DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The Mercy University Women's Lacrosse Team plays at Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday, February 21st at 1 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, February 21st 1 p.m.
Records: Mercy (1-0), Southern New Hampshire (0-0)
Location: Hooksett, N.H.
Last Meeting vs. Southern New Hampshire
Mercy earned a 12-6 win over Southern New Hampshire on February, 21, 2020.
Scouting the Mavericks
The Mavericks were picked first in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 10-7 last season, falling in the ECC Championship Final. Mercy is receiving votes nationally in the IWLCA Top 25 poll. The Mavericks look to make the ECC Tournament for the 10th straight season and looks to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time since 2017. Head Coach Dawn Sachs and the Mavericks will face five schools currently ranked in the IWLCA poll.
Sachs and the Mavericks return six ECC All-Conference selections from a year ago, highlighted by ECC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American Honorable Mention selection sophomore Ashlinn Kelly. Kelly was named IWLCA Second Team All-Region, ECC Midfielder and Rookie of the Year and First Team All-ECC last season. The midfielder ended the 2025 season with 48 goals, 17 assists, 65 points, 29 caused turnovers, 23 ground balls and 15 draw controls. Senior Olivia LaMonica also returns after being named ECC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. LaMonica was named Second Team All-ECC last season after going 10-7 in goal with 120 saves, a .448 save percentage and 10.16 goals-against average.
Also returning for the Mavericks is senior Emily Marino who was named First Team All-ECC last season after recording 24 caused turnovers and 32 ground balls. Junior Riley Wallace returns after being named First Team All-ECC following a season in which she had 47 goals, 11 assists and 58 points. Senior Maeghan Callow is back after being named Second Team All-ECC in 2025. Callow had 17 goals, eight assists, 25 points and 67 draw controls. Sophomore Kayden Meyer was named Second Team All-ECC last year after recording 38 goals, 14 assists and 52 points. Senior Andrea Mott returns for the Mavericks after missing last season due to injury. Mott was named Second Team All-ECC in 2024 after posting 16 goals, 28 assists and 44 points, leading the team in assists.
Junior Juliana Talenti returns after recording 15 goals, 19 assists, 34 points and 27 ground balls. Sophomore Dakota Dieumegard is also back after posting four goals and five assists and junior Madison Traversa and sophomores Sofia Knudsen and Kiera Medina also return.
Seniors Kaci Bates and Rita-Marie Masi also return on defense for Mercy. Bates started 16 games last season and recorded three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Masi started 13 games and had 21 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers. Sophomore Leanna Kwarta is back after starting eight games in 2025 with four caused turnovers. Juniors Olivia Van Dyke and Ashley McQuade also return for the Mavericks.
Also returning in goal for the Mavericks are junior Olivia Bradley and sophomore Liz Byrne. The duo combined for 12 saves last season.
Joining the Mavericks as transfers are sophomore Angela Taddeo and graduate student Kate McNally. Taddeo joins the Mavericks from Division I Stony Brook University and McNally joins Mercy from Division III SUNY Oswego.
Sachs also brings in a strong freshmen recruiting class with Ava Franco, Brigid Burns, Brielle Bilello, Sophia Pittoni, Keira Laibach, Jessica Grzelaczyk, Emma Synan, Emma Batter, and Molly Solnick looking to contribute immediately.
Mercy is coming off a 13-9 win over Georgian Court in their season opener on Tuesday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Ashlinn Kelly who had a game-high five points on four goals and one assist to go with five draw controls, three caused turnovers and three ground balls. Senior Andrea Mott had three goals and sophomore Angela Taddeo had three goals, and an assist. Sophomore Kayden Meyer recorded two goals, four draw controls and two caused turnovers and junior Juliana Talenti had a game-high three assists. Freshman Jessica Grzelaczyk added a goal and an assist and freshman Ava Franco contributed an assist. Senior Emily Marino had two caused turnovers and senior Olivia LaMonica made two saves to earn the win.
Mercy won their season opener for the 13th time in 14 seasons. The Mavericks look to start 2-0 for the second straight season. The Mavericks are 3-0 all-time against the Penmen.
Scouting the Penmen
Southern New Hampshire was picked seventh in the NE10 Preseason Poll after going 7-10 last season, qualifying for the NE10 Championship. Leading the returners for the Penmen is Sabrina Redding who had 27 goals and 12 assists last season. Mazie Burt also returns after recording 15 goals and 16 points in 2025. Corrina Moulton returns in goal after going 1-6 with 86 saves, a .406 save percentage and 15.03 goals-against average. Nicole Mirra also returns after going 4-3 with 40 saves, a .385 save percentage and 12.30 goals-against average.
Next Game
Mercy plays at Assumption on Saturday, February 28th at 1 p.m.
