Middle Atlantic Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament
[3] Lebanon Valley (9-6, 4-2 CC) at [2] Elizabethtown (11-5, 5-1 CC)
Wednesday, May 2 at 3:30 p.m. – Elizabethtown, Pa.
Live Stats:
EtownBlueJays.com
Regular-season meeting: Elizabethtown, 22-15 (
Recap)
If You Go
Tickets for all MAC postseason events are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $2 for students. Children under 6 are free. Driving directions can be found on
Elizabethtown's site.
The Playoffs
The two-round tournament will determine the Commonwealth Conference's single automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament. The LVC-Elizabethtown winner advances to play the Messiah-Alvernia winner on Saturday, at the higher seed.
During The Regular Season
These two teams met just eight days ago at Arnold Field, with Elizabethtown winning a 22-15 shootout behind five different players with hat tricks.
Mel Modrick had a career-high five goals for LVC, and
Taylor Kruter added three as both
Hana Krechel and
Bailey Benz had two goals and three assists. LVC was outshot 40-23.
Scouting LVC
Lebanon Valley is paced by the nation's second-leading points-scorer,
Hana Krechel, whose 110 points (72g, 38a) leads the Commonwealth Conference. Freshman
Bailey Benz has been a big addition for LVC with 33 goals and 13 assists to go with 47 draw controls, and
Mel Modrick has come on in the second half of the season, riding a seven-game multi-goal streak into the playoffs.
Taylor Kruter (19g) and
Allison McGinniss (17g) are also key playmakers for LVC. The Dutchmen have split cage time between
Corinne Palombo (11.76 GAA, .474 SV%) and
Erica Ameigh (13.24 GAA, .416 SV%).
Scouting Elizabethtown
The Blue Jays received votes in the most recent IWLCA poll, and four of their five losses this year are to top-10 teams. The Blue Jays have no shortage of offensive options, led by Leigh Flounlacker (44g, 17a) and Becky Porter (29g, 15a) as well as playmaker Madalyn Schnader (18g, 23a). Six Blue Jays have 30 or more points this season. Defensively, Rachael Waldman is 10-5 with a 9.71 GAA and .457 save percentage.