Signature Wins: Arguably one of the biggest wins in program history, the Haverford College women's lacrosse team came back to defeat the No. 4 Gettysburg College Bullets, 11-10 in double overtime at Swan Field (Apr. 21). The Fords were down 6-1 at halftime, 8-2 and 10-6 in the second half before coming back to win. It was the first time that Haverford had defeated Gettysburg since 1994 and just the Bullets' second Centennial Conference loss to a team other Franklin and Marshall since the 2002 campaign.
In the first round of the Centennial Conference playoffs, the Fords avenged an earlier season loss with a 15-12 road victory (Apr. 29) over the Muhlenberg College Mules. It was the first time that Haverford won in the playoffs since an 11-9 win over Dickinson during the 2010 season. Seniors Hannah Morgan and Diana Perry led the offense with four goals each while freshman Molly Lausten added two goals in the win.
Season Notes: For the fourth time in six years, Haverford won at least 10 games, finishing 11-8 … Began the year with three straight wins (Feb. 21-25) including a victory over NCAA Tournament participant, Cabrini … Shut out Scranton in the second half in a 5-3 win (Mar. 4), making it the first time that Haverford held an opponent scoreless in a half since 2010 … Defeated Bryn Mawr 18-0 (Apr. 11), the first shut out by the Fords since Mar. 25, 2004 … Lausten became the second Ford (Perry vs. No. 4 Gettysburg) this season to score seven goals in a contest as the freshman tallied eight points in a 17-10 win over Swarthmore (Apr. 25) … Eight road wins is the second most for Haverford since 2010 … The team's four players on the All-Conference teams are the most since 2011 … Perry finished with 53 goals, giving her three 40-goal seasons in her career … The senior is just the 15th player in Centennial Conference history to be named All-Centennial Conference first team three times … Lausten had 42 goals, giving the team two 40-goal scorers for the first time in 11 years … The team had three 20-goal scorers (Manetta) and five more tally at least ten (Adler, Gould, Grant, Kim, Morgan) … Sophomore Sarina Manetta led the conference in ground balls (48) … Manetta (25), Perry (25) and senior Brianna Robbins (23) placed in the top six in the Centennial Conference in caused turnovers … Took on four teams (Cabrini, Occidental, Gettysburg and Franklin and Marshall) that made the NCAA Tournament, winning twice.
Postseason Awards:
IWLCA All-Metro Region: Perry (first team)
All-Centennial Conference: Perry (first team), Robbins (second team), Chenworth (second team), Manetta (honorable mention)
Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship: Dayna Kim
Centennial Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Megan Chenworth
Gregory Kannerstein '63 Award: Diana Perry
A.W. "Pop" Haddleton Award: Margaret Perkoff
Centennial Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll: Elyse Adler, Courtney Carter, Chenworth, Claire Cote, Amanda Fleming, Annie Kelly, Robbins, Nicole Sockett
Looking Ahead:
The Fords will return five of their top eight point producers from the 2015 season. Lausten and her 42 goals will lead the way while junior Christina Gould's team-leading 16 assists returns as well. Junior goalkeeper Megan Chenworth and her 10.45 goals against average will pace a defense that loses two key starters to graduation.