Box Score
APRIL 24, 2018

LADY MONARCHS FALL SHORT AGAINST MISERICORDIA

DALLAS, PA --- The King's College women's lacrosse team fell to host Misericordia University 17-4 on Wednesday afternoon at Mangelsdorf Field in Dallas.

The Monarchs dropped to 6-10 overall and 3-3 in conference play heading into the final game of the regular season. The Cougars stayed undefeated in conference play at 6-0 and improved to 10-6 overall.

Misericordia jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first 14 minutes behind three goals and an assist by Kaila Quinlivan. Emma Lehman got the Monarchs on the board with 14 minutes left in the half when she scored her 17th goal of the year off a pass by Anastasia Araviakis. The Cougars closed the half with four more goals to take a 11-1 lead.

The Cougars added two more goals in the second half before Araviakis scored off a feed y Kylie McCarthy. Misericordia added four more goals before the Monarchs scored twice in the final minute to set the final score. Kendra McCoy scored with 50 seconds left off a pass by Amanda Carroll and then Carroll won the following draw control and scored quickly before the game ended.

Misericordia held a 29-11 shot advantage in the game and won 12 of 22 draw controls. The Monarchs committed 24 turnovers while Misericordia had 15.

Anastasia Araviakis and Amanda Carroll had a goal and an assist each for King's. Araviakis added four draw controls while Kendra McCoy and Emma Lehman scored a goal each. Kylie McCarthy had an assist while Megan O'Brien paced the defense with three caused turnovers and three ground balls. Kelly Pierce added three ground balls, two caused turnovers, and two draw controls. Orla Cottell made seven saves in goal.

Kaila Quinlivan led the Cougar offense with four goals and two assists while Amy Roth added two goals and two assists. Olivia Garcia scored a goal and recorded five assists while three different players had two goals each. Tori Hodges made seven saves to pick up the win in goal.

King's will now close the regular season with a road game at Eastern University on Saturday that the Monarchs will need to win to make the conference tournament. The Eagles are 4-1 in conference play and will face preseason favorite FDU-Florham tomorrow before hosting the Monarchs. Manhattanville (2-3) and DeSales (1-4) also play tomorrow with each looking to keep their postseason hopes alive. A DeSales victory would benefit the Monarchs in terms of tiebreakers if it would come to that for one of the final postseason spots.

The Monarchs are in familiar territory heading to Eastern in a must-win game to close out the regular season. Two years ago King's traveled down to St. Davids on the final day of the regular season in a winner-take-all game and defeated the Eagles 13-9 for the final postseason spot. The game is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. on Olson Field on Saturday.