Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, April 27
Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Lacrosse Drops Senior Day Finale to Robert Morris
4/27/2024 5:17:00 PM | Lacrosse
Eagles and Colonials will meet next week in the MAC Tournament
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The 2024 regular season came to an end for the Eastern Michigan University lacrosse team Saturday, April 27, as the Eagles dropped a 12-10 decision to visiting Robert Morris University at Scicluna Field on Senior Day. Despite the loss, the season is not over for the Eagles (7-8, 4-2 MAC) as they are set to play in the 2024 Mid-American Conference Tournament that begins Thursday, May 2, in Mount Pleasant, Mich., where they will face the Colonials (6-11, 4-2 MAC) in a rematch.
How It Happened
The Colonials jumped to a two-goal lead in the first two minutes of play before Skylar Hilmer (San Diego, Calif./Patrick Henry) got the Eagles on the board with her unassisted goal at 12:54. Following another RMU goal, the Eagles answered with two goals to tie things at 3-3. First Abby Alderman (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) found the back of the net following a pass from Mackenzie Blackwell (North Beach, Md./Northern) before Blackwell scored her 49th goal of the year on a Hilmer assist. But the visitors would add two more scores to make it 5-3 at the end of the first.
A much quieter second period saw just three goals scored, two by the hosts. After RMU made it 6-3 with 7:08 remaining in the half, Kelsea Dague (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) scored her first before Ab. Alderman scored on a free-position shot to send the game into halftime with EMU trailing, 6-5.
Following the intermission, Sydney Lawrence (Plano, Texas/Plano East/Oregon) scored a woman-up goal from a free-position shot to tie things at 6-6 before RMU reclaimed the lead. Dague followed with her second in the game to tie it once again, but three more goals put the Colonials in front, 10-7, at the end of the third.
Eastern fought its way back to tie the game by scoring three goals to open the fourth quarter. Lawrence scored with 12:51 remaining before Ab. Alderman scored her hat trick just 47 seconds later. She added her fourth on a feed from Dague with 4:29 remaining to make it a 10-10 contest. But two consecutive goals from the Colonials in the final 3:36 gave the visitors the lead and the game.
Game Notes
» Eastern finished the regular season with a 7-8 record and a 4-2 mark in the MAC while Robert Morris posted a 6-11 record and a 4-2 mark. While EMU and RMU will tie for second place in the MAC standings, the Colonials will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament following today's win.
» The Eagles finished the regular season with a 2-4 record at home and a 5-3 mark away from Ypsilanti.
» The game with RMU also served as Senior Day for five Eagles, including Liv Dameron (Macomb, Mich./Dakota/Albion), Emily Kahn (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North), Olivia Halverson (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough), Sydney Lawrence, and Addie Pastor (Kalamazoo, Mich./Mattawan/Albion).
» All five seniors started the game with Emily Kahn making her collegiate debut and first collegiate start on defense while Olivia Halverson made her season debut with her third career start at EMU. Sydney Lawrence, a two-year member of the program after playing at Oregon, made her ninth start of the season and 34th overall while Liv Dameron and Addie Pastor, who played together at Albion College, earned their second and third starts this year, respectively.
» Abby Alderman posted a season-high four goals for her second hat trick of the year and third of her career. Alderman, who finished one goal shy of tying her career high (5, University of Detroit Mercy, April 29, 2023), previously scored three goals at Howard University, Feb. 25, for her first hat trick this year. With the goals, Alderman has scored at least one goal in five consecutive games.
» Mackenzie Blackwell recorded 10 draw controls in the game, marking the fourth time this year she has posted double-digit controls in a single game and the sixth time in her career. The league-leader with 6.24 per game, Blackwell recorded 10+ draw controls in back-to-back games for the first time in her career after recording 16 at Youngstown State University last weekend (April 21). She has accumulated 94 draw controls this season, leaving her six shy of 100.
» Mackenzie Blackwell added one goal and one assist in the game to bring her career point total to 94 (88 goals, six assists). She has 48 goals and four assists for 53 points in 2024, making her the first Eagle to reach 50 points in a season (41 in 2023).
» Sydney Lawrence was all over the field once again as she recorded a school-record-tying five caused turnovers, a mark she set in the team's previous home game against Xavier University, April 17. The five caused turnovers also are the most against a MAC opponent, surpassing the four she recorded twice, most recently March 31 at home against Kent State University. She now has 50 career caused turnovers during her two years with the Eagles.
» Skylar Hilmer tallied two points with one goal and one assist in the game. Her goal gave her at least one score in each of the last three games, leaving her one shy of tying her career high of four consecutive games.
» Maddie Porter (Montrose, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) recorded nine saves in goal to bring her season total to 126, which broke the school record. The previous mark for single-season saves belonged to Giuliana Ditsky (Wyomissing, Pa./Berks Catholic), who tallied 119 last year.
Series Notes
» Eastern fell to 0-2 all-time against Robert Morris and 0-1 when welcoming the Colonials to Ypsilanti.
» The Colonials took the first game, April 19, 2023, in Moon Township, Pa., 19-7.
» The MAC Tournament game against RMU will mark the first neutral site game in the series and will also be the first neutral site game played by the Eagles in their short two-year history.
Up Next
The 2024 Mid-American Conference Tournament awaits the Eagles in Mount Pleasant, Mich., next week as Eastern will battle for its first conference crown and a berth into the NCAA Tournament. Eastern will be the No. 3 seed in the tournament and will face No. 2 Robert Morris in the second of two semifinals Thursday, May 2, at 4 p.m. The winner of the game will play in the tournament final Saturday, May 4, at noon against the winner of the first semifinal between top-seeded and host Central Michigan University and No. 4 University of Detroit Mercy. For more information on the tournament, visit GetSomeMACtion.com.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The 2024 regular season came to an end for the Eastern Michigan University lacrosse team Saturday, April 27, as the Eagles dropped a 12-10 decision to visiting Robert Morris University at Scicluna Field on Senior Day. Despite the loss, the season is not over for the Eagles (7-8, 4-2 MAC) as they are set to play in the 2024 Mid-American Conference Tournament that begins Thursday, May 2, in Mount Pleasant, Mich., where they will face the Colonials (6-11, 4-2 MAC) in a rematch.
How It Happened
The Colonials jumped to a two-goal lead in the first two minutes of play before Skylar Hilmer (San Diego, Calif./Patrick Henry) got the Eagles on the board with her unassisted goal at 12:54. Following another RMU goal, the Eagles answered with two goals to tie things at 3-3. First Abby Alderman (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) found the back of the net following a pass from Mackenzie Blackwell (North Beach, Md./Northern) before Blackwell scored her 49th goal of the year on a Hilmer assist. But the visitors would add two more scores to make it 5-3 at the end of the first.
A much quieter second period saw just three goals scored, two by the hosts. After RMU made it 6-3 with 7:08 remaining in the half, Kelsea Dague (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) scored her first before Ab. Alderman scored on a free-position shot to send the game into halftime with EMU trailing, 6-5.
Following the intermission, Sydney Lawrence (Plano, Texas/Plano East/Oregon) scored a woman-up goal from a free-position shot to tie things at 6-6 before RMU reclaimed the lead. Dague followed with her second in the game to tie it once again, but three more goals put the Colonials in front, 10-7, at the end of the third.
Eastern fought its way back to tie the game by scoring three goals to open the fourth quarter. Lawrence scored with 12:51 remaining before Ab. Alderman scored her hat trick just 47 seconds later. She added her fourth on a feed from Dague with 4:29 remaining to make it a 10-10 contest. But two consecutive goals from the Colonials in the final 3:36 gave the visitors the lead and the game.
Game Notes
» Eastern finished the regular season with a 7-8 record and a 4-2 mark in the MAC while Robert Morris posted a 6-11 record and a 4-2 mark. While EMU and RMU will tie for second place in the MAC standings, the Colonials will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament following today's win.
» The Eagles finished the regular season with a 2-4 record at home and a 5-3 mark away from Ypsilanti.
» The game with RMU also served as Senior Day for five Eagles, including Liv Dameron (Macomb, Mich./Dakota/Albion), Emily Kahn (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North), Olivia Halverson (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough), Sydney Lawrence, and Addie Pastor (Kalamazoo, Mich./Mattawan/Albion).
» All five seniors started the game with Emily Kahn making her collegiate debut and first collegiate start on defense while Olivia Halverson made her season debut with her third career start at EMU. Sydney Lawrence, a two-year member of the program after playing at Oregon, made her ninth start of the season and 34th overall while Liv Dameron and Addie Pastor, who played together at Albion College, earned their second and third starts this year, respectively.
» Abby Alderman posted a season-high four goals for her second hat trick of the year and third of her career. Alderman, who finished one goal shy of tying her career high (5, University of Detroit Mercy, April 29, 2023), previously scored three goals at Howard University, Feb. 25, for her first hat trick this year. With the goals, Alderman has scored at least one goal in five consecutive games.
» Mackenzie Blackwell recorded 10 draw controls in the game, marking the fourth time this year she has posted double-digit controls in a single game and the sixth time in her career. The league-leader with 6.24 per game, Blackwell recorded 10+ draw controls in back-to-back games for the first time in her career after recording 16 at Youngstown State University last weekend (April 21). She has accumulated 94 draw controls this season, leaving her six shy of 100.
» Mackenzie Blackwell added one goal and one assist in the game to bring her career point total to 94 (88 goals, six assists). She has 48 goals and four assists for 53 points in 2024, making her the first Eagle to reach 50 points in a season (41 in 2023).
» Sydney Lawrence was all over the field once again as she recorded a school-record-tying five caused turnovers, a mark she set in the team's previous home game against Xavier University, April 17. The five caused turnovers also are the most against a MAC opponent, surpassing the four she recorded twice, most recently March 31 at home against Kent State University. She now has 50 career caused turnovers during her two years with the Eagles.
» Skylar Hilmer tallied two points with one goal and one assist in the game. Her goal gave her at least one score in each of the last three games, leaving her one shy of tying her career high of four consecutive games.
» Maddie Porter (Montrose, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) recorded nine saves in goal to bring her season total to 126, which broke the school record. The previous mark for single-season saves belonged to Giuliana Ditsky (Wyomissing, Pa./Berks Catholic), who tallied 119 last year.
Series Notes
» Eastern fell to 0-2 all-time against Robert Morris and 0-1 when welcoming the Colonials to Ypsilanti.
» The Colonials took the first game, April 19, 2023, in Moon Township, Pa., 19-7.
» The MAC Tournament game against RMU will mark the first neutral site game in the series and will also be the first neutral site game played by the Eagles in their short two-year history.
Up Next
The 2024 Mid-American Conference Tournament awaits the Eagles in Mount Pleasant, Mich., next week as Eastern will battle for its first conference crown and a berth into the NCAA Tournament. Eastern will be the No. 3 seed in the tournament and will face No. 2 Robert Morris in the second of two semifinals Thursday, May 2, at 4 p.m. The winner of the game will play in the tournament final Saturday, May 4, at noon against the winner of the first semifinal between top-seeded and host Central Michigan University and No. 4 University of Detroit Mercy. For more information on the tournament, visit GetSomeMACtion.com.
Team Stats
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