ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University women's lacrosse team enter the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) with an overall record of 11-4 and 7-2 in the CSAC and is the No. 2 seed in the post season.
The Knights will host No. 3 seeded Marywood in a semifinal game on Wednesday, April 30 beginning at 6:00 PM.
The Knights have continued to build upon an incredible season last year which saw Neumann nab an overall record of 13-4. This successful season can be attributed to great coaching by third year head coach Christy Molone, as well as its veteran senior leaders in Sam Kotowski, Lexy Wilkinson and Koula Gregor along with stellar play from the other members of the team.
Neumann will be led by first team selection Lex McIntyre who has seen major success this season starting all 15 games for the Knights netting 20 goals with nine assists for 29 points and a team high 70 groundballs with 34 caused turnovers.
Jordan Hopkins will also look to be a force for the Knights as she was a second team All-Conference selection tied with the team lead in goals with 39 while also dishing out a team high 15 assists for 54 points. Neumann will also look to second team Honorable Mention selection Mandy Fedak, who also has 39 goals this season four of them coming by way of a game winner while also dishing out three assists for 42 points.
No. 3 Marywood (9-8 overall, 6-2 in the CSAC) enters the CSAC semifinal game after beating No. 6 seeded Centenary College 15-1 in the first round. The Pacers will lean heavily on Sarah Caughy who has played in all 16 games for the Pacers and leads the team in Goals with 49 goals while dishing out 8 assists. Mid fielders Sarah Caughy and Kimberly Commisso did not disappoint in the game against the Cyclones Caughy had 6 points on 4 goals with 2 assists while Commisso netted 3 goals with an assist for four points.
In the first meeting during the regular season, the Knights won a close game edging the Pacer 8-7. Hopkins scored three goals. Fedak's goal in the second half with 3:00 left gave the Knights the push they needed to edge the Pacers in the game.
The winner of the Knights / Pacers game will earn their way to the CSAC Championship game on May 3 against either No. 1 Cabrini or No. 4 Immaculata.
