WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE LACROSSE ASSOCIATION Contacts: Chris Day (Association Director) 719-580-4498 • [email protected] Website: www.thewila.com Twitter: @WILA_SID ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Women’s • Week 3 • February 27, 2013 2013 WILA WOMEN’S STANDINGS WILA Overall Institution W-L Pct. GF GA W-L Pct. GF GA Streak Last 5 Regis 2-0 1.000 32 13 2-0 1.000 32 13 W2 2-0 Fort Lewis 1-1 .500 21 29 1-1 .500 21 29 L1 1-1 Lindenwood 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 35 3 W2 2-0 McKendree 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 16 1 W1 1-0 Adams State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 — 0-0 Colorado Mesa 0-2 .000 19 30 0-2 .000 19 30 L2 0-2 WILA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK RECENT RESULTS/ (WEEK #1/2) UPCOMING SCHEDULE Saturday, February 16th Offensive *-Regis 16, @ Colorado Mesa 6 Erin Todd • Regis Friday, February 22nd #1, Fr., A, 5-7 *-Fort Lewis 14, @ Colorado Mesa 13 Colorado Springs, Colo./Air Academy HS [RV] Lindenwood 18, @ Shorter (Ga.) 0 In her first two collegiate games, Todd scored seven Saturday, February 23rd goals on eight shots (all on goal)… She scored three $-Adams State at Air Force (Club Team)-Cancelled times on as many shots in the Rangers’ season-opening @ McKendree 16, Fontbonne (Mo.) 1 win at Colorado Mesa (16-6) on Feb. 16 and then tallied *%- Regis 16, Fort Lewis 7 four goals, including one free position tally, on five shots in the Rangers’ 16- Sunday, February 24th 7 win over Fort Lewis on Saturday (Feb. 23)… She also had two draw [RV] Lindenwood 17, @ Young Harris (Ga.) 3 controls in that game and claimed a ground ball in each contest... Her seven goals are the most of any WILA player thus far in the 2013 season. Friday, March 1st [RV] Lindenwood at Alderson-Broaddus (W. Va.), 7 p.m. (ET) Defensive Saturday, March 2nd Gianna Lombardi • Regis Colorado Mesa at Westminster (Utah), 11 a.m. (MT) #21, So., G, 5-7 Indiana Tech at McKendree, 12 p.m. (CT) *-Fort Lewis at Adams State, 1 p.m. (MT) Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley HS Sunday, March 3rd Lombardi went 2-0 and recorded eight saves, a 6.50 goals [RV] Lindenwood at Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.), 1 p.m. (ET) against average and a .536 save percentage as she played Monday, March 4th in net for all of the Rangers’ 120 minutes thus far in the campaign… Against Colorado Mesa on Feb. 16, she made Fort Lewis at Chestnut Hill (Pa.), 4 p.m. (ET) six saves and claimed three groundballs in the 16-6 win… She then tallied Regis at [4] Rollins (Fla.), 4 p.m. (ET) nine saves and five groundballs in a 16-7 win over Fort Lewis on Saturday ^-Adams State vs. Lake Erie (Ohio), 5 p.m. (MT) (Feb. 23)… She also had a caused turnover in each game... This is Lombardi’s Wednesday, March 6th second career WILA Defensive Player of the Week honor... She earned the Lake Erie (Ohio) at Colorado Mesa, 6 p.m. (MT) Week #2 honor on Mar. 2, 2012 and was a Second Team All-WILA selection *- WILA Game as a freshman last year. $-Exhibition %- @ Commerce City, Colo. The Players of the Week are selected by a vote of the WILA ^-@ Colorado Mesa (Grand Junction, Colo.) Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors. Games played between Feb. 16 and Feb. 24 were included. [#] indicates current IWLCA Coaches’ Poll Rank (RV = Receiving Votes). 2013 WILA Women’s Lacrosse News & Notes Week 3• February 27 QUICK DRAWS... IWLCA Coaches’ Poll The WILA is off to a combined 3-0 start in non-conference play as defending champion Week #1 (Feb. 25) LINDENWOOD outscored its two Georgia-based opponents (Shorter & Young Harris) 35- Record Votes Prev. 1. LIU Post (N.Y.) 0-0 223 (14) 1 3 in a trip to the Peach state last weekend while the MCKENDREE Bearcats won their 2. LeMoyne (N.Y.) 1-0 198 3 program’s first ever game by a 16-1 score over Fontbonne (Mo.)... WILA teams have outscored 3. West Chester (Pa.) 0-0 186 (1) 2 their non-conference opponents 51-4... Meanwhile, in league play REGIS, the 2011 WILA 4. Rollins (Fla.) 1-0 177 5 Champion, is off to a 2-0 start and holds the lead in the association standings... The Rangers 5. Adelphi (N.Y.) 1-0 173 4 have knocked off COLORADO MESA and FORT LEWIS on each of the past two Satur- 6. Limestone (S.C.) 3-0 159 6 days and swept this week’s WILA Player of the Week honors... Lindenwood continues to be 7. Stonehill (Mass.) 0-0 142 7 receiving votes in the IWLCA Division II Coaches’ Poll and heads to West Virginia for two more 8. New Haven (Conn.)0-0 107 8 road games this week... Meanwhile, Regis begins a 3-game trip to Florida next Monday 9. Bentley (Mass.) 0-0 106 9 (Mar. 4), against fourth-ranked Rollins... Both teams are ranked amongst the top 10 in 10. Lock Haven (Pa.) 0-0 86 11 11. Dowling (N.Y.) 0-0 73 10 LaxPower.com’s Division II/NAIA Computer Rating formula as of Wednesday morning (see 12. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 0-0 66 12 page 3)... Lindenwood is third with Regis is eighth... The ADAMS STATE Grizzlies, who had 13. Gannon (Pa.) 0-0 35 14 an exhibition game at the Air Force Club Team cancelled due to snow last Saturday, will get 14. Mercyhurst (Pa.) 0-0 34 13 their season going this Saturday hosting Fort Lewis, which will then go on a 3-game trip to 15. Florida Southern 1-0 19 15 Pennsylvania, next week, highlighted by a Mar. 7 game at No. 3 West Chester... Colorado Also receiving votes: Lindenwood, Mesa will play an exhibition game at Westminster (Utah) on Saturday before returning Merrimack (Mass.), Pfeiffer (N.C.) home to face Lake Erie (Ohio) next Wednesday (Mar. 6)... Adams State will also play Next Poll: March 5 against Lake Erie in Grand Junction on Monday evening (Mar. 4)... McKendree is off this week but will play five games in seven days throughout Colorado from Mar. 8-14. WILA Teams in the Poll... Preseason (Feb. 4): RV-Lindenwood TEAM NOTES... Week #1 (Feb. 25): RV-Lindenwood Adams State Grizzlies (0-0, 0-0 WILA) www.asugrizzlies.com Top Offensive Player: N/A Top Defensive Player: N/A Team Notes: The Grizzlies were scheduled to play the United States Air Force Academy’s Club Team in an exhibition last Saturday (Feb. 23)... That contest was cancelled due to snow... The Grizzlies, who are the only WILA team to have not played a game, will now try to open regular season with a WILA match-up against Fort Lewis at home this Saturday at 1 p.m... The Grizzlies are 0-4 all-time against the Skyhawks. Colorado Mesa Mavericks (0-2, 0-2 WILA) www.cmumavericks.com Top Offensive Player: Ashley Eickoff (#8, Fr., M, 5-10, Yorba Linda, Calif./El Dorado HS) After scoring one goal and assisting on another in the Mavericks’, season-opener against Regis (L, 6-16 on Feb. 16), Eickoff scored a career-high five goals in CMU’s home loss to Fort Lewis (13-14) on Friday afternoon at Walker Field… She scored three first half goals; her third goal coming with 23 seconds remaining in the first half to give CMU an 8-7 halftime edge... In the second half, Eickoff scored on back-to-back goals at 10:44 to pull CMU to within 13-12 and again just 1:16 later (9:28) to tie the game at 13... She had eight shots in that game, one ground ball, one draw control and three caused turnovers... Eickoff was 0-1 on free possession shot attempts against the Skyhawks. Top Defensive Player: Ashley Eickoff (#8, Fr., M, 5-10, Yorba Linda, Calif./El Dorado HS) Against Regis, Eickoff had two draw controls and a groundball… She then had a groundball, a draw control and three caused turnovers in Friday’s game against Fort Lewis. Team Notes: CMU dropped its second game of the year, falling late to Fort Lewis on Friday… The Skyhawks scored the winning goal with 1:58 remaining in regulation… CMU’s 13 goals is a season-high… CMU had seven different players score at least one goal… CMU is averaging 9.50 goals per game while allowing 15.00 goals per game… Eickoff (see above) leads the team with six goals, followed by Lexie Chavez 2013 WILA Women’s Lacrosse News & Notes (Cont.) Week 3• February 27 TEAM NOTES (CONT.)... with five goals… Paige Amme and Kelsey Krebs have a team-high two assists each… CMU will travel to Westminster College in Salt Lake City this Saturday for a non-conference, exhibition game, the Mavericks’ first road contest of the season. Fort Lewis Skyhawks (1-1, 1-1 WILA) www.goskyhawks.com Top Offensive Player: Jessica Norby (#17, Jr., F, 5-7, Chaska, Minn./Chaska HS) Norby, who is FLC’s career scoring leader with 138 total points (84 goals, 54 assists), noted her 16th career hat-trick by scoring four goals in the Skyhawks’ 14-13 win at Colorado Mesa on Friday... She then added two more goals in Saturday’s game against Regis (L, 7-16), played at Dick’s Spring Goods Park… She also had an assist against Colorado Mesa and finished the 2-game weekend with seven points, nine shots, eight of which were on goal, and a draw control… She was 3-for-3 on free position shots during the weekend.