Wednesday March 31st, 2021 4:30pm
(Photo Courtesy: Greg Wall, Le Moyne Athletics)
It was another full weekend of lacrosse across the nation with the top teams in the country leaving no doubt as to their supremacy. For that reason some of the best games over the last week were from teams in the latter half of the top-25.
One of those teams was Seton Hill which climbed back in the IWLCA National Rankings for the first time in over a year, to No. 24, with a 15-12 victory over No. 23 Mercyhurst and took over first in the PSAC West. Pace was the other large riser during the week, going from 24 to 18 by improving to 4-0 with an impressive 19-8 victory over nationally ranked New Haven and a 22-8 win over AIC. Bentley was the only other team with significant movement, going from 17-14 following a pair of victories to start its year, including a win over New Haven. Mount Olive did move up two spots to No. 17 as the Trojans improve to 7-1 on the year.
Defensive Player of the Week: Megan Biase, Wingate (1 GP, 60 Min, 14 SV, 13 GA)
Tweet of the Week
Peyton Romig became just the second NCAA Division II player to surpass 500 draw controls, with her 14-draw performance over the weekend for the No. 3 Greyhounds. Romig has 511 draw controls, but a long way to take the top spot from Mercy’s Hunter Isnardi finished her career in 2019 with an NCAA DII record 694.
Games of the Week:
No. 10 East Stroudsburg vs. Bloomsburg – March 13 – 2 PM (ET)
The Warriors opened their season with a victory over Frostburg State and face their conference competition of the year when they square off against Bloomsburg. East Stroudsburg went 4-1 in 2020 and return 10 of 12 starters as they look to start strong after being picked second in the PSAC East, behind No. 5 West Chester. Bloomsburg, meanwhile was picked third in the PSAC East poll after going 4-1 in a shortened 2020 season. A victory for the Huskies could upset the balance of power in the le