Spiders Morning Jolt 5/6: Conference Champions!!

The women's lacrosse team won the Atlantic-10 Conference Championship game against UMass.

Good morning. We hope everyone had a good May the 4th and Cinco de Mayo weekend!

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🥍 Conference Champions!!
👟 A-10 Championship results
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Champions!! The women's lacrosse team beat No. 3 Davidson in the semi-finals of the Atlantic 10 Championships. The Spiders won 16-5, and 12 different Spiders scored. Charlotte Edwards led the team with four points on three goals and one assist. 

The women went on to beat UMass in the championship game. This is the program’s seventh A-10 title and the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Grace Muldoon led the team with four goals and two assists. Next up, the Spiders will play 8-seed Penn on Friday at 7 p.m. in Philadelphia in the First Round of the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championships. 🥍 Here’s more about the NCAA Championships.

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🔼 Medals Galore. The track and field team competed at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships and won four medals on day one. Molly Wise won gold in the long jump, and Alicia Dawson took bronze. Elizabeth Stockman won silver in the 3,000m steeplechase. Laurel Kurtz took silver in the 10,000m. On day two, the Spiders finished in second place with 116 points and brought home seven medals. Stockman ran a school, meet and conference record in the 1500m race with a time of 4:17.00

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Did it Again! Women’s Lacrosse won a second straight A-10 tournament title Sunday.

Of the last six A-10 Women’s Lacrosse tournaments, how many have been won by the Spiders?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Trio of Honors. The Atlantic 10 Conference named three Spiders to its Indoor Track and Field All-Academic team. Alicia Dawson, Kyra Keurentjes and Madison Trippett were all named to the All-Academic honors. To be nominated, these athletes had a GPA of 3.0 for their entire academic career and how they performed throughout the season. 👟 Read more about the women here.

📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Tuesday, May 7

⚾️ Baseball at Towson @ 3pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 

Friday, May 10

⚾️ Baseball at Rhode Island @ 3pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 
🥍 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championships vs. #8 Penn @ 7pm ET

Saturday, May 11

👟 Track ECAC Outdoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball at Rhode Island @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 

Sunday, May 12

👟 Track ECAC Outdoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball at Rhode Island @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 4!

(2018-19 and 2023-24; the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 in 2020)

🕷️ Have a great Monday!

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