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Women's Lacrosse to Take on Gwynedd Mercy at Draper Walsh Stadium on Wednesday

Women's Lacrosse vs Gwynedd Mercy
Wednesday, April 9th| 5:00 pm
Draper Walsh Stadium | Immaculata, Pa.
 
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THE STORYLINE
  • The Immaculata women's lacrosse team (2-11, 0-1 AEC) is back in action on Wednesday when they host Gwynedd Mercy at Draper Walsh Stadium for an Atlantic East Conference game.
  • Immaculata enters Wednesday after falling at Neumann in their AEC opener on Saturday afternoon.
  • Gwynedd Mercy (3-10, 1-0 AEC) enters Wednesday after defeating Centenary 15-4 in their AEC opener on Saturday.
 
SERIES HISTORY
  • Immaculata and Gwynedd Mercy are meeting for the 28th time in their series that began in 1999.
  • Immaculata is 13-15 all-time vs Gwynedd Mercy.
 
LAST MEETING
  • Immaculata defeated Gwynedd Mercy in their last meeting on April 13, 2024, at Gwynedd Mercy, 23-12.
  • Jacki Murray scored six goals, Tessa Liberatoscioli and Ava Hoffman scored five goals each, and Cara Strickland scored three goals. Liza Laxton had eight assists.
  • Murray registered her 200th career point and Laxton got her 100th career assist in the game.
 
MIGHTY MAC NOTES
  • Jacki Murray leads Immaculata with 39 goals and five assists for 44 points. She has collected 44 ground balls, has 15 caused turnovers and has 47 draw controls. Murray enters Wednesday's game tied for the program career record for draw controls with 309. Murray is tied with Daniel Lopez who played for Immaculata from 2015-19.
  • Ava Hoffman has scored 15 goals, has 4 assists, and 19 points. She has collected 34 ground balls, has 11 caused turnovers, and 23 draw controls.
  • Kelsey Caldarelli scored seven goals, has four assists, for 11 points. She has collected 41 ground balls, has a team-high 24 caused turnovers, and has 15 draw controls.
  • Alexa Marczak scored eight goals, has two assists, for 10 points. She has collected 20 ground balls, has four caused turnovers and five draw controls.
  • Carly Oberg scored five goals, with three assists, for eight points. She has collected 23 ground balls, has six caused turnovers and has four draw controls.
  • Addison Yackel scored three goals, has two assists, for five points. She has a team-high of 49 ground balls, has 23 caused turnovers, and has 17 draw controls.
  • Goalkeeper Abigail Guarneri made 129 saves on 428 shots faced. She made 13 saves in Saturday's game at Neumann. Guarneri's 129 saves lead the Atlantic East Conference and is 6th best in the nation at the Division III level.
 
SCOUTING GWYNEDD MERCY
  • Senior midfielder Cheyenne Avellino leads the Griffins with 32 goals, four assists for 36 points.
  • Sophomore midfielder has 21 goals, 12 assists for 23 points.
  • Senior midfielder Alysia Collins has 20 goals, six assists for 26 points.
  • Senior attacker Hailey Bloom has six goals, 18 assists for 24 points.
  • Sophomore goalkeeper has appeared in 12 games with eight starts. She made 71 saves on 260 shots faced.
  • Gwynedd Mercy is averaging 20.7 shots per game, and their opponents 35.2.
 
WEEKLY HONORS
  • Kelsey Caldarelli and Ava Hoffman were named to the AEC Weekly Honor Roll on Monday afternoon.
  • Kelsey Caldarelli had seven ground balls, two caused turnovers, and five draw controls, along with scoring a goal for Immaculata in their win over Cedar Crest on April 1st.
  • Ava Hoffman had a combined five goals and two assists for seven points in two games this week for Immaculata. Hoffman scored four goals, with two assists for six points, with two ground balls and one caused turnover in the win at Cedar Crest on April 1st. She scored a goal, with one ground ball, one caused turnover, and two draw controls vs Neumann on Saturday.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Immaculata women's lacrosse team will be back in action on Friday, April 11th when they travel to Marywood for an Atlantic East Conference game at 5:00 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Liza Laxton

#7 Liza Laxton

M
5' 5"
Senior
Tessa Liberatoscioli

#2 Tessa Liberatoscioli

M
5' 8"
Senior
Kelsey Caldarelli

#10 Kelsey Caldarelli

M
5' 4"
Senior
Abigail Guarneri

#16 Abigail Guarneri

GK
5' 6"
Junior
Ava Hoffman

#11 Ava Hoffman

M
5' 7"
Senior
Jacki Murray

#21 Jacki Murray

M
5' 8"
Fifth Year
Carly Oberg

#14 Carly Oberg

M
5' 9"
Junior
Cara Strickland

#3 Cara Strickland

M
5' 5"
Junior
Addison Yackel

#7 Addison Yackel

D
5' 9"
Freshman
Alexa Marczak

#18 Alexa Marczak

A
5' 7"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Liza Laxton

#7 Liza Laxton

5' 5"
Senior
M
Tessa Liberatoscioli

#2 Tessa Liberatoscioli

5' 8"
Senior
M
Kelsey Caldarelli

#10 Kelsey Caldarelli

5' 4"
Senior
M
Abigail Guarneri

#16 Abigail Guarneri

5' 6"
Junior
GK
Ava Hoffman

#11 Ava Hoffman

5' 7"
Senior
M
Jacki Murray

#21 Jacki Murray

5' 8"
Fifth Year
M
Carly Oberg

#14 Carly Oberg

5' 9"
Junior
M
Cara Strickland

#3 Cara Strickland

5' 5"
Junior
M
Addison Yackel

#7 Addison Yackel

5' 9"
Freshman
D
Alexa Marczak

#18 Alexa Marczak

5' 7"
Sophomore
A