The Lancaster Bible women's lacrosse team advanced to the North Eastern Athletic Conference Playoffs for the first time ever in program history and had to face off against Medialle College in Buffalo, N.Y. It was a beautiful day for a game as the Chargers looked to advance and take the next step in their bid to win the NEAC Championship, however, the Chargers ran into a tough opponent, and battled the Mavericks until the horn sounded, but ultimately fell to the Mavericks, 15-10. The loss ends Lancaster Bible's season as the Chargers finish with an 8-9 overall record, while Medaille will advance to the NEAC Semifinals on Saturday where the Mavericks will face top-seeded Cazenovia.
How it Happened: The Chargers did not look like a team that never played in the playoffs before as they raced out to score the first three goals of the game less than two minutes in. The goals were scored by
Alyssa Wesner,
Myranda Kemrer, and
Rebekah Kelley. All of the goal scorers received passes on their way to the goal as Kemrer picked up two assists with
Hannah Thompson having the other. The Mavericks would get on the board three minutes into the game, but it was not long before Thompson gave the Chargers a three goal lead again. After that goal the Mavericks would find their footing and go on to race past the Chargers scoring the games next six goals. The Chargers would get back into the game as they would score the next two goals and move into one goal of the Mavericks. The goals were scored by Thompson and
Naomi Otis. The Mavericks would score another goal, before the Chargers matched them to keep the goal differential at one. However, the Mavericks would score the next two goals of the half to take a 10-7 lead into the break.
The Mavericks used their momentum that they gained from the first half to jump out ahead of the Chargers and score the first two goals of the second half. The Chargers would get the next two goals from Thompson and Kemrer to cut the lead back to three goals. The Mavericks would get the next goal, but the Chargers would cut the lead to three again when Kemrer scored with 13:27 remaining in the game. The Chargers continued to push and never gave up, but it was the Mavericks that would score the last two goals of the game. The Mavericks would go on to win by the final score of 15-10.
By the Numbers: The Chargers had solid offensive numbers today as they had 29 shots with 21 on goal...The Chargers held a slight advantage in draw controls as they had 14 compared to the Mavericks 13...The Chargers also picked up 29 ground balls...Kemrer and Thompson led the Chargers as they each had three goals..Kemrer and Thompson also picked up assists as Kemrer had two and Thompson had one...Thompson led the Chargers with six ground balls, while Wesner and Kemrer had four each...Kemrer was able to pick up seven draw controls...
Nicolette Statuti helped the Chargers stay in the game as she had eight saves...The Mavericks were led by Mackenzie Berger and Danielle Dzialak with four goals each.
End of Season Wrap-Up: The Chargers scored 58 goals the entire season in 2014, while this year they had an outstanding 197 goals...The Chargers had nine wins in the four seasons leading up to this one and the Chargers had 8 just this year...In the past three seasons the Chargers had five NEAC wins and had four this year...Wesner has 140 goals in her career which puts her third all time behind Rebekah Weidel who has 148, Wesner also has 24 assists which gives her 165 points...Kemrer now has 84 goals, 25 assists, which give her 109 points through two years...The Chargers will look to build upon this record setting year as they bring back a lot of their team from this year.
