IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata women's flag football team swept their tri-match earning a pair of AEC wins on Friday evening at Draper Walsh Stadium. Immaculata defeated Neumann in their first game 33-0. In their second game, Immaculata defeated Holy Family 28-14. With their wins, Immaculata improves to 5-6 overall, and they are now 5-5 in Atlantic East Conference play. Neumann, who lost to Holy Family in the middle game 18-12 in overtime, falls to 3-5 in AEC play. Holy Family moves to 3-4 in AEC play.
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Friday was Senior Day for the Immaculata women's flag football team. Prior to tonight's game with Neumann, Immaculata honored Seniors:
Samantha Seidito,
Rory Watson,
Abigail Lentowski, and
Jessica Elliott for their hard work and dedication to the Flag Football program.
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Game One: Immaculata 33, Neumann 0
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How it Happened
- Immaculata had the first possession and capped a 10-play drive with Sydney Butcher with a seven-yard run for a touchdown at 7:30 of the first quarter. The point after rush attempt failed, so Immaculata led 6-0.
- On Neumann's first possession, Abigail Lentowski intercepted a pass at the Neumann 18 and returned it for a touchdown. The point after pass attempt failed, so Immaculata led 12-0 at 4:30 of the first quarter.
- On Neumann's second drive, Eliana Szatkowski intercepted a pass at the IU 36-yard line. On the ensuing drive, Sydney Butcher completed a six-yard pass to Rory Watson for a touchdown at 8:50 of the second quarter. The point after attempt was completed as Immaculata extended their lead to 19-0.
- In the third quarter, Rory Watson caught a 14-yard pass from Sydney Butcher for her second touchdown at 3:10. The point after touchdown pass was good to give Immaculata a 26-0 lead.
- Immaculata would close out the scoring when Rory Watson caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Natalie Dodd for her third touchdown of the game to increase the lead to 33-0.
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Inside the Numbers
- Sydney Butcher was 8-9 passing for 113 yards with two touchdowns. She had seven rushes for 10 yards.
- Natalie Dodd was 3-3 passing for 20 yards, with one touchdown. She had three rushes for 21 yards.
- Rory Watson had three receptions for 34 yards and three touchdowns. On defense she had Watson had four tackles and three pass breakups.
- Eliana Szatkowski had three receptions for 68 yards. On defense she had an interception.
- Abigail Lentowski had two receptions for 23 yards. On defense she had three tackles, and two interceptions with a 14-yard pick six return.
- Theresa Jappah had eight tackles.
- Samantha Seidito had one punt for 31 yards pinning Neumann inside the 20.
- Jessica Elliott had 1.5 tackles during the game.
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Game Two: Immaculata 28, Holy Family 14
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How it Happened
- Immaculata had the opening possession and completed a 10-play drive with Abigail Lentowski catching a 14-yard pass from Sydney Butcher for a touchdown. The point after pass was good with Immaculata taking a 7-0 lead at 6:00 of the first quarter.
- On Holy Family's first possession, Lauren Gartman intercepted a pass at the HFU 23 and returned it three yards to the 20. On that possession, Sydney Butcher had a rush for 10-yards, then on the next play Natalie Dodd ran the ball 10-yards for the touchdown. The point after pass was successful, and Immaculata led 14-0 at 2:00 of the first quarter.
- Immaculata extended their lead to 21-0 at 8:50 of the second quarter, when Eliana Szatkowski caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Sydney Butcher. Butcher converted the point after on a rush.
- Immaculata extended their lead to 28-0 at 2:00 of the third quarter, when Caia Harris caught a 39-yard touchdown pass from Sydney Butcher. The point after pass was successful.
- Holy Family scored a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter, to cut the lead to 28-14.
- Immaculata ran out the clock to earn the 28-14 win.
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Inside the Numbers
- Sydney Butcher was 10-11 passing for 123 yards and three touchdowns. She had seven rushes for 65 yards.
- Natalie Dodd had four rushes for 38 yards with a touchdown.
- Samantha Seidito had two rushes for 20 yards. On defense she had three tackles and had one punt for 32 yards.
- Caia Harris had one reception for a 39-yard touchdown.
- Abigail Lentowski had three receptions for 32 yards and a touchdown. On defense she had five tackles.
- Eliana Szatkowski had three receptions for 30 yards and a touchdown. On defense she had two tackles and two pass breakups.
- Lauren Gartman had one tackle and an interception.
- Samantha Rivera had one reception for 13 yards.
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Up Next
- The Immaculata women's flag football team will be back in action on Thursday, April 17th when they travel to Eastern University for their final Regular Season AEC Tri-Match with Eastern and Holy Family.
- The top four finishers in the AEC regular season standings will advance to the Atlantic East Conference Tournament to be hosted by the Top Seed on April 25th or 26th.