Game 8
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
No. 10 Salisbury at No. 1 Franklin & Marshall | Lancaster, Pa. | 7:00 p.m.
Series Record: Salisbury 11-4
Streak: SU +5
Last F&M Victory: 11-10, Mar. 25, 2011
Last SU Victory: 9-8, Mar. 23, 2014
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Game 9
Saturday, March 28, 2015
No. 1 Franklin & Marshall at Washington | Chestertown, Md. | 1:00 p.m.
Series Record: F&M 30-5
Streak: F&M +15
Last F&M Victory: 13-11, May 3, 2014
Last Washington Victory: 12-11, Apr. 13, 2002
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Series History: The Diplomats face Salisbury on Wednesday for the 16th time. Salisbury owns an 11-4 series record and has won the previous four meetings, with the Diplomats last victory occurring in 2011. F&M will face Washington on Saturday for the 36th time and look to continue its 15-game winning streak in the 30-5 series.
In the Rankings: Franklin & Marshall's women's lacrosse team remains in first in the latest Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III Poll, released Monday.
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F&M Last Week: The Diplomats spent their spring break in Clearwater, Fla. where No. 1 Franklin & Marshall defeated No. 19 Messiah 11-10 in non-conference women's lacrosse action. Gabby Frank led the Diplomats on the scoreboard with three goals, while Emily Everdell and Paige Moriarty had two and Samantha Blicht, Claire Jackson, and Brittney Jorgenson along with Saliba all scored once. Saliba added three helpers and Anastasia Mergner finished with two assists and seven draws.
Danielle Harrington picked up the win with three stops and Kaitlin Hardt turned away five shots in the first half for F&M.
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F&M remained undefeated in its return to winter weather against Centennial Conference opponent Muhlenberg in Allentown, Pa. last Saturday. Jorgenson scored on all five shots she took while Frank and Everdell finished with a hat trick. Hannah Serling, Kimberly Abruzzo, Taylor Freud, Ryann Laible, Claire Jackson, Anastasia Mergner, Grace Saliba and Yen Baker all finished with a score. Paige Moriarty and Gabby Frank both dished out three assists, Saliba finished with two while Natalie Delinsky, Emily D'Erasmo and Megan Kelly all had one helper.
Vanessa Budd came away with four draws while Caroline Doran, Sarah Bozzo and Saliba all finished with two ground balls.
Danielle Harrington picked up the win and improved to 3-0 with eight saves and two ground balls and Kiersten Mulvey took the loss with three stops and dropped to 3-3.
F&M outshot Muhlenberg 33-25 and came away with 20 of the games 30 draws.
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Last Time We Met Salisbury: No. 2 Salisbury defeated No. 7 Franklin & Marshall 11-6 in the regional finals of the 2014 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament last year on May 23.
Caroline Krohn and Emily Everdell finished with two goals each while Grace Saliba and Mary Mitchell both scored once. Shannon Carta led the way for Salisbury with four goals while Katelyn Biondino and Bethany Baer finished with a pair for the Sea Gulls.
Christie Bonfiglio along with Mergner paced the defense with two caused turnovers each and Mergner finished with a team-high three ground balls.
Kelsey Hoffman took the loss with six saves and dropped to 15-6 while Ashton Wheatley picked up the win with eight stops.
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Last Time We Met Washington: Mary Mitchell struck twice in the final four minutes of action to break an 11-11 tie and deliver Franklin & Marshall a 13-11 victory over Washington in 2014 Centennial Conference Semifinals. F&M took control early and jumped out to a 4-1 lead 13 minutes into action. Emily Everdell found Anastasia Mergner and Mitchell struck unassisted for a 2-0 advantage. The Shorewomen put one through and the Diplomats countered with a pair of goals, the first by Ali Kelly and the second from Grace Saliba, for the early 4-1 edge.
Mitchell and Mergner both finished with three goals, Saliba had two while Frank, Krohn, Huidekoper, Delinsky and Kelly all struck once. Krohn added a game-high two assists.
Samantha Blicht came up big on defense with five caused turnovers and two ground balls while Mergner finished with eight draws, three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Kelsey Hoffman improved to 13-4 with three saves and Allison Remenapp took the loss with five stops.
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