Minutewomen Ready for NCAA Tournament Showdown at No. 6 Navy Friday

University of Massachusetts Women's Lacrosse Notes & Information
Matchup	Massachusetts at No. 6 Navy
Date \| Times	Friday, May 8 \| 3:00 p.m.
Location	Annapolis, Md. \| Navy Marine-Corps Memorial Stadium
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ANNAPOLIS. Md. - Massachusetts women's lacrosse is set to play at sixth-seeded Navy in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The winner of that game faces the winner of Syracuse and Loyola in the second round Sunday. The game can be seen on ESPN+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassLacrosse on X (Twitter).

The Matchup

Friday will mark the second all-time meeting with Navy, with both meetings coming in the NCAA Tournament.
In the first-ever meeting in 2017, Navy picked up a 23-11 win in the NCAA Tournament second round, on its way to a Final Four appearance.

Last Time out

The top-seeded Massachusetts women's lacrosse team opened a 6-1 lead after one quarter and the Minutewomen wouldn't look back in a dominant 15-3 win over second-seeded Akron in the MAC Championship Game on Saturday afternoon. The win gives UMass the MAC Tournament Title in its first year in the conference, to go with its regular season championship.
The championship marks UMass' second straight after winning the Atlantic 10 title and advancing to the NCAA Tournament last season. On Saturday, the Minutewomen played in their 18th straight conference title game, dating back to the 2008 season.
Kassidy Morris, named the Tournament's MVP, finished with four goals to reach 101 points on the season to tie her own program record set last year. She finished the tournament with eight goals and two assists. Morris has recorded a hat trick in 11 of the last 12 games, coinciding with the Minutewomen's 12-game winning streak.
The other All-Tournament Team honorees from UMass were defender Heather Clark, attacker Ava Connaughton, goalkeeper Bayley Duffy and midfielder Katie Onderdonk.
Onderdonk finished off a stellar weekend with a career-high four goals. Katie Peterson scored three goals while Connaughton had two goals and an assist.
Bridget Valentine led the defense with three groundballs and two caused turnovers while Onderdonk caused two turnovers as well. Cate Marshall had 11 draw controls, her fifth straight game with double-figure draws.

SCOUTING THE MIDSHIPMEN

Navy stands 18-1 on the season, including 8-1 in the Patriot League. The Mids' lone loss came at Loyola, 19-14. Among Navy's wins were Florida, South Florida and Army (twice).
The Mids are led offensively by sophomore Tewaaraton Award finalist Alyssa Chung, who has 72 goals and 102 points.
As a team, Navy is third nationally in scoring offense (16.11), eighth in scoring defense (7.84) and third in scoring margin (8.28).
The Mids feature five first team All-MAC honorees, including Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year Felicia Giglio. Giglio owns a 7.85 goals against average and 47.0 save percentage on the season.

WIN STREAKS

UMass is riding a 12-game winning streak, marking the seventh straight season the Minutewomen have had a 10+ game win streak.
The streak began with a 17-14 win over Dartmouth, featured the entire MAC regular season and postseason, and non-league wins over Bryant (23-7) and Columbia (20-9).

morris' mark

Kassidy Morris has enjoyed a historic season, and career at UMass.
On Mar. 28 at Robert Morris, Morris became the program's all-time leading goal scorer with her 212th.
Morris is up to 101 points this season to tie her own program record set last season.
Among active Division I players, Morris stands third in career goals (244) and fourth in points (319).
Morris is 11 points behind Katie Ferris' program record for points (330).
Morris is a four-time MAC Offensive Player of the Week. She was named first team All-MAC, the MAC Tournament MVP and was Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year last season.

SUSTAINED CONFERENCE SUCCESS

The Minutewomen are in the midst of impressive success going back almost two decades.
This season marked UMass' 18th straight appearance in a conference championship game, the first 17 coming in the Atlantic 10 and this season in the MAC.
The Minutewomen are 12-6 in those 18 games.
UMass' last regular season conference loss came on Apr. 22, 2018 at VCU, a 17-16 overtime defeat. Since that point, the Minutewomen have won 62 straight regular season conference games, going 9-0 in 2019, 8-0 in 2021, 9-0 in 2022, 9-0 in 2023, 9-0 in 2024, 10-0 in 2025 and 7-0 this season.
The Minutewomen have only lost two regular season conference games since the start of the 2011 season, going 123-2 in that span.
Jana Drummond is 35-0 in conference regular season games in her four years as head coach.

umass in the ncaa tournament

This marks the Minutewomen's 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and fifth in the last six years.
The program has made three Final Fours, in 1982, 1983 and 1984.
Four times since 2013, UMass has won at least one NCAA Tournament game.
In 2013, the Minutewomen defeated UConn in the first round.
In 2015, UMass beat Jacksonville in the first round.
In 2016, the Minutewomen topped Princeton and Cornell in the first two rounds to reach the national quarterfinals.
In 2017, UMass defeated Colorado in the first round.

mac weekly award winners

(UMass winners in bold)
Week 1 (Feb. 10): Kassidy Morris, UMass (Offensive); Anna Zucconi, Kent State (Defensive); Sydney Davis, Kent State (Goalkeeper)
Week 2 (Feb. 17): Kelsea Dague, Eastern Michigan (Co-Offensive); Ava Connaughton, UMass (Co-Offensive); Karly Low, Eastern Michigan (Defensive); Maddy Porter, Eastern Michigan (Goalkeeper)
Week 3 (Feb. 24): Mia Berthoff, Robert Morris (Offensive); Anna Zucconi, Kent State (Defensive); Sydney Davis, Kent State (Goalkeeper)
Week 4 (March 3): Kassidy Morris, UMass (Offensive); Sienna Diglio, UMass (Defensive); Sydney Davis, Kent State (Goalkeeper)
Week 5 (March 11): Dylan Lyons, UMass (Offensive); Mackenzie Flannigan, Youngstown State (Defensive); Maddy Porter, Eastern Michigan (Goalkeeper)
Week 6 (March 17): Kassidy Morris, UMass (Offensive); Bridget Valentine, UMass (Defensive); Maddy Porter, Eastern Michigan (Goalkeeper)
Week 7 (March 24): Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron (Offensive); Anna Zucconi, Kent State (Defensive); Sydney Davis, Kent State (Goalkeeper)
Week 8 (March 31): Kassidy Morris, UMass (Offensive); Marisa Gatz, UMass (Defensive); Maddy Porter, Eastern Michigan (Goalkeeper)
Week 9 (April 7): Emerson Henry, Eastern Michigan (Offensive); Mackenzie Flannigan, Youngstown State (Defensive); Lucy Carney, Robert Morris (Goalkeeper)
Week 10 (April 14): Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron (Offensive); Bridget Valentine, UMass (Defensive); Leila Kahler, Central Michigan (Goalkeeper)
Week 11 (April 21): Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron (Offensive); Anabel Kreydt, Robert Morris (Defender); Leila Kahler, Central Michigan (Goalkeeper)
Week 12 (April 28): Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron (Offensive); Sienna Diglio, UMass (Defensive); Maddy Porter (Eastern Michigan)

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