WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – First-year
Riley Block (Hopatcong, N.J./Morris Catholic) scored four goals to lead the Lycoming College women's lacrosse team, which clinched a spot in the MAC Freedom Championship, but fell to first-place FDU-Florham, 16-8, during the regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday, April 29.
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The Warriors (8-8 overall, 4-4 MAC Freedom) clinched the No. 5 seed at the MAC Freedom Championship and will head to No. 4 seed Arcadia University (8-9 overall, 5-3 MAC Freedom) for a 7 p.m. game on Monday night, May 1, clinching the spot due to Arcadia's 20-11 win over DeSales on Saturday. FDU-Florham (9-8 overall, 7-1 MAC Freedom) enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed, despite tying with No. 1 Stevens and No. 2 Misericordia for the No. 1 spot in the conference standings.
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Block became the fifth Warrior rookie to reach 50 goals in a season with her third of four goals in the game, joining Kelly McGinniss (2016, 66), Sarah Wingerden (59, 2006),
Katie Maguire (58, 2022) and Megan McIntyre (50, 2007).
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Sophomore
Katie Maguire (Garnerville, N.Y./Albertus Magnus) added two goals to give her a team-leading 63 on the season and sophomore
Alexa Baldwin (Bel Air, Md./Harford Tech) added an assist to move into ninth in program history with 26 assists this year.
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The Devils jumped out with the game's first five goals before sophomore
Kailey Stocker (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) got the Warriors on the board with a transition goal with 7:18 left in the first quarter. The Devils led 9-2 at the end of halftime, but two yellow cards led to goals from junior
Rylie Cranmer (Butler, Pa./Butler Area) and Maguire to make it 9-4 and Maguire's free-position goal with 3:39 left made it a four-goal game heading into the final quarter.
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The Devils, however scored six of the eight goals in the last period, to separate with the Warriors and earn the win.
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Junior
Zoe Stauffer (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) finished with 14 saves, giving her 171 on the season, tied for seventh-most in program history. Maddy Apap earned the win, stopping five shots in the first half for the Devils.
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