ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University women's lacrosse team has punched its ticket to the Atlantic East Conference playoffs and will host Immaculata University this Saturday, April 27^th at 4:00 PM in a first-round matchup.

The fourth-seeded Knights completed the regular season with a record of 10-7, including a 3-3 mark in conference play. Immaculata enters the playoffs as the fifth seed just behind Neumann, finishing the season with an overall record of 6-10 and a conference record of 2-4.

Neumann will hope to achieve a similar result as to when the team's played earlier this season on April 3^rd. In each team's first conference matchup of the season, the Knights came out on top at Immaculata by a score of 15-12. The two teams always seem to play close games, as the 2017 and 2018 contests between them were each decided by one goal.

The Knights field an attack that has five 20-goal scorers this season. The top attacker of the group is Kaitlyn Conrad, who leads the team in goals (79), assists (14) and points (93). The senior has broken almost all of the program's scoring records, including most goals and points in a career as well as most goals and points in a single-season. Fellow senior Brittany Cassidy has also been excellent this year all over the field, recording 40 goals and 12 assists for 52 points, while also causing a team high 38 turnovers and picking up 39 ground balls. Reilly Fiedler (37 goals), Courtney Petrucelli (29 goals) and Brylin Adams (21 goals) have also been key contributors to the Neumann offense.

Defensively, the Knights have gotten big contributions from the trio of Lydia Beckman, Nani Espada and Kim Hesser. Beckman leads the team with 76 draw controls and 44 ground balls, while Espada (26 CT, 29 GB) and Hesser (13 CT, 24 GB) have also been excellent on defense.

Catriona Corrigan has also had an outstanding first season in goal for the Knights with a record of 9-6 on the year and 190 saves. The freshman netminder has appeared in 964 minutes for Neumann this season and has a save percentage of 0.443.

Neumann will look to get back to the conference semifinals for the seventh consecutive season. The winner of the Neumann/Immaculata game will take on either Marywood or Cabrini next Wednesday, May 1^st in the Atlantic East Conference semifinals.