WEST BABYLON, N.Y. – For the third consecutive season, Roberts Wesleyan, Mercy, D’Youville, and Molloy have qualified for the East Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

Semifinal action gets underway on Thursday, May 2 on the campus sites of the higher seeds. The championship game of the tournament will be hosted on Sunday, May 5 by the highest remaining seed at a time to be determined.

Roberts Wesleyan (11-5, 6-0 ECC) will be the tournament’s top seed after going undefeated in conference play for the first time in program history. The Redhawks closed their regular season with a thrilling, 12-11 come-from-behind victory over the Mavericks on Friday to clinch their first outright regular-season title. 

RWU’s semifinal opponent will be No. 4 Molloy (8-7, 3-3 ECC), as the Redhawks and Lions will meet in the conference tournament for a sixth straight season. Molloy won the first two meetings, but Roberts Wesleyan has taken the postseason matchup in each of the past three years. 

The teams met in regular-season action on March 28, where the Redhawks came away with a 13-7 road win over the Lions. Attacker Annie Mulhall hit the back of the net six times, midfielder Emma Blumenstock notched a game-high eight points on two goals and six assists, with half of them going to Mulhall, and midfielder Sophia Podszebka recorded a game-high 14 draw controls. On the defensive end, goalkeeper Shawna Lesmerises made seven saves vs. seven goals allowed in the full 60:00. 

The other semifinal will see No. 2 Mercy (8-9, 5-1 ECC), the two-time defending champions, hosting No. 3 D’Youville (7-9, 4-2 ECC), who finished the regular season with its best conference record in program history, for the third year in a row. 

The teams met in regular-season action on April 12, where the Mavs dominated with an 18-8 home win over the Saints. Mercy was led by the offensive trio of Leah Hansen (5g, 1a), Leena Moussa (4g, 2a), and Andrea Mott (1g, 7a) while Lindsey Shimborske posted a game-high eight draw controls alongside a pair of caused turnovers early on. 

All games during the championship will be broadcast live on the ECC Network website and the ECC Network app on Apple and Android mobile devices and on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, and Roku streaming devices. 

To read Twitter updates throughout the tournament, follow @ECCSports. Tournament recaps, live stats, box scores and all other pertinent tournament information will also be available at the championship central website (link below).

2024 East Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Semifinals – Thursday, May 2 at Higher Seeds
3:00 p.m. - No. 3 D'Youville at No. 2 Mercy
6:00 p.m. - No. 4 Molloy at No. 1 Roberts Wesleyan

Final – Sunday, May 5 at Highest Remaining Seed
Time TBA - Semifinal winner vs. semifinal winner