HADDONFIELD, N.J. – No. 2 Marywood and No. 1 Neumann advance to the Atlantic East Women's lacrosse Championship after semifinal victories.

No. 2 Marywood defeated No. 3 Marymount with a 15-6 victory. No. 1 Neumann hosted No. 4 Immaculata and came away with a 16-2 victory.

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#2 Marywood, 15  vs.  #3 Marymount, 6  | BOX SCORE
Recap courtesy of Marywood Sport Information Department.

Scranton, Pa. — Marywood University women's lacrosse broke out of a tie with nine unanswered goals to reach the Atlantic East Conference women's lacrosse championship game. The second-seeded Pacers defeated No. 3 Marymount University 15-6 on Saturday in the semifinal.

The women's lacrosse team reached its seventh conference championship game in program history. Marywood looks for its first conference title against Neumann University on Saturday, May 2 at 1 p.m. Marymount tied the game at 6-6 in the opening minute of the second half. The Pacers held the defending Atlantic East championships scoreless for the remaining 29 minutes.  The Pacers broke out of the tie on a woman-up goal from Danica Kelly with 8:54 remaining in the third quarter. A minute later, Kaitlyn Smith scored a woman-down goal from Avery Meighan for an 8-6 lead. With 5:23 left, Natalie Yilanjian tallied another woman-down goal.

Smith led the Pacers offensively with seven points. She had five goals and two assists. Smith added nine of the team's 12 draw controls. She added three ground balls.  Meighan notched four goals and four assists for eight points. She produced five ground balls, four caused turnovers, and three draw controls.  Kelly garnered a hat trick for the Pacers. Yilanjian scored twice. Alivia Backes also had a goal and an assist.  Carly Lynch recorded five ground balls, and Felicia Pescatore picked up four ground balls. In goal, Jenna Scala made five saves — including three on key free-position attempts — to keep the Saints at bay. 

Marywood reaches the Atlantic East final for the first time since 2023. It is the Pacers' third AEC finals appearance (2019, 2023, 2026). Marywood made Colonial States Athletic Conference championship game in 2011, 2012, 2017 and 2018. Smith tied the single-season points record (113). Meighan tied the single-season ground balls record (78). 

Marywood and Marymount traded goals in the opening five minutes with goals from Meighan and Natalie Ortiz. Alivia Backes assisted a Smith goal and scored herself to give the Pacers a 3-1 lead. Following Mackenzie Morrissette's unassisted goal to put the Saints within one, Meighan scored back-to-back goals to start the second quarter. She assisted Kelly's goal to put Marywood ahead by a 6-2 score.  Similar to Sunday's contest between the two teams in Virginia, Marymount scored four straight goals to tie the game. The Saints scored three times in a 2:03 span to close the opening half. 

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#4 Immaculata, 2  vs.  #1 Neumann, 16
Recap courtesy of Neumann Sport Information Department.

ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University Women's Lacrosse team exploded to an 11-0 lead on their way to a 16-2 defeat of Immaculata University in the Atlantic East Conference tournament semifinals on Saturday afternoon.
 
Alena Catka had a record-breaking day as she scored four goals with 10 assists and 14 points. Her assist and point total established new single-game records in Neumann program history. She also added 12 draw controls, three caused turnovers, and six ground balls. Krista Geibler had three goals and an assist while Rachel Roane contributed three goals.
 
The Knights wasted very little time in establishing dominance as Catka took the opening draw and scored ten seconds into the game. She struck again 45 seconds later to double the lead. Catka completed a hat trick 4:35 into the game with Maggie Miller and Geibler scoring as well. With a player-down, Miller and Catka again notched goals 25 seconds apart to extend the lead to seven. After an Ainsley George goal, Roane scored two player-down goals in a span of 29 seconds. Geibler closed out the first with a goal to lead by 11.
 
Immaculata broke the shutout at the 12:20 mark of the second while Geibler scored the lone Knights goal in the period to lead 12-1. In the third, Gracie Kucia, Nora Brady, and Kenna Sanders got on the board. For Brady, it was her first career goal, and Neumann led 16-1. With the game secured, Neumann pulled back and allowed the clock to run out after the Mighty Macs scored the only goal of the fourth.
 
Neumann (8-8), with today's win, have advanced to the Atlantic East Conference championship game for the second straight season. Next Saturday, the Knights will host Marywood University, looking for their first conference title. The game is scheduled for a 1:00 PM start.
 

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