DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Apr. 30, 2025) – Powered by a game-high six points from freshman Kayden Meyer (Mastic, N.Y./William Floyd), the No. 1 seeded Mercy University women's lacrosse team earned a 21-2 win over No. 4 seeded Daemen University in an ECC Women's Lacrosse Championship Semifinal on Wednesday afternoon at Mercy Field.
The Mavericks (10-6) have won three games in a row and beat the Wildcats (5-11) for the second time this season. Mercy advances to Saturday's Final for the eighth straight time. The Mavericks will host Molloy in the Final on Saturday, May 3rd at a time to be announced.
Mercy was led by Meyer who had a game-high five goals with one assist. Sophomore Riley Wallace (Islip, N.Y./Islip) had four goals, one assist and five draw controls and freshman Ashlinn Kelly (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) had three goals, two assists, four ground balls and two caused turnovers. Junior Maeghan Callow (Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge) added three goals, an assist and a game-high eight draw controls and senior Leah Hansen (Greenlawn, N.Y./Harborfields) had two goals and two assists. Sophomore Juliana Talenti (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage) and freshman Marena Morales (Tolland, Conn./Tolland) both had two goals and an assist and senior Lindsey Shimborske (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) had three ground balls, two caused turnovers and three draw controls. Junior Emily Marino (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) had three ground balls and two caused turnovers and junior Olivia LaMonica (Oak Ridge, N.J./Jefferson Township) made four saves to earn the win. Sophomore Olivia Bradley (East Northport, N.Y./Commack) made three saves in the fourth quarter.
Daemen was led by Ella Bouley and Shannen Calandra who both scored. Molly Evans made a game-high six saves to take the loss.
A Kelly goal from Talenti at the 11:58 mark of the first quarter gave Mercy a 1-0 lead. Meyer and Hansen followed with goals to make it 3-0 with 8:34 left in the quarter and Kelly and Morales scored goals to give Mercy a 5-0 lead with 3:30 remaining in the quarter, leading to a Daemen timeout. Following the timeout, a Calandra goal made it 5-1 before Meyer closed the scoring in the quarter to give Mercy a 6-1 lead after the first quarter.
Wallace, Callow and Talenti scored three goals in just over two minutes to begin the second quarter, giving Mercy a 9-1 lead. Callow, Meyer, Talenti, Morales and Hansen closed the quarter with goals to put the Mavericks up, 14-1, at halftime.
Back-to-back goals from Wallace to open the third quarter made it 16-1 before goals from Callow and Wallace made it 18-1 with 6:27 left in the quarter. Meyer ended the quarter with two straight goals to give Mercy a 20-1 lead after three quarters.
Kelly scored the Mavericks' final goal at the 10:59 mark of the fourth quarter, off a Wallace assist, to give Mercy a 21-1 lead. A late Bouley goal made it 21-2, but the Mavericks cruised the rest of the way to the 21-2 win.
Mercy held a 35-12 edge in shots, a 24-11 edge in ground balls and a 16-9 edge in draw controls.
Head Coach Dawn Sachs and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday when they host Molloy in the ECC Championship Final.
