Adelphi University Women’s Lacrosse 2013 NCAA Championship Tournament First Round vs. Le Moyne Saturday, May 11, 2013 Syracuse, N.Y. Head Coach Rob Grella between the two, five of them have been 2013 Adelphi University Rob Grella is in his second year at the fore- determined by two or fewer goals while the Women’s Lacrosse front of the Adelphi women’s lacrosse team. last four outings have been decided by a Quick Facts With his guidance, he has led the Panthers total of seven goals. Adelphi University to a two-year record of 33-5 overall and a Location: Garden City, N.Y. 22-2 mark in conference play. This season, Adelphi in the NCAA’s Founded: 1896 he already surpassed last year’s win total by 2013 marks the sixth straight NCAA Tour- Enrollment: 8,700 one game. nament bid and ninth overall in program his- President: Dr. Robert A. Scott Athletic Director: Robert E. Hartwell tory. The Brown and Gold earned their first Conference: Northeast-10 The 2013 season marked the fourth straight Division II Tournament appearance in 2004, Home Field: Motamed Field Northeast-10 Championship game ap- just three years after the team was spon- Affiliation:NCAA Division II pearance for the women and sixth straight sored. During that year, they won their first Nickname: Panthers School Colors: Brown and Gold NCAA Tournament bid. of five National Championships. Currently, Athletic Dept. Phone: (516) 877-4240 the Panthers hold the most National crowns Grella is a 1997 and 2004 graduate of in NCAA Division II women’s lacrosse Women’s Lacrosse Staff Information Adelphi University and was a two-time history. Head Coach: Rob Grella Record at School: 33-5 (2nd Year) First-Team All-American at attack for the Career Record: 33-5 (2nd Year) Panthers. He helped the lacrosse team to Adelphi Women’s Lacrosse Women’s Lacrosse Phone: (516) 877-4330 back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Di- NCAA Tournament Assistant Coaches: Todd Kaiser, Caitlin Fitzpatrick, vision II Championship and was named the Game-by-Game History Katelyn Catanese, Erica Devito NCAA Attackman and Player of the Year in Athletic Media Relations 1996. He left his mark in the Adelphi record Div. II NCAA Tournament History Assoc. AD/Media Relations: Adam Siepiola books and currently sits second on the Divi- Overall Tournament Record: 10-3 Office Phone:(516) 877-4293 sion II list in single season goals with 59 National Championships: 5 Email: [email protected] ‘04, ‘06, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11 Sports Information Director: Matt Dispensa and third on the career goals list with 140. Office Phone:(516) 877-4236 He was inducted into the Adelphi Athletics Email: [email protected] Hall of Fame in 2010. Year Opponent Outcome Score Graduate Assistant: Anthony Bonvechio 2004 C.W. Post^ Win 11-10 Office Phone:(516) 877-3774 West Chester* Win 12-11 Email: [email protected] Adelphi / Le Moyne Rivalry Office Fax:(516) 877-4237 Since joining the Northeast-10, the Adelphi- Website: www.AUPANTHERS.com Le Moyne rivalry has proven to be the battle 2005 Stonehill^ Lose 10-16 Mailing Address: 1 South Ave. for conference supremacy. Three of the last Garden City, N.Y. 11530 2006 C.W. Post^ Win 9-8 Women’s Lacrosse Contact: Matt Dispensa four Conference Championships have been won by Adelphi while this year’s title went West Chester* Win 16-8 Women’s Lacrosse History to Le Moyne. First Year as a Varsity Sport: 2001 2008 C.W. Post^ Lose 4-9 All-Time Varsity Record/Years: 182-25 (13)* All-Time NE-10 Record/Years: 45-2 (3)* The Panther’s two conference losses in the NCAA Championships: 5 (‘04, ‘06, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11) past three years have come at the hands of 2009 C.W. Post^ Win 15-10 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last: 9/2013 the Dolphins while half of Le Moyne’s eight Lock Haven* Win 16-4 *Includes 2013 games losses since 2011 have been to Adelphi. 2010 C.W. Post^ Win 14-9 2013 Team Information During the 2011 season, the Brown and Overall Record: 17-2 Gold took down the upstate foe three times; West Chester* Win 17-7 NE-10 Regular Season Record: 11-1 once in the regular season, once in the NE- Postseason: NE-10 Runner Up 10 Championship, and the third time in the 2011 Le Moyne^ Win 18-13 Latest National Ranking: #5 Limestone* Win 17-4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16/11 NCAA Tournament. Last year’s contests Newcomers: 12 were evenly split at 1-1 while this year, Le Moyne holds a 2-0 advantage heading into 2012 C.W. Post Lose 14-11 their third bout. ^NCAA Final Four Furthermore, out of the seven meetings *NCAA Championship The Rivalry Adelphi Among the Northeast-10 Ranks Adelphi vs. Le Moyne Goals All-Time Series: Adelphi leads 4-3 Devan Crimi – 65 – 3rd All-Time NE-10 Post-Season: Adelphi leads 2-1 Rachel O’Brien – 51 – 8th All-Time When Played in Syracuse: Series Even 2-2 Sara Sangiorgio – 45 – 10th All-Time When Played in Garden City: Adelphi Leads 2-1 Alexa Froccaro – 43 – T13th Danielle Jaycox – 38 – T18th Assists Date Winner Location Score 3/23/2011 Adelphi Syracuse, N.Y. 11-9 Devan Crimi – 32 – 1st 5/8/2011 % Adelphi Garden City, N.Y. 17-11 Rachel O’Brien – 19 – 10th 5/21/2011 * Adelphi Garden City, N.Y. 17-11 Melyssa Mathewson – 17 – T15th Points 3/21/2012 Le Moyne Garden City, N.Y. 11-10 5/6/2012 % Adelphi Syracuse, N.Y. 13-12 Devan Crimi – 97 – 1st 4/17/2013 Le Moyne Syracuse, N.Y. 13-11 Rachel O’Brien – 70 – 8th 5/1/2013 % Le Moyne Syracuse, N.Y. 8-6 Alexa Froccaro – 53 – T15th Sara Sangiorgio – 48 – T20th % NE-10 Tournament Ground Balls *Denotes NCAA Game Jackie Williams – 37 – T15th Draw Controls Last Time Out: Le Moyne defeated the Panthers by a score of 8-6 in the North- Jackie Williams – 78 – 2nd east-10 Championship Camille Rosellini – 48 – T14th Caused Turnovers Season Recap Danielle Jaycox – 28 – T2nd The Brown and Gold kicked off the season with a three game road trip that in- Jackie Williams – 24 – 6th cluded wins against St. Leo, Molloy and their first NE-10 opponent,American Lauren Janelli – 22 – T10th International. In their first two home games, the Panthers made quick work of Devan Crimi – 18 – T19th both Philadelphia and Merrimack, beating the teams by a combined 30 goals. Goals Against Picked #3 in the pre-season IWLCA Poll, the stickwomen slipped to #5 despite Jordann Dempsey – 81 – 3rd the season opening win to St. Leo. Goals Against Average Jordann Dempsey – 6.17 – 1st On Saturday, March 30, the squad saw their first test against a nationally Save Percentage ranked opponent in the then #10 Stonehill Skyhawks. Unfazed by the tradi- Jordann Dempsey – .456 – 2nd tional top-10 program, Adelphi prevailed in Garden City by a score of 12-5 TEAM and pushed their win streak out to nine games. Goals – 309 – 1st Assists – 102 – 4th After hovering at #5 nationally, the Panthers once again defeated a top-15 pro- Goals/g – 16.26 – 1st gram a week later when they defeated the #15 New Haven Chargers, 14-9 and Ground Balls – 339 – 5th then continued to roll with a 24-7 rout over Southern New Hampshire which Draw Controls – 278 – 2nd advanced them to a #3 ranking. Caused Turnovers – 189 – 1st Goals Against Avg. – 6.21 – 1st However, on April 17, the women’s lacrosse team saw their perfect season tarnished after return- ing from Syracuse, N.Y., with a 13-11 loss against their upstate rivals, Le Moyne. Despite having only one loss on the season, the IWLCA Coaches Poll dropped them to the #5 slot in the polls. Closing out the regular season, Adelphi had a dif- ficult three-game home stand over four days that included Assumption, #15 Lindenwood and #12 Bentley. The Panthers powered through the intense closing and put the finishing touches on their 16-1 overall record with three victories. After sporting an 11-1 conference record, the Brown and Gold shared a piece of the NE-10 Regular Season title with Le Moyne. Earning the #2 seed, Adelphi got by Stonehill in the semifinal round of the NE-10 Tournament by a score of 11-7 which pitted them against Le Moyne for the Championship for the third straight year. Honors and Awards Northeast-10 First-Team All-Conference In the Championship game, Grella’s crew jumped out ahead and got on the board first, but fell victim to a 6-2 run in the first half.Two Katelynn Ciaci - Defense unanswered goals brought Adelphi to within one in the early stages Devan Crimi - Midfield of the second, but Le Moyne’s two-goal response proved to be just Rachel O’Brien - Attack enough to last the remainder of the game. Jaycox’s goal with 6:59 Jacqueline Williams - Defense Northeast-10 Second-Team All-Conference remaining in the contest made it an 8-6 affair, but it’s as close as the Panthers would get. They would have to settle for the loss which Alexa Froccaro - Attack marks the first time they were defeated in NE-10 post season action Danielle Jaycox - Midfield Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team since joining the conference during the spring of 2011. Camille Rosellini - Defense The 17-2 mark earned them the #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament Rachel O’Brien - Attack Northeast-10 All-Tournament Team in the North Region behind #1 LIU-Post and #2 Le Moyne with #4 Stonehill rounding out the region.