Posted on Sunday, May 5, 2019
Written by 鲸鱼传媒's Sports Information Department
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The top-seeded 鲸鱼传媒 women's lacrosse team defeated second-seed Washington and Jefferson College by a score of 15-5 to claim the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship in front of their home fans Saturday evening.
The Titans, in only their third year of existence, won the inaugural PAC title. 鲸鱼传媒 was down, 5-3, before scoring 12 unanswered goals to finish out the game.
鲸鱼传媒 (14-2) started strong, as senior Emily D’Amico (Moon Township, PA / Moon Area) tallied the first three goals of the game to give the Titans an early 3-1 lead. Washington and Jefferson (9-8) responded with four consecutive goals for its first lead of the game, 5-3. 鲸鱼传媒 countered before the end of the first half, getting two goals courtesy of D’Amico and junior Michaela Hays (Blairsville, PA / Blairsville) to head into halftime tied with the Presidents at 5-5.
Juniors Bria Braddock (Beaver Falls, PA / Blackhawk) and Margo Mason (Pittsburgh, PA / Chartiers Valley) picked up their first goals of the game within the first ten minutes of the second half to take a 7-5 lead. The Titans never looked back as the 鲸鱼传媒 back-line stifled the Washington and Jefferson attack, and held the Presidents scoreless for the entirety of the second half.
D’Amico led the way offensively for the Titans, matching a career-high eight goals, totaling a team-high four draw controls, and added a pair of ground balls and caused turnovers. Braddock had three goals of her own, a team-high six ground balls, and a matched a career-high nine caused turnovers. Mason, Hays, and first-years Magen Polczynski (Irwin, PA / Norwin), and Katie Cipriani (Hermitage, PA / Kennedy Catholic) each tallied a goal for 鲸鱼传媒. Mason added three assists, while Hays added two assists of her own. Titan first-year goalkeeper Emma Bradley (South Fayette, PA / South Fayette) recorded five saves in the win.
鲸鱼传媒 will travel to Gettysburg, Pa. Saturday, May 11 to face Notre Dame of Maryland University in the first round of the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship. Saturday's neutral site game will be hosted by second-ranked and back-to-back NCAA champion Gettysburg University (17-1) at Clark Field. The 鲸鱼传媒-Notre Dame of Maryland winner will take on Gettysburg in Sunday's second round at 1 p.m.
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