May 9, 2010
NCAA Tournament Bracket
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Marist women's lacrosse team found out late Sunday night who it will play in its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Red Foxes will take on #1 and top-seeded Maryland on Saturday, May 15 in College Park, Md at 12 p.m. Marist won its second Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title in three years on May 2, defeating Fairfield 9-7 at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field.
The Red Foxes enter the NCAA Tournament with a 10-7 record, having won five of their last six games and seven of their last nine. Sophomore attack Lindsay Rinefierd (Smithtown, N.Y.) is second on the team in points with 44 on 26 goals and 18 assists. Erin Wilson (Ada, Mich.), the 2010 MAAC Tournament Most Valuable Player, leads the Red Foxes with 39 draw controls and 37 ground balls.
Maryland is currently ranked #1 in the country, having won back-to-back Atlantic Coast Conference championships. The Terrapins defeated then-#1 North Carolina 10-5 on April 25 to win the ACC title. Maryland enters the tournament with an 18-1 record, with its lone loss coming on April 10 when the Terrapins lost at North Carolina 13-9. Since then, Maryland has won six straight games, scoring at least 10 goals each game. Sophomore Karri Ellen Johnson leads the Terrapins in scoring with 71 points on a team-high 55 goals, adding 16 assists. Caitlyn McFadden has tallied 67 points on the season, leading Maryland with 30 assists. Both Johnson and McFadden, along with Karissa Taylor, are nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top player in women's college lacrosse.
