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April 26, 2004
Haven Lacrosse To Face West Chester in PSAC
Semifinal
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(Lock Haven, Pa.) - The Lock Haven
University women’s lacrosse team will make its return to the Pennsylvania
State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tournament for the first time since the 1991
season after securing a spot in this year’s playoffs with an 8-8 overall and
7-5 PSAC ledger. Advancing to the tournament as the fourth seed, LHU will have
to face top-seeded and No. 3-ranked
West Chester
University
(15-2, 12-0 PSAC) on Tues., April 27, at
4 p.m.
Currently ranked 10th
in the nation and ranked as high as 8th during the season, the Lady
Eagles earned their bid to the playoffs with a win last Saturday over
Millersville
University
, 10-9.
West Chester
picked up the top seed with its perfect 12-0 conference record. Earning the
second seed was
Shippensburg
University
(10-4, 9-3 PSAC), who will host third-seeded and defending champion
Bloomsburg
University
(8-8, 7-5 PSAC) on Tuesday.
As a team, third-year
head coach Kristen Geissler’s Lady Eagles are ranked among the top four in
the PSAC in every statistical category. The
Haven is fourth in both points (18.50) and goals (12.38) per game and is third
in assists (6.12) per game. LHU is third in team goals against average,
allowing in 9.69 goals per game.
Senior Amy
Richter (
Long
Valley
, N.J./West Morris Central) and
junior Diana Strizki (Flemington,
N.J./Hunterdon Central) lead a young but talented offense. Strizki leads the Haven offense in scoring and is fourth in the PSAC
in goals per game with 48 on the season along with a total of 19 assists. Richter
has added 29 goals and 10 assists on the season.
In only her first season at LHU, Jenna
Richter (
Long
Valley
, N.J./West Morris Central) has
become one of the Haven’s go-to-players. She took over sole ownership of the
single season assists record and currently leads the PSAC with 40 assists (2.50
apg) on the season. Richter’s 40
goals also rank her as the team’s second-leading scorer.
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Third-year head coach Kristen Geissler will lead the
Lady Eagles into their first PSAC Tournament
playoff game since the 1991 season.
PSAC Semifinals (Tues., April 27)
#4 LHU at #1 West Chester (4 p.m.)
#3 Bloomsburg at #2 Shippensburg (4 p.m.)
PSAC Finals (Sat., May 1)
Winners of Semifinals
at site of top remaining seed.
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Other
offensive contributors include freshman Mandy
Alderfer (Harleysville/Souderton), who has netted 29 goals on the season. Jean
Kearney (Springfield/Springfield) (14g, 5a), Shannon
Houck (Gilbertsville/Boyertown) (11g, 7a) and Stephanie Wood (Califon, N.J./West Morris Central) (6g, 4a) are all
scoring threats as well.
Juniors Kim
Hedden (
Long
Valley
, N.J./West Morris Central) and Laura
Baranski (
Collingswood
, N.J./Collingswood) head up the
defensive effort on the field. In
front of the cage, freshman starting
keeper Christie Dunning (Ivyland/Central
Bucks East) has accumulated a goals against average of 9.72 and is sixth in
the conference with 7.23 saves per game for 94 total.
West Chester
won both of the regular season meetings between the two squads, the Lady Eagles
falling 14-11 at Charlotte Smith Field before an 18-5 defeat on the road.
The winners of both Tuesday
semifinal games advance to the PSAC Championship game to be held on Sat., May
1, at the site of the highest remaining seed.
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