense, Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville HS) Stephanie Tirman was a starting defender for the Lions that went 2-0 last week and allowed just two goals in two games. Lindenwood allowed just six total shots and five shots on goal in the two games. Only two of those shots came in the first half, and the team did not allow a goal for the first 50 minutes of each contest. Tirman finished the week with two groundballs and two draw controls. REGIS UNIVERSITY (12-3, 4-1 RMAC) Offense: Danica Cutshall (Senior, Midfield, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville HS) RMAC Offensive Player of the Week Defense: Gianna Lombardi (Junior, Goalkeeper, Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley HS) Lombardi stopped eight of the 14 total shots that Colorado College put on goal. She leads the RMAC in save percentage and goals against aver- age, and also leads the Rangers with three ground balls. ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY (0-10, 0-5 RMAC) Team Notes: Rockhurst University dropped their final pair of games of the 2014 season on the road to conference foe Lindenwood University, and non-conference opponent McKendree University. 2014 RMAC Preseason Information 2014 RMAC Women’s Lacrosse 2014 RMAC Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll Preseason Players of the Year 2013 Overall Preseason Player of the Year School (1st Place Votes) Points Record 1. Lindenwood (5) 5 15-2 Shelby Polk 2. Regis (1) 9 10-5 Lindenwood University 3. Fort Lewis 13 7-7 Attack 4. Colorado Mesa 17 4-11 Catonsville, Md./CCBC Catonsville In 2013, was named second team All-Region, WILA 5. Adams State 21 3-10 Offensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-WILA, 6. Rockhurst 25 -- and was 6xWILA Player of the week. Polk played in 17 games and started 16 contests and led the WILA Note - this is the first year that the RMAC has sponsored with 58 goals, 70 points, and six game-winning goals. Women’s Lacrosse. *Lindenwood and Rockhurst are both affiliate members of the RMAC in Women’s Lacrosse. Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Preseason Goalie of the Year Sierra Perrella Regis University Christine Heymeyer Junior, Defender Lindenwood University Novato, Calif. Senior Marin Catholic H.S. St. Louis, Mo. Named First Team All-WILA in 2012 and 2013. Ursuline Academy Perrella ranked fourth in the country averaging First-Team All-WILA at Lindenwood in 2013. 2.00 caused turnovers per game and had 28 caused turnovers, Started in all 17 games and led the WILA with tops on the team. a 7.28 GAA. Ranked second in the conference with a .442. save percentage. Was fourth in the WILA with 96 saves. Had a sea- son high 11 saves in a two-goal victory over Regis. Was named Preseason Midfielder of the Year WILA Defensive Player of the Year in 2012 and Defensive Player of the Week for the WILA once during the 2013 season. Danica Cutshall Regis University Senior, Midfielder Lakeville, Minn. Lakeville North H.S. In 2012, was named First Team All-WILA, and receivedWILA and CoSIDA All-Academic Honors. In 2013, played in all 15 games with 14 starts. Ranked 11th in the nation with 5.20 per contest. Preseason All-RMAC Pos. Name Yr. School Hometown High School/Previous School A Shelby Polk Sr. Lindenwood Catonsville, Md. CCBC Catonsville G Christine Hehmeyer Sr. Lindenwood St. Louis, Mo. Ursuline Academy MF Danica Cutshall Sr. Regis Lakeville, Minn. Lakeville North H.S. MF Ally Kvidera Sr. Fort Lewis Plymouth, Minn. Robbinsdale Armstrong H.S. A Jessica Norby Sr. Fort Lewis Chaska, Minn. Chaska H.S. A Brooke Wineland Jr. Fort Lewis Golden, Colo. Golden H.S. MF Melissa Smith Sr. Lindenwood Geneva, N.Y. Geneva H.S./Monroe CC MF Ashley Eickhoff So. Colorado Mesa Yorba Linda, Calif. El Dorado H.S. MF Emily Behr Jr. Regis St. Louis, Mo. Nerinx Hall H.S. A Erin Todd So. Regis Colorado Springs, Colo. Air Academy H.S. A Hilary Duda Jr. Regis Minnetonka, Minn. Minnetonka H.S. MF Allie Henderson Sr. Colorado Mesa Parker, Colo. Chaparral H.S..