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Series History: Franklin & Marshall will face off against Ithaca on Saturday for just the sixth time in program history. The Diplomats hold a 4-1 series edge, including victories in the last two contests.  

National Rankings: F&M retained its No. 3 ranking in the latest Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III Poll, released Monday. Only SUNY Cortland and Trinity rank above the Diplomats. Centennial-foe Gettysburg is ranked sixth and Salisbury sits in the seventh position.

Last Week for F&M: Three goals apiece from Anastasia Mergner, Paige Moriarty, and Grace Saliba keyed a dominating 16-2 win for the No. 3 Franklin & Marshall women's lacrosse team over Stevenson on Saturday afternoon at Tylus Field.

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Moriarty paced the offense with three goals and a pair of assists while G. Saliba and Mergner both tallied three goals and an assist.  The Diplomats' defense held the Mustangs to just eight total shots while causing 14 turnovers and collecting 12 groundballs in the game. Sarah Bozzo caused three turnovers, followed by Mergner with two. 

Danielle Harrington (3-0) earned the win in goal, registering four saves in 50:11 minutes of action. Kaitlin Hardt entered the game with 9:49 remaining and didn't allow a score. Maggie Lawder (0-3) was charged with the loss for Stevenson after allowing 14 goals on 23 shots. 

Last Time We Met: Mary Mitchell and Brittney Jorgenson combined for nine points to lead No. 8 Franklin & Marshall to a 12-7 victory over Ithaca on March 14, 2013.

The victory was the 100^th career win for head coach Mike Faith. 

F&M jumped out an early 3-0 lead nine minutes into the contest with scores by Caroline Krone, Ali Kelly and Maggie Mae Shields.  Caroline Krohn found Jorgenson at 17:31 to put F&M up 4-0 and the Bombers answered with a tally at 5:55.  

Lauren Selawski assisted Shields at 3:25 before Ithaca got one through at 1:47 for a 5-2 score.  The Diplomats answered 20 seconds later when Krohn and Jorgenson connected again to give F&M a 6-2 edge at the break. 

The teams traded free position goals to start the second with Mitchell and Everdell scoring for the Diplomats to put F&M up 8-3 at 20:50.  The Bombers scored at 19:22 and both team remained off the board for over 10 minutes before Jorgenson buried a feed from Mitchell at 9:07. 

Ithaca made it 9-5 at 8:04 and F&M countered with a pair of unanswered goals by Mitchell to go up 11-5. Anastasia Mergner assisted on the first goal and Jorgenson found Mitchell on the second. Michelle Avery found the net for Ithaca to bring the Bombers within five, 11-6, and Krohn fed Selawski at 3:42 to make it 12-6. 

Krohn came away with four draws and Jen Noon finished with five groundballs. 

Kelsey Hoffman was spectacular between the pipes with 15 saves and improved to 3-1 while Jess Worthman turned away nine shots in the loss.