HARTFORD, Conn. – The Trinity College Women's Lacrosse team claimed an at-large bid into the field of 46 teams battling for the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse National Championship. The Bantams will open their tournament run against Farmingdale State Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The game will be played at Clark Field at Gettysburg College, host site for the opening round. Winner will face the host Bullets in the Second Round Sunday afternoon.
 
Bantam Bytes

• Trinity posted an 8-8 record on the season with a 4-6 mark in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) play.
• The Bantams earn the sixth-seed in the NESCAC Championship Tournament, falling to third-seeded Tufts University in the Quarterfinals.
• As a team, Trinity registered 178 goals on the season, averaging 11.1 goals per game, behind 25.9 shots per game.
• Defensively, the Bantams are allowing 11 goals per game on 23.9 shots per game. Trinity collected 355 groundballs and caused 183 turnovers, while posting an .894 clear percentage, 12^th-best mark in the nation.
• Sophomore Molly McGuckin earned All-NESCAC Second Team honors after leading the Bantams with a team-high 46 goals, fifth-most in conference.
• Junior Brooke Kurtz registered a career-high 38 points with a team-high 25 assists, fourth-most in the NESCAC, and a career-high 13 goals.
• Senior Caroline Lampert tallied 36 points with 21 goals and a career-high 15 assists, while senior Natalie Miller recorded a career-high 33 points with a career-high 27 goals.
• Sophomore Grace Denious had a career-high 24 points with a career-high 13 goals and a career-high 11 assists, while senior Casey Ward notched 21 points with 14 goals and seven assists and a team-high 33 groundballs.
• Sophomore Alex Lesko added a career-high 19 points, netting a career-high 14 goals with a career-high five assists.
• Sophomore Samantha Hark claimed her first All-Conference honor, receiving Second Team status after grabbing a career-high 28 caused turnovers, fourth-most in the NESCAC, with a career-high 25 groundballs.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Ali Macdougall made a career-high 16 starts, registering an 11.05 goals against average with a career-high 93 saves on a .377 save percentage.

Scouting Farmingdale State

• The Rams posted an 11-8 record during the 2024 campaign, with a 6-2 mark in the Skyline Conference.
• Farmingdale State earned the second-seed in the Skyline Conference Championship tournament and captured their fifth conference championship with a 13-10 victory over fifth-seeded SUNY-Maritime in the title game.
• The Rams led the Skyline Conference in goals (263) and caused turnovers (200), and ranked second in groundballs (390) and draw controls (258).
• Farmingdale State is averaging 13.8 goals per game behind 29.4 shots per game with a .792 shots on goal percentage.
• Defensively, the Rams are surrendering 10.9 goals per game with opponents generating 25.5 shots per game.
• Farmingdale State had nine players register double-digits in goals on the season.
• First-year Carly Livingston swept Skyline Conference postseason awards, taking home Offensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and First Team honors.
• Livingston ranked fifth in the nation in points (120), and led the Skyline Conference in goals (75), and assists (45).
• Senior Ashley Codispoti tallied 64 points with 42 goals and 22 assists, while sophomore Emily Sohm added 40 goals and seven assists. Codispoti won a team-high 75 draw controls.
• Junior Molly Espey has 22 goals with 67 draw controls, and Megan Diamond has dished out 20 assists.
• First-year Olivia Cassese and sophomore Jordyn Neu each recorded 25 points with 19 goals and six assists.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Giavanna Stamatelo earned Most Outstanding Player honors during the Rams run to the Skyline Championship.
• Stamatelo owns a 12.30 goals against average with a .422 save percentage and 113 saves in 17 starts.

Scouting Gettysburg

• Gettysburg notched a 16-3 record on the season with a perfect 8-0 mark in the Centennial Conference (CC).
• The sixth-seeded Bullets fell to fourth-seeded Franklin & Marshall in the Centennial Conference Championship game, 16-15.
• Gettysburg entered the season ranked #2 in the preseason IWLCA Women's Lacrosse Poll, and checked in at #6 in the most recent poll.
• The Bullets own the 16^th-best scoring offense, netting 310 goals this season, averaging 16.3 tallies per game on 34.1 shots per game.
• Gettysburg is converting at a 50% clip on free-position attempts, going 42 for 84.
• Defensively, the Bullets are holding opponents to 7.84 goals per game on 20.8 shots per game, while causing 186 turnovers with 348 groundballs and an .877 clear percentage.
• Gettysburg ranked second in the CC in goals, groundballs, draw controls and caused turnovers.
• Senior Jordan Basso paces the Bullets offense with a team-high 100 points with 65 goals and 35 assists.
• Senior Caroline Sullivan dished out a team-high 44 assists with 35 goals and a team-high 39 groundballs.
• Sophomore Julia Day fired 61 goals with 16 assists and a team-high 25 caused turnovers.
• Junior Emily Crane (34g, 14a) and sophomore Julie Breedveld (33g, 15a) recorded 48 points apiece. Crane added a team-high 109 draw controls.
• Senior Gillian Cortese holds a 7.85 goals against average with a .483 save percentage and 101 saves on the season.

History

• This will be the first meeting between the Bantams and Farmingdale State in the program's history.
• Trinity owns a 1-4 record against Gettysburg all-time.
• The Bantams and Bullets last met during the 2017 NCAA Championship Semifinals, where Trinity fell to the Bullets, 8-4, who went on to claim the 2017 National Championship, their second in program history.

 
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