REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands women's lacrosse team will play in their second consecutive Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Tournament tomorrow, Wednesday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. when they travel to No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) for a Semi-Final game.  

SCIAC Stat Rankings

Redlands was the third-highest scoring team during SCIAC play with a total of 127 goals. They also conceded the third fewest goals with 105.

Defensively, the Bulldogs are led by Courtney Myers (Gig Harbor, WA), who had a .439 save percentage, the second highest in the conference. As a unit the Maroon and Grey had 209 ground balls (2^nd) and caused 131 turnovers (2^nd).

The Bulldog offense was very well balanced with April Bryant (Danville, CA) and Emily Webster (Ladera Ranch, CA) leading the way with 24 and 22 goals, respectively, which was the fourth and seventh most in SCIAC play. Webster ranked seventh in points with 32. Ruby Czajkowski played the distributor role with 13 assists, the fifth most.

In goal Myers made 7.6 saves per game (2^nd), had an 11.13 goals against average (GAA) (5^th), and her save percentage was at .458 (3^rd).

Other notable performances came from Bryant who had 31 draw controls (5^th), Natalie Schumann (Murrieta, CA) and Lizzy Weaver (Tustin, CA) both totaled 16 caused turnovers (3^rd), and Sophia Simonds (Livermore, CA) averaged 1.6 caused turnovers per game (3^rd).

Redlands' opponents, the Athenas, led the conference in goals with 190, 29 more than second place Pomona-Pitzer. They conceded the second fewest with 74. Their offense was by far the most efficient in SCIAC, scoring on 57.1 percent of their shots, 6.3 percent higher than second place Redlands. The goalies also saved 48.3 percent of their shots faced (1^st).

They did, though, sit only fourth in ground balls (173) and third in caused turnovers (104). Some of their lower totals were down to the number of offensive possessions they got thanks to winning 238 draw controls, 82 more than the Sagehens. They also led the nation thanks to the NCAA Division III's all-time leader in career draws won, Julia Ryan.

CMS had the first, second, and 10^th leading goal scorers with Amelia Ulmer (36), Ella Seidel (32), and Kate Larson (20). Ulmer (48), Seidel (43), and Grace Minturn (36) were the top three in points. They also had five of the top nine in assists per game.

In goal the Athenas' keeper, Lyla Johnston, had a GAA of 8.29 (3^rd), made 6.5 saves per game (5^th), and saved 47.1 percent of shots faced (2^nd).

Their top defensive players statistically were Cate Lewison with 19 ground balls (9^th) and 16 caused turnovers (3^rd), and Kate Risse also had 16 caused turnovers (3^rd).

Matchup History

The Bulldogs have lost 21 consecutive games to the Athenas dating back to March 2016. They lost 19-12 on the road two weeks ago and lost 25-3 at home at the end of March.

In their road game the Bulldogs were up 4-3 after the first quarter and were tied at eight late in the first half before an 11-3 run by CMS.

Tournament Format

The winner of this semifinal will play the winner of No. 1 Pomona-Pitzer and No. 4 Chapman University at the site of the highest remaining seed on Saturday.