Canisius and Fairfield Advance to 2018 MAAC Women’s Lacrosse Championship Game
No. 3 Fairfield University - 17 | No. 2 Monmouth University - 9
MAAC Women’s Lacrosse Semifinal
Tenney Stadium | Poughkeepsie, NY
The No. 3 Fairfield University (12-6) scored seven unanswered goals over a span of 15 minutes in the first half to move past Monmouth University (8-10), 17-9, and into Saturday’s Championship Game. It will be the ninth appearance for the Stags in the championship game, which ties Canisius for the most in league history.
Fairfield Notes
• The Stags have now reached three of the last four title games.
• Taylor Mitchell had a first-half hat trick and finished with four goals. The junior has 41 goals now in 2018.
• Kathleen Hulseman also tallied a hat track plus one. The junior is up to 35 goals this season.
• Brooke Gallagher and Kelly Horning tallied hat tricks for the Stags
• Fairfield had seven different goal scorers and nine different players record a point.
• Paulina DiFatta made 14 saves and stopped 60-percent of the shots she faced.
Monmouth Notes
• Finished the season at 8-10 overall
• Chloe Novak led the Hawks with four goals to finish the year with 17 tallies.
• Jenny Staines found the back of the net twice. The junior finished the season with 34 goals.
• Riley Brager made seven stops.
• Monmouth finish 3-for-5 on free-position shots.
No. 4 Canisius College – 13 | No. 1 Marist College - 11
MAAC Women’s Lacrosse Semifinal
Tenney Stadium | Poughkeepsie, NY
Canisius College (11-6) held Marist College (10-7) scoreless over the last 6:24 to win 13-11 to advance to the MAAC Championship Game on Saturday. Canisius will play No. 3 Fairfield at 1 p.m. The Golden Griffins took their first lead at 10:24 of the second half on a goal by Bryar Cummings. Neither team led by more than three throughout the game.
Canisius Notes
• The Golden Griffins advance to their ninth MAAC Championship Game, which ties Fairfield for the most in conference history.
• Canisius seeks a third straight title and seventh in the last eight years.
• Canisius is the first four seed to top a number one seed since 2003 when Marist beat Fairfield.
• Allie Stewart had a hat trick and finished with four markers. Her fourth of the season and second of the MAAC Championship.
• Sophomore Bryar Cummings scored four goals to record her first career hat trick in the process and added an assist for a five-point night.
• Lauren Smolensky handed out a season-high three assists.
• Rebecca VanLaeken stooped six shots in goal.
Marist Notes
• Hailey Wagner scored three times for her third hat trick of the season and first against a MAAC foe.
• Morgan Jaycox, Camille Renaud and Devon Connolly had two goals apiece.
• Kelly George dished out a game-high and tied a career-high with five assists.
• Marist’s season ends at 10-7.
• Delaney Galvin made 10 saves.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.