Women’s Lacrosse Takes On Richmond In Sunday’s Atlantic 10 Championship Game

University of Massachusetts Women's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information
A-10 Championship	#1 Massachusetts (13-4 Overall) vs. #2 Richmond (12-5 Overall)
Date // Time	Sunday, May 5 // 12 p.m.
Location	Pittsburgh, Pa.. // Rooney Field
Watch	ESPN+
Live Statistics	Live Stats
A-10 Championship	Tournament Central
Social Media	Facebook: UMass Women's Lacrosse Twitter: @UMassL acrosse Instagram: @UMassLacrosse

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The top-seeded Massachusetts women's lacrosse team takes on no. 2-seeded Richmond in Sunday's Atlantic 10 Championship game. The Minutewomen and the Spiders are set for a noon start on ESPN+ from Rooney Field.

Championship Rematch
Sunday's championship game marks a rematch of last season's title game between UMass and Richmond. The Spiders claimed last year's title with a 20-13 win in Richmond.

Last Time Out
UMass picked up a 10-9 win over Saint Joseph's in the Atlantic 10 semifinal on Friday in Richmond. Skylar Simmonds led the UMass attack with two goals and two assists while Fiona McGowan and Charlotte Wilmoth each chipped in a pair of goals. The Minutewomen jumped out to a 7-1 lead late in the second quarter before the Hawks eventually tied things up twice in the fourth frame. Lil Hancock gave UMass a 9-8 lead in the fourth before McGowan put home the eventual game-winning goal with 4:33 to play.

Make It 12
The Minutewomen secured their 12th consecutive win on Friday with a 10-9 win over Saint Joseph's in the A-10 semifinals.

Tobin's Career Day
Catrina Tobin had a career day between the pipes in UMass' semifinal win over Saint Joseph's on Friday, stopping a career-high 14 shots as she picked up her 13th win of the season. Tobin came up with a timely save with 2:30 to go to keep the Minutewomen ahead by one before stopping her 14th shot of the day with 15 seconds remaining to secure the win.

Queen Of The Draw
Jordan Dean set a new NCAA Division I single season record with 238 draw controls on the season, passing Maddie Jenner (Duke, 2022) for most in a single season after recording 17 in the win at Richmond. Dean became the second player in UMass program history to eclipse the 400 draw controls in a career and set a new single season program mark in the home finale against George Washington. The junior finished the regular season as the DI leader in draw controls per game at 14.88 and posted double-digit draw controls in 14-of-16 games this season.

Causin' Problems
Audra Tosone became the second Minutewoman in program history to reach 100 caused turnovers for her career as she finished with a pair in UMass' 20-7 win at Duquesne. The 2023 A-10 Defensive Player of the Year has caused 114 turnovers for her career and is two away from setting a new program record that's currently held by Kristin St. Hilaire's (2002-05) 115. This season, Tosone has nine games with multiple caused turnovers and has 22 in over the last eight contests.

Back-To-Back
UMass had three individuals claim back-to-back major Atlantic 10 awards as announced by the league on Wednesday afternoon. Fiona McGowan repeated as the league's offensive player of the year for the second consecutive season while Audra Tosone earned back-to-back A-10 Defensive Player of the Year awards. Head coach Jana Drummond also earned her second A-10 Coach of the Year award in as many season.

All-League
The Minutewomen landed four players on the Atlantic 10 First-Team All-Conference squad in Jordan Dean, Fiona McGowan, Kassidy Morris, and Audra Tosone. Layton Nass, Catrina Tobin, and Charlotte Wilmoth represented UMass on the second-team all-league squad while Ava Connaughton and Lil Hancock earned a spot on the A-10 All-Rookie Team. McGowan and Tosone also were tabbed to the league's all-academic squad.

Helping Hand
Fiona McGowan moved into third all-time at UMass in career assists after finishing with seven in in the win over UConn and added an assist against GW to tie Holly Turner's (2018) 51 for second most. McGowan needs just two assists to pass Erika Eipp (2016) for the program record while her 125 career assists is third most all-time. The attacker ended the regular season ranked third among Division I leaders in assists per game with 3.31 and fifth in total assists with 53. McGowan also ranks fourth all-time in career points at UMass with 242.

Mo' Goals
Kassidy Morris leads UMass in goals this season with 59 and moved into a tie with Katie Ferris (2012) for sixth-most in a single season by a Minutewoman in Friday's A-10 semifinal. Morris finished the regular season ranked 19th among Division I leaders in goals per game at 3.63 while her 58 goals in the regular season was 21st most nationally. The attacker picked up hat tricks in 13-of-16 games during the regular season with five or more goals in four games, including seven in wins over UConn and VCU.

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Women’s Lacrosse Takes On Richmond In Sunday’s Atlantic 10 Championship Game

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Players Mentioned

Ava Connaughton

Jordan Dean

Lil Hancock

Fiona McGowan

Kassidy Morris

Layton Nass

Skylar Simmonds

Catrina Tobin

Audra Tosone

Charlotte Wilmoth

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