29 to 16: NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Tournament First-Round Coverage

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Twenty-nine teams qualified for the NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament. After Friday, only 16 will remain.

Scroll below for the scores, standout performances and moments that mattered from each game of the first round of the NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament.

All times Eastern. All games on ESPN+.

First-Round Results

(5) Stony Brook def. Stonehill 19-5
Rutgers def. Princeton 12-11
(4) Johns Hopkins def. UMass 21-7
(6) Navy def. UMass 17-16
(7) Michigan def. Mercer 18-8
Boston College def. Yale 10-4
James Madison def. Notre Dame 13-12
Clemson def. Davidson 19-6
(8) Colorado def. Jacksonville 10-9
Army def. Fairfield 20-8
Stanford def. Penn State 7-5
Syracuse def. Loyola 8-6
Denver def. Florida 16-8
 

SECOND-ROUND SCHEDULE  
Sunday, May 10

Clemson at (2) North Carolina (16-1) - 12 p.m.
Rutgers at (3) Maryland (16-3) - 12 p.m.
Army at (4) Johns Hopkins - 12 p.m.
Boston College at (5) Stony Brook - 12 p.m.
Stanford at (7) Michigan - 1 p.m.
Syracuse at (6) Navy - 1 p.m.
JMU at (1) Northwestern (15-3) - 2 p.m.
Denver at (8) Colorado - 3 p.m.

First-Round Recap

Stonehill vs. (5) Stony Brook
(Stony Brook, N.Y.)    

✅ Final: Stony Brook def. Stonehill 19-5

🔥 Top Performer: Braeden Siverson, Stony Brook — On a day when the Stony Brook offense was humming, Siverson corralled 12 draw controls and set a single-season program record in draw wins. Siverson has been crucial to Stony Brook's late-season success, and past years have halted in May because of up-and-down draw play. Siverson will be huge moving forward.

💥 Key Moment: The first quarter. Stony Brook led 9-0 after the first 15 minutes and 10-0 early in the second quarter.

⏭️ Next: The Seawolves get Boston College in the second round.

Rutgers vs. Princeton
(College Park, Md.)    

✅ Final: Rutgers def. Princeton 12-11

🔥 Top Performer: Hilary Elsner, Rutgers — Elsner deposited four goals on a defense that had kept its past seven opponents to 10 goals or fewer. That tied a season high, by the way. Elsner last scored four goals in a game on Feb. 21 against Villanova.

💥 Key Moment: Even though this was a close finish, it's hard to look past Rutgers' 5-0 spurt to close the second quarter. Princeton valiantly fought back to get within range, but had it not been for that streak, Rutgers might have been on the losing end.

⏭️ Next: Rutgers gets third-seeded and pod host Maryland, which has beaten the Scarlet Knights the past three meetings and is 15-2 all time against them.

UAlbany vs. (4) Johns Hopkins
(Baltimore)    

✅ Final: Johns Hopkins def. UAlbany 21-7

🔥 Top Performer: Ava Angello, Johns Hopkins — With seven goals and one assist, Angello became the all-time points leader for the Blue Jays (303). Not be outdone was Laurel Gonzalez, the sophomore draw specialist who set the program's career draws mark (301).

💥 Key Moment: Do 38-plus minutes count as a moment? Hopkins held UAlbany without a goal for 38:02 and built an 18-0 run in the process.

⏭️ Next: The Jays will meet up with Army in Sunday's second round.

UMass vs. (6) Navy
(Annapolis, Md.)    

✅ Final: Navy def. UMass 17-16

🔥 Top Performer: Dylan Lyons, UMass — Yes, we're recognizing someone in a losing effort. Lyons did everything she possibly could to will the Minutewomen, producing five goals and three assists for a season-high eight points.

💥 Key Moment: With 35 seconds left, Mikayla Williams dodged through traffic, beat multiple defenders and score the game-winner while falling hard on the turf at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. UMass won the next draw and called a timeout, then it earned a free position with 12 seconds to go. The shot rang off the post, and Navy hung on.

⏭️ Next: Goals may not be as plentiful when the Mids meet up with Syracuse and its vaunted defense.

Mercer vs. (7) Michigan
(Ann Arbor, Mich.)

✅ Final: Michigan def. Mercer 18-8

🔥 Top Performer: Emma Bradbury, Michigan — The junior deposited five goals with two assists in a balanced offensive effort for the Wolverines, who also got four goals and two assists from Calli Norris and one goal and five assists from Ava Class.

💥 Key Moment: Mercer cut it to 6-4 on a goal by Caroline Glus with 3:31 left in the firs half, but Michigan responded with nine of the next 11 goals.

⏭️ Next: Michigan will host ACC runner-up Stanford on Sunday.

Yale vs. Boston College
(Stony Brook, N.Y.)

✅ Final: Boston College def. Yale 10-4

🔥 Top Performer: Kylee Colbert, Boston College — When you score 60 percent of your team's goals, you had a pretty good day. Colbert deposited six against a typically stout Yale defense. Dylan Butler was on site and has more from Stony Brook.

💥 Key Moment: Boston College never trailed, but after Yale cut the deficit to 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, the Eagles ripped off five in a row to put some distance between themselves and the Bulldogs.

⏭️ Next: One of the best second-round games is on tap between Boston College and Stony Brook.

James Madison vs. Notre Dame
(Evanston, Ill.)

✅ Final: James Madison def. Notre Dame 13-12

🔥 Top Performer: Abigail Beattie, James Madison — A 10-save outing when every goal counts is for sure something to praise. The sophomore hadn't made double-digit stops since March 28, a span of eight games.

💥 Key Moment: Beattie was truly the difference. With the Dukes clinging to a 13-12 lead in the final minutes, Notre Dame had a chance to knot the score. Madison Rassas shot with 2:23 left, but Beattie made the stop. The Dukes cleared and were able to whittle the rest of the clock away.

⏭️ Next: James Madison is playing its best ball of the season, and it now faces the top team in the nation — No. 1 Northwestern — in the second round.

Davidson vs. Clemson
(Chapel Hill, N.C.)

✅ Final: Clemson def. Davidson 19-6

🔥 Top Performer: Emma Penczek, Clemson — Freshmen have played a huge role all season for Clemson and Penczek's first NCAA tournament game was no exception. Penczek had a team-high, and career-high, eight points on three goals and five assists.

💥 Key Moment: Clemson pounced on Davidson early, scoring the first five goals of the game in less than seven minutes. Aubrey Eisfeld, another freshman, scored the first two goals of the game and Penczek had assists on four of the Tigers' first five goals.

⏭️ Next: Clemson meets ACC rival North Carolina on Sunday. The Tar Heels won the regular season matchup 12-9.

Jacksonville vs. (8) Colorado
(Boulder, Colo.)

✅ Final: Colorado def. Jacksonville 10-9

🔥 Top Performer: Maddie Shoup, Colorado — The veteran leader scored the first two goals of the game to get the Buffs off to a hot start. After Colorado went down by two in the fourth quarter, Shoup started a three-goal run with her third goal of the game. Shoup finished with three goals and an assist.

💥 Key Moment: After Rowan Edson's goal with 6:06 to play gave Colorado the final lead at 10-9, the Colorado defense forced four turnovers and allowed just one Jacksonville shot over the final six minutes.

⏭️ Next: Colorado, which had an energetic home crowd on Friday, should see a packed house on Sunday when in-state rival Denver visits with a trip to the quarterfinals on the line.

Fairfield vs. Army
(Baltimore)

✅ Final: Army def. Fairfield 20-8

🔥 Top Performer: Allison Reilly, Army — Reilly had a hand in half of Army's 20 goals, finishing with 10 points on three goals and seven assists to lead Army to its first NCAA tournament win in program history. Reilly now has 50 goals for the season and leads the Black Knights with 126 points.

💥 Key Moment: Geneva Milch Cesoni scored two goals in the final 70 seconds of the first quarter, igniting a nine-goal rally that turned a 3-2 Army lead into a 12-2 advantage. Milch Cesoni had the first four goals of the run, all assisted by Reilly. 

⏭️ Next: Army stays in Baltimore and will meet Johns Hopkins on Saturday at 12 pm. It will be the first meeting between the two programs.

Penn State vs. Stanford
(Ann Arbor, Mich.)

✅ Final: Stanford def. Penn State 7-5

🔥 Top Performer: Lucy Pearson, Stanford — Pearson limited Penn State to a season-low five goals, making nine saves. Pearson made six of her saves in the second half, holding the Nittany Lions scoreless over the final 30 minutes after they took a 5-4 halftime lead.

💥 Key Moment: Lindsey Devir's second goal of the game, a free position shot early in the fourth quarter ended a string of more than 11 minutes with no goals for either team. Devir's goal gave Stanford a 6-5 lead and that's all the Cardinal defense needed.

⏭️ Next: Stanford moves on to face Michigan on Sunday at 1 pm. Stanford head coach Danielle Spencer and Michigan head coach Hannah Nielsen were teammates on Northwestern's NCAA championship teams in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Loyola vs. Syracuse
(Annapolis, Md.)

✅ Final: Syracuse def. Loyola 8-6

🔥 Top Performer: Caroline Trinkaus, Syracuse — In a defensive battle where goals were tough to come by, Trinkaus netted a hat trick to help lead the Orange to victory in Regy Thorpe's first NCAA tournament game as the Syracuse head coach.

💥 Key Moment: Loyola pulled within two goals multiple times in the fourth quarter, including with 4:32 to play. Syracuse's Molly Guzik then cut through traffic and buried a shot in the upper right-hand corner of the goal two minutes later to put the game out of reach.

⏭️ Next: The Orange will face Navy, a team Thorpe is familiar with from his years as an assistant coach at Florida.

Denver vs. Florida
(Boulder, Colo.)

✅ Final: Denver def. Florida 16-8

🔥 Top Performer: Caroline Keil, Denver — Keil ripped home five goals, her second straight game with five goals, as the Pioneers used a dominant second half to double up the Gators.

💥 Key Moment: With the game tied late in the first half and Florida in a player-up situation, Denver goalie Lexi Gwaku made a save and the Pioneers Karleigh Mutch scored with just two seconds left in the half to give Denver a 6-5 lead. The Pioneers carried the momentum into the second half, scoring the first three goals of the second half and Florida never recovered.

⏭️ Next: It will be an all-Colorado final as the Pioneers play at Colorado on Sunday in the last game of the second round. Colorado won the regular season game between these two schools 9-8, but Denver has an 8-5 advantage in the all-time series.