Women's Lacrosse and Lawrence Tech open up NAIA Championship at 10 a.m. Monday

No. 1 Ravens and No. 8 Blue Devels face off for fourth time in national tournament

DECATUR, Ala. – No. 1-ranked, and top-seeded Benedictine Women's Lacrosse opens up its run at the NAIA National Championship on Monday at 10 a.m., as the Ravens take on No. 8 seed Lawrence Tech (Mich.) from the Jack Allen Sports Complex in Decatur.

Lawrence Tech enters play with an overall record of 11-7 after posting a 7-3 mark in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. They finished the regular season ranked No. 10 in the NAIA and have three common opponents with Benedictine. The Blue Devils took on Cumberlands (Ky.), Georgetown (Ky.) and Keiser (Fla.) in non-conference play, while taking on Marian (Ind.) twice during WHAC play and a third time during in the WHAC Tournament Championship. They posted a 1-5 record in those six games, dropping the WHAC Championship game to Marian 11-7 on May 2.

Stats Comparison
Goals: Benedictine 369 – Lawrence Tech 232
- Goals per game: Benedictine 23.1 – Lawrence Tech 13.65
Goals-Against Average: Benedictine 5.71 – Lawrence Tech 8.47
Draw Controls: Benedictine 342 – Lawrence Tech 216
- Draw Controls per game: Benedictine 21.4 – Lawrence Tech 12.7
Caused Turnovers: Benedictine 200 – Lawrence Tech 238

Players to Watch
Lawrence Tech – Alyson Walendzak - 59 goals. Morgan Waligore - 28 assists, 59 ground balls, 45 caused turnovers. McKenna Vanzant - 51 draw controls; Mari Pellman - 48 draw controls; Carmen Foster - 46 draw controls. Benedictine – Lorelei Siegel - 80 goals. Kaylen Moore - 100 points (56 goals, 44 assists), 144 draw controls, 28 caused turnovers. Mackenna Hill - 85 points (52 goals, 33 assists). Alexa Hildenbrand - 40 assists. Kiera Russell - 25 caused turnovers.

This is the fifth overall meeting between the two programs, and the fourth of those meetings that has come in the national tournament. Each team has won 2 games in the series so far, with Benedictine's win coming in the 2022 NAIA National Championship Game. Two of those three meetings have come in the Quarterfinals with the last one coming in the Quarterfinals of the 2024 tournament when the Blue Devils earned a 16-11 win.

Monday's winner advances to take on the winner of the No. 4-No. 5 between Keiser (Fla.) and Reinhardt (Ga.) at 4 p.m. on Wednesday for the first Semifinal game.

www.ravenathletics.com | #UnleashGreatness | www.benedictine.edu
#BattlefortheRedBanner | #TheRightWaytoPlay

Print Friendly Version