Game 17
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
No. 6 Franklin & Marshall at No. 7 Gettysburg| 7:00 p.m.
Series Record: F&M 28-23
Streak: GC +3
Last F&M Victory: 9-7, May 1, 2011
Last GC Victory: 14-11, May 5, 2013
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Game 18
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Dickinson at No. 6 Franklin & Marshall | 12:00 p.m.
Series Record: F&M 38-0
Streak: F&M +38
Last F&M Victory: 21-12, Apr. 27, 2013
Last DC Victory: Never
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Series History: F&M takes on Gettysburg for the 52nd time on Wednesday and hold a slight 28-23 edge in the series. However, the Bullets have won the last three, including a 14-11 win in the CC Championship game last year. Dickinson and F&M will square off for the 39th time on Saturday with F&M winning the previous 38 contests.
Coaches Poll: F&M moved up to the sixth spot in the latest Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWCLA) Coaches Poll. Gettysburg landed a spot behind at F&M at No. 7 as the only other CC school ranked.
Regional Rankings: F&M jumped out to a No. 3 ranking in the NCAA Metro Regional Rankings last week. Gettysburg was ranked second, but should drop due to their loss to Washington. Washington was ranked eighth and Muhlenberg came in a ninth to represent the CC conference.
F&M Last Week: F&M went 2-0 last week with an 11-3 win over Ursinus on Wednesday and a 12-5 victory over Haverford on Saturday. Click here to watch highlights from both game.
Caroline Krohn finished with two goals while Kimberly Abruzzo, Siobhan Burke, Emily Everdell, Brittney Jorgenson, Mary Mitchell and Claire Jackson each struck once in the win over Ursinus.
Kelsey Hoffman improved to 10-3 with seven saves and Margaret Philbin took the loss with nine stops on the evening and dropped to 6-6.
F&M outshot Ursinus 32-14 and went 20-for-23 in clear attempts.
Mary Mitchell and Emily Everdell paced the offense in the win over Haverford with three goals apiece.
Christie Bonfiglio caused two turnovers and finished with two ground balls to pace the defense while Everdell and Blicht each collected three ground balls for the Diplomats.
Kelsey Hoffman turned away four shots and improved to 11-3 and Shannon Horn took the loss with 11 stops.
F&M outshot Haverford 31-11, caused 22 turnovers and went 17-for-17 in clear attempts.
Last Time We Met Gettysburg: No. 5 Gettysburg defeated No. 6 Franklin & Marshall 14-11 in the Centennial Conference (CC) Women's Lacrosse Championship on May 5, 2013. Read the ful recap here.
Brittney Jorgenson had a game-high four goals, Mary Mitchell tallied three times, Lauren Selawski netted two goals while Caroline Krohn and Emily Everdell each added a point for the Diplomats. Casey Madden and Anastasia Mergner finished with two helpers apiece.
Jen Noon caused two turnovers with two ground balls while Caroline Doran, Megan Kelly and Mergner each finished with two ground balls.
Kelsey Hoffman fell to 14-4 with eight saves while Lindsay Clinton went to 17-1 with nine stops.
F&M went 14-for-17 in clears while the Bullets held a 29-20 advantage in shots and came away with 16 of the game's 27 draws.
Last Time We Met Dickinson: Casey Madden scored four goals and handed out one assist to help lead No. 6 Franklin & Marshall to 21-12 victory over Dickinson last year on May 4th. Read the full recap here.
Five other Diplomats tallied multiple goals as Caroline Krohn, Lauren Selawski and Brittney Jorgenson each picked up a hat trick. Krohn added three helpers and Emily Everdell along with Emily D'Erasmo finished with two goals apiece. Mary Mitchell, Kim Abruzzo, Ali Kelly and Grace Saliba lit the scoreboard once for F&M.
Kelsey Hoffman went to 13-3 on the season with 11 saves while Amanda Morse (2-3) took the loss with eight stops.
F&M outshot Dickinson 34-29, went 19-for-33 in draws and end with 18 ground balls.