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No. 15 Women's Lacrosse Prepares for No. 25 Navy in Patriot League Semifinals
May 03, 2023 | Women's Lacrosse
WEST POINT, NY - No. 15 Army West Point women's lacrosse (14-2, 7-1 Patriot League) will take on No. 25 Navy (13-5, 5-3 Patriot League) in a Patriot League semifinal on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+. It will be a neutral site contest with top-seeded Loyola playing host to both semifinals.
The winner will advance to the Patriot League Championship game on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
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Last Time Out
The winner will advance to the Patriot League Championship game on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
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Last Time Out
- Army picked up its 14th victory of the season with a 17-7 win at Lafayette on Thursday night.
- The Black Knights closed the conference campaign with a program-best 8-1 overall record.
- Allison Reilly logged a career-high five assists in the win while Julia Gorajek and Kathleen Sullivan each scored three times.
- Brigid Duffy was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year and to the All-Patriot League first team earlier this week.
- Duffy led the conference in goals in the regular season with 50 and ranked in the top-ten in draw controls (74), ground balls (30) and caused turnovers (15).
- Kathleen Sullivan, Julia Franzoni and Jolie Riedell each joined Duffy on the all-league first team.
- Julia Gorajek and Cathleen Parker also earned All-Patriot League second team honors as Army saw a program-record six cadets named to the all-conference team. Â
- Sullivan leads the Black Knights with 73 points this season which ranks fourth in the conference. Her 40 assists ranks second in the Patriot League.
- Franzoni has scored multiple goals in five straight games while ranking second on the Black Knights with 36 goals.Â
- Jolie Riedell posted four draw controls, four ground balls and a goal in Army's win at Lafayette.
- Allison Reilly has posted 18 points across Army's final two games of the regular season.
- Reilly set single-game program records in the win versus Navy this season, scoring nine goals while assisting three times.
- Army's 34.06 shots per game ranks sixth in the country.
- The Black Knights have been dominant in the draw circle, ranking 12th in the nation with 16.19 draw controls per game and 20th in draw-control percentage with a .564 rate.
- Army has scored 15+ goals in seven of nine Patriot League contests this season.
- Head coach Michelle Tumolo earned Patriot League Coach of the Year honors earlier this week.
- Navy comes in as the No. 3 seed in the tournament, and picked up a quarterfinal victory over sixth-seeded Boston University, 20-13.
- The Mids are led by a trio of first team all-league honorees, featuring Leelee Denton on attack, Ava Yovino in the midfield and Athena Corroon on defense.
- Navy's offense ranks third in the conference, scoring 15 goals a game.
- The Mids lost three of its final five games of the regular season, and are 6-4 overall away from home this season.Â
- Army took down Navy by a score of 15-11 earlier this season at Michie Stadium, securing its second-straight star series victory.
- The Black Knights are now 2-7 all-time against the Midshipmen.
- Navy won last season's neutral site meeting at Loyola by a score of 16-6.
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