Women's Lacrosse

Edited: May 4, 2009

Wooster (12-3) captured its fifth North Coast championship, and second in three years, with an 11-6 win over Kenyon (12-5) in the championship game of the NCAC Tournament in Wooster on May 3. The Fighting Scots rolled through the NCAC Tournament with back-to-back victories and became the first top seed to claim the championship since the Fighting Scots accomplished the feat in 2004. Wooster advanced to the championship game courtesy of a 13-10 win over fourth-seeded Denison (6-8) in their semifinal matchup. The Ladies, who entered the tourney as the second seed, knocked off third seed Wittenberg (7-7), 14-10 in their first-round game on Friday and Saturday. The semifinal contest was halted after the first half, with Kenyon up 7-4, as poor weather conditions caused unplayable field conditions.

Wooster and Kenyon each placed four players on the all-tournament team. The Fighting Scots were represented by: junior Britta Harman (Hudson, OH/Western Reserve Academy) and seniors Hillary Darragh (Evanston, IL/Evanston Towsnhip), Carly Carey (Cummington, MA/Academy at Charlemont) and Jamie Dannenberg (Framingham, MA/Framingham). Freshman Meghan Henshall (MAdison, NJ/Newark Academy), sophomore Brigid Donahue (Trumbull, CT/St. Joseph) and juniors Liz Hancock (Hopkins, MN/Hopkins) and Chase Krueter (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich Academy) represented the Ladies, who posted a 12-5 mark this season, their best since the 1986 squad put up a 13-3 mark. Denison and Wittenberg each had two players selected for all-tourney honors: Freshman Cassedy O'Neill (Seattle, WA/Seattle Prep) and senior Amanda Wilson (Hudson, OH/Western Reserve) for the Big Red and seniors Hannah Fox (Carmel, IN/Cathedral) and Megan Meige (Columbus, OH/DeSales) for the Tigers.

As conference champions, Wooster receives an automatic bid into the 26-team NCAA Division III Championships. The Fighting Scots will travel to St. John Fisher (10-6) for a first round matchup on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. The winner will advance to play either Tufts (14-2) or Drew (10-7) in the second round on Saturday, May 9 at Franklin & Marshall. The national quarterfinals are set for the next day. Quarterfinal winners will advance to the national semifinals and finals at Donald J. Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia, on Saturday-Sunday, May 16-17. The championship game will be broadcast live by on CBS College Sports Network at 3:00 p.m. on May 17.

The last visit the Scots made to the national tournament was back in 2007, when they traveled to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., for an opening-round game, falling to the Generals by a 14-4 count. Wooster has an overall NCAA record of 0-4 and is in the hunt for its first national tourney win.