Women's Lacrosse

League's Unbeatens to Face Off Saturday

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Dartmouth sophomore attacker Ellie Carson and Brown sophomore goalie Maggie Bigelow claimed the Ivy League’s weekly honors following unbeaten weeks. 

LEAGUE NOTES
  • A Top 25-meeting opens this week’s Ivy League action, as No. 23 Cornell visits No. 1/1 Stony Brook at 5 p.m. Tuesday—live on AmericaEast.TV. 
  • No. 11 Penn, No. 20 Princeton and No. 23 Cornell are listed in the latest IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll. No. 11 Penn is noted in this week’s Inside Lacrosse Women’s Division I Media Poll, where Dartmouth, Princeton and Cornell also received votes. 
  • The Ivy League leaders, Dartmouth (7-1, 3-0 Ivy) and No. 11/11 Penn (8-2, 2-0 Ivy) will square off at 12 noon Saturday in conference play.  
  • The Quakers own four wins over ranked opposition this season, with their two losses to then-No. 2/4 Maryland, 13-7 on March 22, and then-No. 12/11 Northwestern, 12-11 in overtime on April 1. 
  • Harvard’s Julia Glynn and Keeley MacAfee are tied for fourth nationally with 4.11 goals per game. The duo also ranks among the top 10 in NCAA Division I in points per game, with Glynn sitting third (5.89) and MacAfee sitting sixth (5.78). 
  • Yale’s Izzy Nixon continues to pace the nation with 9.09 draw controls per game. 
  • The Ivy League is home to the nation’s most efficient scorer—Columbia’s Alexandria Absey (.703 shot percentage). 
  • Penn goalie Mikaila Cheeseman is ranked seventh in NCAA Division I with a .524 save percentage and 12th with a 9.21 goals-against average. 
  • Four of this week’s games will be broadcast on the Ivy League Network, now available on Apple TV, Roku and the ILN app for Apple and Android devices. The network can be found at IvyLeague.tv and IvyLeagueNetwork.com.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 3
No. 23 Cornell at No. 1/1 Stony Brook, 5 p.m. [AmericaEast.TV]
 
Wednesday, April 4
Harvard at Boston University, 7 p.m.
 
Saturday, April 7
No. 11/11 Penn at Dartmouth, 12 p.m. [ILN]
No. 23 Cornell at Brown, 1 p.m. [ESPN3] [ILN]
No. 20 Princeton at Harvard, 1 p.m. [ILN]
Columbia at Yale, 1 p.m. [ESPN3] [ILN]

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dartmouth sophomore attacker Ellie Carson propelled the No. 19-ranked Big Green to an 18-14 road victory at Harvard to claim Offensive Player of the Week honors. The victory was the Big Green’s first over Harvard since April 24, 2014.

The Alexandria, Va., product registered a career-best seven points via three goals and a career-high four assists in the contest. Four of Carson’s points came in the second half, where Dartmouth turned a 10-8 halftime deficit into an 18-14 win. The sophomore also had three ground balls and a draw control in the conference victory, which vaulted the Big Green to the top of the Ivy League standings at 3-0 in League play and 7-1 overall.
 
Carson is Dartmouth’s second-straight Offensive Player of the Week recipient, after Elizabeth Mastrio snapped a nearly two-year drought last week.
 
Carson’s Statistics for the Week
3 G, 4 A, 3 GB, 1 DC, .333 Shot % at Harvard


 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Brown sophomore goalie Maggie Bigelow backstopped the Bears to a pair of non-conference wins over Louisville and Sacred Heart to earn the Defensive Player of the Week nod.
 
The Montclair, N.J., native made 10 saves in a 17-10 win over Louisville and added seven in a 15-4 victory at Sacred Heart. Bigelow finished a 2-0 week with an 8.20 goals-against average and .548 save percentage—both of which would rank among the top five nationally for the season. The sophomore also grabbed three ground balls on the week.
 
Bigelow is Brown’s first Defensive Player of the Week honoree since Kellie Roddy shared the honor on March 2, 2015.
 
Bigelow’s Statistics for the Week
1 GP, 1 GS, 60:00 Mins., 10 GA, 10 Svs., .500 Sv. % vs. Louisville
1 GP, 1 GS, 42:28 Mins., 4 GA, 7 Svs., .636 Sv. % at Sacred Heart


 
HONOR ROLL
Risa Mosenthal, Brown (Fr., M – Campton, N.H.)
5 G, 2 A, .455 Shot % vs. Louisville
2 G, .286 Shot % at Sacred Heart
 
Regan Steed, Columbia (So., M – Fairfield, Conn.)
2 G, 4 GB, 2 CT, 1.000 Shot % at Wagner
 
Joey Coffy, Cornell (Sr., D/M – Norwalk, Conn.)
2 G, 2 GB, 4 DC, 2 CT, .666 Shot % vs. Rutgers
 
Ida Farinholt, Cornell (Sr., A/M – Richmond, Va.)
3 G, 2 GB, 2 DC, 1 CT, .600 Shot % vs. Rutgers
 
Claire Marshall, Dartmouth (Fr., M – New Canaan, Conn.)
3 GB, 6 DC, 2 CT at Harvard
 
Lauren Ford, Harvard (Fr., M – Corning, N.Y.)
5 GB, 1 DC, 4 CT vs. Dartmouth
 
Keeley MacAfee, Harvard (Jr., M – Needham, Mass.)
4 G, 3 A, 1 GB, .666 Shot % vs. Dartmouth
 
Zoe Belodeau, Penn (Fr., A – Potomac Falls, Md.)
2 G, 3 A, 3 GB, 9 DC, 1 CT, .500 Shot % vs. Northwestern
 
Natalie Stefan, Penn (Sr., D – Manhasset, N.Y.)
3 GB, 1 DC, 3 CT vs. Northwestern
 
Tess D’Orsi, Princeton (So., M – Sudbury, Mass.)
5 G, 2 GB, .455 Shot % vs. Syracuse
1 G, 1 A, .333 Shot % at Delaware
 
Sam Fish, Princeton (Fr., G – San Diego, Calif.)
1 GP, 32:19 Mins., 8 GA, 4 Svs., .333 Sv. % vs. Syracuse
1 GP, 1 GS, 60:00 Mins., 6 GA, 16 Svs., .727 Sv. % at Delaware
 
Olivia Markert, Yale (Fr., M – Centreville, Va.)
5 G, 2 GB, .714 Shot % vs. Marist
1 G, .333 Shot % vs. Towson