Hoboken, N.J. – The No. 14 Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team advanced to a sixth straight MAC Freedom Championship game with a 22-5 win in the semifinals Wednesday night over Misericordia from DeBaun Athletic Complex.
Stevens (14-4) led 9-0 after the first quarter, flexing the same muscle that resulted in an unbeaten MAC Freedom regular season campaign in which they outscored the other conference teams 140-16.
How It Happened
Stefanie Sellitto sandwiched a goal between a pair from
Alina Friz as the Ducks took a 3-0 lead less than two minutes removed from the opening draw, with
Maddie Hogan making it 4-0 at the 12:52 mark. Things cooled slightly off the opening blitz, though
Hana Yang, Hogan, and Sellitto pushed the margin to 7-0 at the 5:00 mark; Sellitto and Friz each completed their hat tricks with the final two goals of the period.
Misericordia briefly delayed the 10-goal running clock with their first goal of the game to open the second quarter scoring, but goals 47 seconds apart from Friz and Hogan made it 11-1 at the 9:09 mark.
Alison Murray and
Claudia Diaz tacked on the final two goals of the half, sending the Ducks to the locker room with a 13-1 lead and a 32-3 advantage in shots.
Sellitto pushed the margin to 14-1 less than a minute into the third, though Misericordia closed to 14-3, then 15-4 (following another Sellitto goal), but the Ducks put the icing on the cake, scoring the next seven goals over a 10-minute block spanning most of the fourth quarter;
Alison Murray,
Gracie Shea (twice), and Hogan (twice) made it 20-4 just shy of the midway mark of the period.
Kamryn Kramer buried a highlight-reel behind-the-back goal for the 21
st goal of the night and
Callie Slabaugh added the Ducks' final score of the night.
Inside the Box Score
- Stevens won their seventh straight game, with all wins coming by at least 11 goals
- The Ducks won 24 of 29 draw controls, their seventh straight game and 12th in the last 13 finishing +7 or better in that metric
- Friz, Sellitto, and Hogan all finished with a game-high seven points – Friz added two caused turnovers, Sellitto had seven ground balls and 10 draw controls, and Hogan grabbed four ground balls & finished 3-for-3 on free-position shots
- Lauren Sullivan finished with two ground balls, two caused turnovers, and seven draw controls
Up Next
The Ducks will host No. 2 DeSales (18-11 winners over No. 3 Lebanon Valley Wednesday afternoon) in the Championship Game on Saturday, start time TBD. The winner of that game will earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.
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