A record-setting season for the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team comes to a close in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Semifinal on Thursday, falling to top-seed and host Dominican, 20-6, at O’Brien Field.
A record-tying six Wildcats were named All-Conference as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference announced the awards on Tuesday, including a pair of Major Award winners after another successful 2024 regular season.
For the fifth season in a row, the #WilmUWLax has advanced to the CACC Tournament Semifinals after defeating fifth-seeded Bridgeport, 18-7, on Monday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex. The Wildcats' 14th victory sets a new program record for a season, as the Wildcats are now 14-4 overall. The win pushes the Wildcats to the CACC Tournament Semifinal on Thursday afternoon, heading to top seed and CACC Regular Season Champion Dominican. Alea Javorowsky led the attack with eight points, scoring three goals and adding five assists. Ella Royer scored four goals while adding two assists and seven draws. Amelie Gamache scored five goals while Makenzie Stritzinger scored two goals while adding an assist and five draws. Taylor Culver scooped up her 100th career ground ball while Katie Vindigni made four saves and added four caused turnovers and seven ground balls. Produced by Nathan Foltz.
For the fifth season in a row, the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team has advanced to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament Semifinals after defeating fifth seeded Bridgeport, 18-7, on Monday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
#WilmUWLax closed out the 2024 regular season with a 26-5 CACC victory over Caldwell on Friday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex. With the win, the Wildcats finished tied for second in the CACC Regular Season but will be the No. 4 seed in the upcoming CACC Tournament due to tiebreakers. Friday featured several milestones and broken records for the Wildcats as well. Alea Javorowsky set a new single-game program record with 12 assists, adding a goal for 13 points. She also set a new single-season record with 82 assists and now has 105 points on the season. Ella Royer scored four goals and added two assists for six points, setting a new single-season scoring mark with 80 goals and reaching the 100-point plateau as well. Makenzie Stritzinger scored six goals while adding 13 draws, now with 110 draws for the season. Amelie Gamache scored six goals and added two assists to go with eight draws, while Tristan Holdsworth scored a career-best three goals. Katie Vindigni made six saves and is now just the fourth goal in program history with 400 or more career saves. Produced by Nathan Foltz.
The Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team closed out the 2024 regular season with a 26-5 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over Caldwell on Friday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
A 17-6 victory for the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team secured the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, defeating Holy Family on Thursday night at Tiger Field.
Saturday's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference women's lacrosse game featuring the Wilmington University women's lacrosse team and Caldwell at the WU Athletics Complex has been postponed.
In a battle for first place in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference standings, Dominican pulled away late from the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team, remaining unbeaten with a 23-16 victory on Saturday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
The spring sports are all on a roll for the Wilmington University athletics department, resulting in seven student-athletes earning Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Player of the Week honors, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
Georgian Court scored seven of the final eight goals of the game to come back and stun the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team, 12-8, on Tuesday afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference action on the GCU Turf.
The Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team scored 12 goals in the first quarter on its way to a 20-6 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory on the road at Felician on Saturday at Tryon Field.
Trailing by a goal, the #WilmUWLax scored the final two goals to secure a 15-14 CACC victory over Jefferson on Thursday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex. Jefferson (4-5, 4-1 CACC) fought back from an early deficit to take their first lead, 13-12, in the fourth quarter, and again led, 14-13, with 7:14 to play before the Wildcats (10-2, 4-0) scored with 4:47 to play to tie the game and 3:01 remaining to take the lead for good. The victory is just the third for the Wildcats against the Rams all-time and the first since the 2017 regular season. Ella Royer scored six goals to lead the offense while also adding five draws, two caused turnovers, and tree ground balls. Alea Javorowsky dished out six assists while Makenzie Stritzinger scored four goals and added an assist and eight draws. Amelie Gamache scored two goals while adding an assist and five draws. Taylor Culver led the defense with four caused turnovers and five ground balls. Katie Vindigni made 13 saves for the win. Produced by Nathan Foltz.
Trailing by a goal, the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team scored the final two goals to secure a 15-14 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over Jefferson on Thursday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
The week of schedule changes continued on Wednesday as rain and lightning forced the postponement of the Wilmington University women's lacrosse team and Jefferson on Wednesday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
A big advantage on the draw control allowed the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team’s offense to stay on the attack in a 22-11 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over Bridgeport on Saturday at the WU Athletics Complex.
The Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team set a new program record for margin of victory, defeating Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference foe Chestnut Hill, 24-0, on Wednesday night at Varsity Field.
The Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team opened its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference season with a 21-4 victory over Post on Saturday at the WU Athletics Complex.
WilmUWLax opened its CACC season with a 21-4 victory over Post on Saturday at the WU Athletics Complex. Wilmington had 10 different scorers in the game, led by Amelie Gamache's four goals and two assists. Ella Royer scored four goals to go with one assist while Makenzie Stritzinger added four goals as well. Anastasia Giannoulis chipped in with two goals. Gamache led the team with eight draws while Royer added five. Caitlyn Welker had three caused turnovers to go with three draws. Katie Vindigni made eight saves in the win.
A big second half propelled the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team to a 25-12 victory over D’Youville in its final nonconference game of the season on Thursday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
A goal with 0.2 seconds remaining in double overtime gave Frostburg State the walk-off victory, 11-10, against the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team on Tuesday afternoon at Bobcat Stadium.
Amelie Gamache is nearing the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse Top 10 in goals scored for a career, reaching the 100-goal milestone on Saturday as the Wildcats defeated Shippensburg, 16-3, at the WU Athletics Complex.
Amelie Gamache is nearing the #WilmUWLax Top 10 in goals scored for a career, reaching the 100-goal milestone on Saturday as the Wildcats defeated Shippensburg, 16-3, at the WU Athletics Complex. Makenzie Stritzinger's five first half goals led the Wildcats for the game while Alea Javorowsky led the Wildcats with eight points, scoring once while dishing out seven assists. Ella Royer finished with four goals and an assist while Amelie Gamache scored three goals and added an assist. Gamache also had seven draws and four caused turnovers to lead the team. Katie Vindigni made five saves in the contest for the win. Produced by Nathan Foltz.
The Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team had its first setback of the 2024 season, falling, 14-12, in a tight matchup at Lock Haven on Wednesday afternoon at Charlotte E. Smith Field.
A three-goal run to start the third quarter helped the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team distance itself from Barton, leading to a 15-8 victory on Saturday to close out the team’s trip to the Carolinas.
Another quick start led the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse to its third straight dominating win to start the season, defeating Converse, 20-9, on Wednesday night inside Weisiger Stadium.
The Wilmington University baseball and women’s lacrosse teams got off to hot starts to the 2024 season, resulting in three Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Players of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday.
A big 11-0 first quarter helped pace the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse to its second straight victory to open the 2024 season, defeating Pfeiffer, 24-2, on Sunday at Lefko Field.
The 2024 season got off on the right foot for the #WilmUWLax as they blanked St. Thomas Aquinas, 23-0, at the WU Athletics Complex on Friday afternoon. During the process, sophomore Ella Royer collected her 100th career point and seventh-year head coach Kevin Day picked up his 50th career victory. Amelie Gamache finished with six goals and five assists for 11 points, adding five draws. Ella Royer finished with six goals and two assists for eight points, adding four draws and three ground balls. Makenzie Stritzinger scored five goals and added an assist for six points, leading the team with seven draws as well. Alea Javorowsky collected three assists in the game as well. Edited by Nathan Foltz.
The 2024 season got off on the right foot for the Wilmington University women’s lacrosse team, as they blanked St. Thomas Aquinas, 23-0, at the WU Athletics Complex on Friday afternoon.