Coming off its biggest win since 2005, the Columbia lacrosse team will travel to LaSalle (4-11, 1-6 A-10), looking for its third consecutive victory. Columbia (7-6, 1-5 Ivy) defeated Harvard 11-10 in a nail-biter for its first Ivy League win since 2005. In the win against Harvard, Lions sophomore Gabrielle Geronimos beat the Harvard keeper with a tick under 40 seconds left, putting the Lions ahead by one, 11-10. Columbia held on for the win as Krista Giannattasio won the final draw and sealed the win for Columbia.
The LaSalle Explorers are coming off a 16-4 drubbing at the hands of Atlantic 10 foe George Washington. The loss was the Explorers’ sixth in a row, and was also the team’s final road contest of the season. The game against Columbia will be LaSalle’s final contest of the season. LaSalle is led by juniors Stefany McKee and Jill Davis who have score a combined 70 points for the Explorers. McKee has scored 31 goals and has six assists to go along with it. Davis on the other hand, has 25 goals and has notched eight assists. The goalie for the Explorers all season has been sophomore standout Mara Schnellenbach, who has a 12.57 goals against average this season.
The Lions are led by senior Holly Glynn, the school’s all-time scoring leader. Glynn leads the team with 73 points and 35 goals. The Lions will be bolstered on the defensive end by senior co-captain and goalie Emma Mintz, who was named Ivy League Player of the Week for her outstanding effort against Harvard in the Lions’ win. Mintz made seven saves, including two big saves in the last five minutes of the game, which helped propel the Lions to victory. Mintz has now been named defensive player of the week two times in her career.
The Lions are 3-0 against the Explorers in their head-to-head meetings, including a 21-11 win last season. In their last meeting, Marisa Marcellino set a school record for a single game, by totalling 11 points.
The game is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in Philadelphia.