This Weekend: Notre Dame College will play host to Frostburg State University on Sunday, May 8, for the Mountain East Conference Tournament Championship Game. The title bout is slated for 1 p.m.
MEC Tournament Bracket: On Thursday, No. 1 Notre Dame bested No. 4 Davis & Elkins, while No. 2 Frostburg State took down No. 3 Charleston in their respective semifinal matches. As a result, No. 1 NDC will host the No. 2 seeded Bobcats on Mueller Field for the conference championship game.
Records: After their semifinal victories, NDC is now 9-6 (7-1 MEC), while FSU sits at 10-6 (7-1 MEC).
Coaches Corner: Ben Morhac is in his third season at the helm of the Notre Dame program. He has a record of 23-12 and is 17-2 in the MEC. He led the Falcons to the program's first MEC Championship last season, and has his eyes set on defending the crown. Taylor Sindall is the head coach of Frostburg State in her second season. Sindall holds a career record of 20-11.
Rankings: Neither of these teams are raked in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) top 25 poll.
Series History: Notre Dame is 3-2 all-time when facing Frostburg State since their first meeting in 2021. This includes NDC's 22-8 victory on Mueller Field this season, back on Apr. 2, along with the Falcons 13-12 loss at FSU on Apr. 16. Lastly, Sunday marks a rematch of the 2021 MEC Tournament Championship Game which featured a 14-10 Notre Dame victory on the home turf.
All-MEC Members: These two rosters are filled with 2022 All-MEC honorees. For Notre Dame,
Ebony Reddick,
Emileigh Scott,
Piper Hammond and
Alicyn Loberg grabbed All-MEC First Team.
Joselyn Storm and
Nia Griffith took Second Team honors, while
Megan Dano and
Charlotte Vari earned Honorable Mention.
Piper Hammond and
Joselyn Storm were also recognized on the All-Freshman team.
Frostburg State's Stephanie King was named Offensive Player of the Year and head coach Taylor Sindall was named Coach of the Year. King, Kerri Hayes, Mackenzie Cramer and Delaney Devers were named First Team. Anna Kearney, Lilly Stephens, Julia Badolato, Krissy Milburn and Nicole Gray were named to the Second Team. Lindsay Kohlmann and Chloee Johnson took Honorable Mention. Kerri Hayes also grabbed a spot on the All-Freshman Team.
Noting the Falcons: Notre Dame is coming off of the program's first shutout, a 22-0 victory over Davis & Elkins in the MEC Semifinals.
Emileigh Scott continues to put up incredible numbers on the offensive end. The All-MEC First Team member won 22 draw controls for the second time this season, both coming against Davis & Elkins. She ranks third in NCAA Division II in total draw controls at 167 and is second in draw controls per game at 11.93. Scott already holds the NDC and MEC single season draw control records and if she finishes the season at the 11.93 draw controls per game mark, she would be in the top three in D2 history. In just one season at Notre Dame, Scott already ranks seventh in conference history and second in NDC history in career draw controls. She needs 15 for the NDC career record.
On top of those records, she also leads the team in goals (54), after scoring six more against Davis & Elkins last game. Scott needs four goals and 11 points to break the NDC single season records. She is currently 14th in D2 in goals per game (3.86).
After missing a couple games and coming off the bench to work her way back from injury,
Ebony Reddick finished second on the team with 29 goals and 17 assists.
Alicyn Loberg is now fourth in NDC history with 121 career draw controls. She is second on the team this season with 50.
Piper Hammond has 26 caused turnovers this season as a freshman and she is six away from breaking the NDC single season record. She also has 24 goals, which ranks third on this season's team.
Goalkeeper
Mackenzie Levine leads the conference with a 10.42 goals against average. She now has 277 career saves and needs 17 to move into second place in NDC history.
Megan Dano also leads the conference with 23 assists and 1.77 per game.
The Falcons are 6th in the country in draw controls per game (17.57), 11th in assists per game (8.14), 21st in goals allowed per game (9.64) and 22nd in offense (15.36 goals per game).
In the two games against Frostburg State this season, Notre Dame has had a player score at least six goals. In the first game,
Emileigh Scott scored a season-high eight goals and
Ebony Reddick scored six times in the second game.
Noting the Bobcats: Frostburg State defeated Charleston in the MEC Semifinals by a score of 23-7. That gave the Bobcats 10 wins for the second consecutive campaign. Lilly Stephens scored seven goals and Lindsay Kohlmann added five assists. Delaney Devers caused four turnovers and goalkeeper Nicole Gray stopped nine shots on goal.
Lilly Stephens is third in the MEC with 48 goals and 2.82 goals per game. Lindsay Kohlmann is second in the MEC with 22 assists. Kohlmann is also second in both draw controls (93) and draw controls per game (5.47). Stephanie King is fourth in the conference with 44 goals and sixth in goals per game at 2.59. With 44 goals and 14 assists, King is third in the MEC with 58 points.
The Bobcats have played the most games of any team in the conference with 17. They are second in the MEC, behind the Falcons, in goals per game (15.12), assists per game (5.35), points per game (20.47), caused turnovers per game (8.76) and draw controls per game (15.35).
In two games against NDC, no player scored more than five goals in either matchup. In game one, Stephanie King led the team with three goals and Lilly Stephens had five goals in game two. Nicole Gray made 11 saves in FSU's win over NDC.
