CUA meets Lynchburg in NCAA Tournament on Wednesday evening
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic (12-8) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Lynchburg (18-3) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 0:42 | Katie Kline (Lynchburg) |
| 1st - 3:12 | Shelly Milks (Lynchburg) |
| 1st - 25:54 | Hayley Wright (Catholic) |
| 1st - 34:30 | Colleen Harwood (Catholic) |
| 2nd - 44:36 | Danielle Kreider (Lynchburg) |
| 2nd - 57:47 | Maura Campbell (Catholic) |
| 3rd - 70:48 | Lindsay Leonard (Lynchburg) |
| Catholic | Lynchburg |
|---|---|
|
G:
3 Players (#6, #10, #16 - 1)
A: 2 Players (#6, #10 - 1) Sh: 2 Players (#6, #10 - 7) Sv: Megan Comunale - 5 |
G:
4 Players (#3, #13, #17, #22 - 1)
A: 3 Players (#4, #13, #16 - 1) Sh: Kelli Williams - 4 Sv: Hannah Myers - 7 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Catholic | Lynchburg |
|---|---|---|
| Shots (on goal) | 21 (11) | 12 (10) |
| Saves | 5 | 7 |
| Fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Penalty Corners | 15 | 3 |
WASHINGTON – CUA travels to Virginia on Wednesday evening
for an NCAA Tournament 1st Round game vs. ODAC champion
Lynchburg. The Cardinals won their second straight Landmark
Conference title over the weekend and will be playing in their
second NCAA Tournament.
CUA enters the tourney with a record of 12-7, which included a 5-1
mark within the Landmark Conference. The Cardinals dropped
three straight games towards the end of October, but rebounded
nicely and have since won three straight, including a pair of
conference tournament games last weekend.
Hayley Wright and Colleen Harwood lead CUA with 13 and 11 goals,
respectively, while Harwood is the team leader in points with
34.
Wright (32), Taylor Elliott (19), Maura Campbell (19) and Kim
Hermann (14) have also scored double-digit points, and 12 Cardinals
have scored at least one goal.
Senior captain Catherine Mirsky leads the way with two defensive
saves, while junior Megan Comunale has stopped 105 shots in 1,364
minutes in goal, posting a .795 save percentage.
CUA enters the tournament averaging better than three goals per
game (3.21), and has outshot its counterparts 478-221. The
Cardinals have scored multiple goals 16 times, with a high of 10
coming vs. conference foe Goucher.
CUA, which is receiving votes in this week’s NFHCA Division
III Coaches Poll, played four NCAA Tournament teams throughout the
year, including Rowan, Salisbury, Mary Washington, and Christopher
Newport.
Lynchburg enters Wednesday’s showdown with a 17-3 record,
including a perfect 8-0 march through the ODAC. The Hornets
captured their seventh consecutive conference title on Saturday,
and enter the tournament ranked 11th nationally.
Lindsay Leonard is the team’s leading scorer with 20 goals
and 46 points. She scored three goals twice this season and
had multiple goals in five games.
Kelsey Link and Shelly Minks have both scored nine goals on the
year, while Katie Kline and Ashley Nelson have found the back of
the cage seven times each.
Hannah Myers has started 16 games in goal for Lynchburg, totaling
48 saves and an impressive 0.99 goals against average.
CUA and Lynchburg met in last year’s NCAA Tournament in the
2nd Round in Ewing, N.J. on the campus of The College of the New
Jersey. The Hornets came away with a hard-fought 2-0 win,
before falling to TCNJ in the regional championship.
The Cardinals and Hornets have faced four common opponents this
season, including Mary Washington, Elizabethtown, Christopher
Newport and Randolph-Macon. CUA went 2-2 vs. those foes,
while Lynchburg went 2-3, having beaten Randolph-Macon twice.
Click
here to view the entire NCAA Tournament bracket.
Wednesday’s game gets underway at 5 p.m. from
Virginia. Lynchburg
will offer live video and stats of the contest.
