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2009 Recap
Coach Joseph to attend regional tournaments
Arcadia University Women's Lacrosse head coach Cindy Joseph will be attending the following regional summer tournaments and is looking for prospective student athletes interested in continuing their playing career at the NCAA Division III level. Any interested players, who will be entering their senior year of high school and participating in one or more of the following tournaments can contact Coach Joseph by email josephl@arcadia.eduor by phone (215) 572-4018. Interested players are also encouraged to complete the online prospective student-athlete form, found by click on the following link: Prospective Student-Athlete form
Champion's Cup, June 12-14 at the United Sports Training Center in Downington, PA;
National Draw, June 26-28 at Cherokee High School in Marlton, NJ
Blue Diamond Showcase and Combine, July 13-15 at Owen J. Roberts High School in Pottstown, PA
All-Star Express, July 17-19 at Cherokee High School in Marlton, NJ
Women's Lacrosse Fall Short in Season Finale
GLENSIDE, PA: 4/25/09 - Arcadia Women's Lacrosse hosted the Manhattanville College Valiants in the season closing game of the Middle Atlantic Conference schedule Saturday afternoon with the Valiants coming away 13-7 winners to end the Knights season. The low scoring defensive focused first half ended with the Knights trailing by just 3 but they were unable to contain the Valiants in the second half.
First year Stephanie Holguin put the Knights on the board first, striking on the game's first free position attempt 3:10 into the contest. But the Valiants strung together three straight scores to take a 3-1 lead by the twenty minute mark. Senior Shannon Bustin and Melanie Mark connected for Arcadia's next score and then sophomore Kreena Patel located Holguin would made no mistake in tying the game at 3-3 with seven minutes to play in the opening half. But it was the Valiants who added two more scores before the first half closed, taking a 5-3 lead in a low scoring defenisve focused first half.
Manhattanville would go up 7-3 in the first three minutes of the second and then Arcadia found some scoring
with a one-time shot from sophomore Jenni Groves from Bustin and a Patel free position, putting the Knights within two of the Valiants 7-5 lead. The Valiants would score next before Bustin found Groves again, keeping it a two goal deficit, but the Valiants used their speed to create openings in front of Arcadia keeper Evelyn Ciaburri, who stood on her head throught the first 43 minutes of the game, making numerous point blank stops, and put their foot on the throttle en-route to the 17-13 victory. Ciaburri finished with 18 saves in net.
Seniors Shannon Bustin, Melanie Mark, Erin Cunningham and Kate Beers played their final game for the Knights.
Bustin ends her four-year campaign with 81 goals, 55 assists; Mark ends her career with 54 goal, 14 assists; Cunningham with 29 goals, 34 assists; and Beers with 6 goals, 108 ground balls and and 35 draw controls.
Women's Lacrosse Escapes Alvernia in Second Half Thriller
GLENSIDE, PA: 4/22/09 - First year Stephanie Holguin snapped a 13-all tie with less than four minutes remaining before senior Melanie Mark iced the win with the final score of the game to lift the Knights to a big 15-13 Middle Atlantic Conference win over Alvernia University Wednesday afternoon in Glenside. The win snaps a 8 game losing skid for the Knights who play their season finale at home this Saturday against Manhattanville College at 1 PM. Arcadia improves to (3-10/2-8 MAC) while Alvernia drops to (8-8/2-8 MAC).
After falling behind 1-0 just four minutes in, the Knights went on a four goal spree to give themselves some breathing room with a 4-1 lead twelve minutes into the contest. Alvernia's leading scorer Felicia Sippel, who finished with four goals on the day, made it a 4-2 game before the Knights would benefit from another four goal spree including two free positions by sophomore Jenni Groves and senior Shannon Bustin to take an 8-2 lead.
After the Crusaders closed the half with a score, they opened the second half of play with back to back tallies cutting into the Knights lead 9-6. Bustin would later find Groves for her third of the afternoon putting Arcadia back up by four, 12-8 but what appeared to be a Knights' momentum boost suddenly turned into a spark for the Crusaders as Sippel won the following draw and hauled down the field for a goal before Heather Coppola picked up her second of the day just one minute later bringing Alvernia back within two, 12-10. With seven miutes to play, Holguin knocked home her third of the day to give Arcadia a three goal cushion but the feisty Crusaders kept battling, and hit the Knights up for three unaswered goals to tie the game at 13 with less than five minutes to play. Sippel scored the game tying goal at 55:08.
Arcadia was finally able to shake off Alvernia a few possessions later as Holguin worked her defender to the left and then went right toward the goal mouth and rocketed the ball past the Alvernia's keeper to put Arcadia up 14-13, which turned out to be the game winner. Melanie Mark then added an insurance tally at 58:32 to ice the win.
First year keeper Evelyn Ciaburri made 19 saves in net for Arcadia, stopping all three Alvernia free positions while going 7-9 on clear attempts. Sophomore Kelly Donahue, who scored just her second of the year, led the team with 5 caused turnovers and 4 ground balls. Holguin finished with four goals while Groves added three goals, 2 assists and four draw controls. Sophomore Kreena Patel added a pair of scores and 3 draw controls for Arcadia. Bustin finsihed with 2 goals and 1 assist, while senior Erin Cunningham added a goal and an assist for the Knights.
The Knights will close out the 2009 season this Saturday at home hosting Manhattanville College in a Middle Atlantic matchup begining at 1 PM.
Widener Defeats Knights in Second Half
GLENSIDE, PA: 4/21/09 - After a three goal lead early on, Arcadia Women's Lacrosse went into the half tied with Widener University at 7-all until the Pride erupted for 7 unanswered goals late in the second half to hand the Knights their 8th Middle Atlantic Conference loss of the season, an 18-11 victory in favor of the visiting Pride (7-8, 3-6 MAC).
With the score knotted at 1-all, Arcadia (2-10/1-8 MAC) ripped two free position scores past Widner keeper Linda Salcedo to take a 3-1 lead at the ten minute mark. It would be first year Stephanie Holguin's only goal of the day and the first of three from senior Shannon Bustin. Holguin then fed junior Kelsey Dobbins for a goal at 14:45 which gave the Knights their largest lead of the game at 5-2. But it was Widener junior Jackie Elliot who opened the games scoring and ended it for the Pride on her 8th of the day with less than four minutes to play that proved too much for the Knights in the end.
The Knights did remain within striking distance, trailing by just one with less than 20 minutes remaining when senior Melanie Mark rifled her third score of the afternoon past Salcedo on a free position, making it 11-10 Pride. However, the Pride immediately started a 7 goal bonanza, started and finished by Elliott, putting the Pride in front by 8 before Arcadia sophomore Kreena Patel ended the bleeding with an unassisted tally with :50 seconds to play.
Salcedo ended with 7 saves in the win for Widener while first year keeper Evelyn Ciaburri stopped 13 Pride shots on goal for the loss. Sophomore Jenni Groves added two goals and an assist for Arcadia while Bustin finished as the team's high scorer with 4 points. Senior Kate Beers nabbed team highs in draw controls and caused turnovers, with three each.
Arcadia plays host to Middle Atlantic newcomer Alvernia University Wednesday at 4 PM.
Career Days Highlights Devils Victory over Knights
MADISON, NJ – Senior attack Amanda Wayne (Bellport, NY/Bellport) recorded her 300th career point, senior midfielder Laura Gambardello (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken) notched her 200th career point and senior midfielder Erin Reilly (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) scored her 100th career goal as the FDU- College at Florham Devils defeated Arcadia University Women's Lacrosse, 20-5, in MAC action on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, the Devils improved to 9-4 (6-2 MAC) while the Knights dropped to 2-9 (1-7 MAC).
FDU reeled off 12 of the first 14 goals of the game on their way to a 13-3 halftime advantage. The Devils then scored seven of the first eight goals in the second half to cruise to the victory.
Reilly finished the game with four goals and three assists while Wayne had three goals and two assists. Gambardello had three goals and an assist, sophomore midfielder Lindsey Parent (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) had three goals, and junor attack Kristen Schuster (Centereach, NY/Centereach) had two goals and two assists. Senior goalkeeper Christine Dunn (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken) picked up the win, making five saves in 34:27.
Down 5-0 just six minutes in, the Knights finally broke through with a pair of consecutive scores from first year Stephanie Holguin (Jackson, NJ/New Egypt), the first unassisted, the second off a feed from senior Erin Cunningham (Aldan, PA/Archbishop Predergast). Holguin would go on to add another unassisted score for the hat trick and team leading 27th goal of the year. Sophomore Jennie Groves (Millville, NJ/Millville) picked up her 19th goal of the year off a pass from senior Melanie Mark (Pennsburg, PA/Upper Perkiomen) while sophomore Kelly Donahue (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks South) scored the first goal of her collegiate career with under three minutes remaining in regulation to close out the game's scoring. First year keeper Evelyn Ciaburri (Southington, CT/Southington) made 9 stops through 60 minutes in the cage for the Knights.
Arcadia is set to play the rescheduled MAC game with Widener, Monday at home with first draw set for 4 PM. Any changes due to Monday's forecasted weather, will be announced here as necessary.
Swarthmore’s attack proves too much for Knights
The Arcadia University lacrosse team was overmatched in Thursday's non-conference game with Swarthmore College settling for a 18-3 defeat at Swarthmore’s home field. Arcadia (2-8) received a pair of scores from first year Stephanie Holguin and another from Jenni Groves, but was unable to overcome a lopsided offensive attack put forth by the Garnet.
On the evening the Knights were outshot 49-9, 31-6 in the opening period of play and went into the half down by a 10-1 margin to Swarthmore (8-4). The Knights defense showed much more strength in the second half, only allowing sixteen shots on goal. Arcadia scored twice on their three second half shots.
First year keeper Evelyn Ciaburri ended the game with 19 saves, while playing a complete game in goal.
The Garnets of Swarthmore were led by Marie Mutryn who finished the game with six points, scoring four scores and dishing out two assists on nine shots. Amy Vachal also provided four goals on the day.
The Knights will return to action April 14th when they play host to Middle Atlantic Conference opponent Widener, with first draw set for 4 pm.
Second Half Dooms Knights in 26-11 Loss to Lycoming
GLENSIDE, PA: 4/4/09 - Arcadia University Women's Lacrosse began the second half down by just five goals but the Warriors of Lycoming College used a 7-0 run late in the game to breeze past Arcadia 26-11 in Middle Atlantic Conference play Saturday afternoon. Today's loss put the Knights at 2-7 overall and 1-6 in MAC play while the Warriors improve to 6-5 overall and 4-1 in the MAC.
Senior Melanie Mark opened the scoring, putting Arcadia up early but a pair of scores from Lycoming's Megan McIntyre quickly made it 2-1 Warriors. A feed from senior Erin Cunningham to sophomore Jenni Groves tied the game at 2-2 but the Warriors added another pair of back-to-back strikes to go up 4-2 after ten minutes of play. Groves scored next, on a feed from senior Shannon Bustin and Mark added her second of three on the day to knot the score once again, 4-4 but the visiting Warriors would go on a 8-3 run to close the half with a 12-7 advantage.
Lycoming opened the second half with two quick strikes with Arcadia finally getting on the board thanks to a scoop shot into the net from junior Danielle Klim for a 14-8 Lycoming lead. The Warriors kept the pressure on, controlling much of the possession through the remaining time resulting in an 11-3 run on the scoreboard as the Knights settled for their 6th straight conference loss of the year.
First year Evelyn Ciaburri made 15 stops in net for the Knights. Mark and Groves led Arcadia with 3 goals apiece while Bustin and first year Stephanie Holguin added two goals each.
The Knights, originally scheduled to play at home on Monday, April 6 against Penn State Abington are off until Thursday, when they travel to Swarthmore for a 7 PM non-conference game.
#19 Elizabethtown Takes 18-5 Win over Knights
GLENSIDE, PA: 4/1/09 - Arcadia Women's Lacrosse hosted #19 Elizabethtown College in a rain-soaked Middle Atlantic Conference game, and was unable to contain the Blue Jays' first half offensive eruption, to settle for an 18-5 loss. Arcadia (2-6, 1-5 MAC) got a pair of scores and an assist from senior Shannon Bustin and a goal and an assist from sophomore Jenni Groves in the loss.
The Blue Jays (9-2, 5-2 MAC) struck first and often in the first half, outshooting Arcadia 30-4 en-rout a commanding 13-0 advantage at halftime. And then the Arcadia defense went to work, holding the Blue Jays to just 15 shots in the second stanza, while going five for five with the Blue Jays on goals. First year Stephanie Holguin opened the half with a free position score that led to scores from Groves, Bustin on another free postition goal, sophomore Kreena Patel and then an unassisted score from Bustin to close the game's scoring.
First year keeper Evelyn Ciaburri did all she could between the pipes to finish with 17 saves through regulation.
Katie Foley paced the Blue Jays with 4 goals and 3 helpers while five other Blue Jays finished with a pair of goals each.
The Knights look for just their second Middle Atlantic win of the year when they host Lycoming College Saturday at 1 PM.
Women's Lacrosse Defeated by Moravian
BETHLEHEM, PA: 3/30/09 - The Knights dropped their third straight with Monday's 15-10 loss at non-conference opponent Moravian College. The Knights have scored ten or more goals in 5 of 7 games this season, a feat they only accomplished 7 of 15 times in 2008. Arcadia (2-4), trailing by one at the half 7-6, was outscored in the second half 8-4 by the Greyhounds who improve to 5-4 overall.
First year Stephanie Holguin, the team's leading scorer turned in a career best performance as she finished with 5 goals and an assist. Her 6 points and 5 goals were both career highs. Senior Melanie Mark continued her scoring streak with a pair of goals. Mark has scored goals in all seven games for the Knights in 2009. Senior Shannon Bustin second on the team in points, finished with 3 points to see her scoring streak reach 6 straight games. Sophmore Jenni Groves and junior Kelsey Dobbins added a goal apeice, while senior Erin Cunningham dished out 2 assists. Cunningham has notched points in all seven games and leads the squad in assists with 12.
First year Evelyn Ciaburri (2-3 overall) made 11 saves in goal for the Knights and connected on 14-23 clearing attempts.
Arcadia returns to action on April 1, hosting first year Middle Atlantic member and former PAC rival Eastern University at 4 PM.
Wilkes Pull Out Win over Knights
GLENSIDE, PA: 3/28/09 - Arcadia Univeristy played strong for the first 45 minutes of Saturday's Middle Atlantic battle with visiting Wilkes University until the Colonels made the Knights pay with three man-up goals on an Arcadia penalty, going to to win 21-11 in a high scoring, tight defensive battle.
Depsite falling behind 1-0 in the opening two minutes, the Knights put pressure on Wilkes keeper Cassie Cronin early and often, first year Stephanie Holguin, sophomore Kreena Patel and senior Melanie Mark evened the score on three separate occassions, with Mark's 8-meter goal at 13:55 the last time the Knights would even the slate. Wilkes would go to lead by four before another 8-meter strike for the Knights, scored by Jenni Groves brought Arcadia to within 3. The Colonels scored two more time before Groves fed Patel to keep the deficit to 3 but Wilkes Brittany Hodnik, who led all scorer's with 7 goals, scored on an 8-meter shot to end the half with Wilkes in front 10-6.
The two team traded goal to open the second stanza. Senior Erin Cunningham timed a perfect pass from the beyond the goal line to a cutting Shannon Bustin who beat Cronin and then another score from Holguin kept the Knights alive, down by just 3, 13-10 with less than fifteen minutes to play. And that's as close as the the Knights would come, as the Colonels poured on the offense with 9 unanswered scores, including three while they were on the man advantage, going on to win 21-11 for their 6th win in 9 games.
Along with Hodnik, Melissa Polchinski scored 5 times and Kat Edwards 4 to lead Wilkes.
Holguin scored three goals and Mark two goals and an assist for the Knights, who also got a pair of scores from both Bustin and Patel. First year keeper Eveyln Ciaburri played a solid game from start to finish, making 21 saves while making good on 5-7 clear attempts.
Knights Stymied by Falcons
GRANTHAM, PA: 3/25/09 - Arcadia Women's Lacrosse fell to 1-3 in Middle Atlantic play (2-3 overall) with Wednesday's 19-9 loss at Messiah College. First year Stephanie Holguin and senior Shannon Bustin led the scoring for Arcadia, each with an assist and 4 and 3 goals respectively.
The Falcons ran out to a 4-0 lead in the opening twelve minutes of play, before Holguin scored unassisted and on a free position to bring Arcadia to within 2. The Falcons went on another 4-0 run to lead 8-2 before Holguin threaded a pass to senior Melanie Mark, making it 8-3 Falcons. Bustin was awarded a free position with 6:23 remaining in the half, scoring to make it 10-4 Messiah, but the offensive heavy Falcons ripped the Knights for three more goals to close the first half with a 13-4 advantage.
It was Holguin again who hit for the Knights on her second free position goal of the game just 52 seconds into the half but the home team kept their foot on the accelerator, scoring six more unanswered goals to take a convincing 19-5 lead before the Knights closed the game with four straight scores settling for the 19-9 loss. Bustin added two goals and an assist in that span while sophomore Jenni Groves added her only goal of the game with Holguin scoring on another free position goal.
First year Evelyn Ciaburri and junior Brittany Rasmussen split time in goal for Arcadia. Ciaburri played the first half, makeing 11 stops while Rasmussen played the second half, making one stop.
Arcadia hosts Wilkes University this Saturday at 1 PM.
Arcadia Women's Lacrosse Deflate Mighty Macs 11-8
IMMACULATA, PA: 3/23/09 - After finding themselves down a goal on two separate occassions, Arcadia Women's Lacrosse scored two unaswered goals to close the first half up by one goal and never relinquished the lead en rout to an 11-8 non-conference win over the Mighty Macs of Immaculata University Monday afternoon.
Claire Lichty put the home team on the board just three minutes into the game before Arcadia sophomore Jenni Groves lit up Mighty Mac keeper Brit Worthington for a pair of scores and the 2-1 Arcadia lead. Kacie O'Neil anwered for Immacualta with a pair of back-to-back scores giving the lead back to the Mighy Macs 3-2 with 9:48 to play in the half. Senior Erin Cunningham picked up her second assist of the game on a feed to Groves to the tying goal before junior Danielle Klim rifled a free position shot past Worthington with 56 ticks left in the half, putting the Knights in front 4-3.
A goal by senior Shannon Bustin five minutes into the second half put the Knights up by 2, but Lighty scored again for IU as the Mighty Macs fought to keep the game up for grabs, however the Knights would go on a 6-4 run to close the game, getting big goals from seniors Melanie Mark, Bustin and first year Stephanie Holguin to give Arcadia their second win of the year as they improve to 2-2 overall. Cunningham finished with 3 assits for the Knights.
First year keeper Evelyn Ciaburri played the entire 60 minutes, making 11 stops to improve to 2-1 overall on the year. Ciaburri connected on 8-15 clear attempts.
Bustin led all scorers with 3 goals and 3 assists. Groves scored three and mark and Holguin two a piece to pace the Knights, who were 2-2 on free positions shots.
Arcadia travels to Middle Atlantic foe Messiah on Wednesday for a 4 PM game before hosting Wilkes in concference play on Saturday at 1 PM in Glenside.
Knights Drop 17-11 Contest at Misericordia
DALLAS, PA: 3/14/09 - Arcadia University Women's Lacrosse fell to 1-2 in Middle Atlantic play with Saturday's 17-11 loss at Misericordia University. Senior Shannon Bustin erupted for 5 goals in the loss while sophomore Jennis Groves added three.
The Cougars (2-2/1-0 MAC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead when Bustin hit the twine for her first of five on the day but the Cougars would go on to score four unanswered goals for the 7-1 lead with twelve minutes remaining in the half. Two unassisted scores from senior Erin Cunningham and a goal with just 1 tick remaining in the half from Groves made it an 8-4 game as Arcadia (1-2/ 1-2 MAC) made good on staying on the Cougars tail.
Misericordia's Nicole DeAngelis opened the second stanz with back to back scores, inflating the Cougars' lead to 10-4. DeAngelis was high scorer with 6 goals. Arcadia mounted a comeback with three straight goals, climbing back into the game 10-7. Groves, Bustin and senior Melanie Mark netted the goals for the Knights. The three goal Misericordia lead became two when Groves and Bustin scored again to make it 11-9 with 11 minutes to play but another 4-0 run from the Cougars put the Knights down 15-9. While each team would score two more goals each, Arcadia simply ran out of time and settled for their second straight loss in conference play.
Junior Brittany Rasmussen got the start for Arcadia and took the loss through the first 30 minutes in the cage. Rasmussen made 8 stops before first year Evelyn Ciaburri saw action in the second half, where she stopped 5 Cougar shots on goal. The Knights led Misericordia in ground balls 16-15 but committed two more turnovers than the host school, 10-8.
The team travels to South Carolina for their spring training trip before returning to play at Immaculata University on Monday, March 23.
Women's Lacrosse take loss to Eastern
ST. DAVID'S, PA: 3/12/09 - Arcadia Women's Lacrosse fell to 1-1 in Middle Atlantic play with a 15-5 set-back at Eastern University this afternoon. Today's game was their second conference game in three days, and second against a team selected to finish ahead of them come conference playoff time.
Arcadia toppled Kings' on Tuesday by a 16-4 margin, and the Knights kept pace with the Eagles in the opening 15 minutes as they looked to battle for their second win but the Eagles used a 4-1 run to close the first half with the 8-3 lead. The Knights picked up just two scores while they tried to hold down the defensive end in front of first year keeper Evelyn Ciaburri, who made 17 stops in the contest, but Eastern notched three straight free position goals to start a 7-2 run en-route to the 15-5 Eagles win.
First year Stephanie Holguin picked up two scores giving her five to open the first week of play. Sophomore Jenni Groves and seniors Melanie Mark and Shannon Bustin added a goal apiece.
The Knights travel up the turnpike to Misericordia for a 1 PM Middle Atlantic game in Dallas, PA. The Cougars were selected as the 9th place finishers in the coaches pre-season poll.
Senior Duo Help Knights Cruise Past King’s in MAC Opener
GLENSIDE, PA: 3/10/09- Arcadia University Women’s Lacrosse used a 7-0 run to start today’s Middle Atlantic Conference kick-off game, eventually cruising past the Lady Monarchs 16-4 in the season opener for both teams. Seniors Melanie Mark and Erin Cunningham combined for 7 goals and 4 assists to lead a wealth of Arcadia offense and solid defense from both veterans to first and second year players.
Arcadia (1-0) gladly took back-to-back free position goals by first year Stephanie Holguin in the opening six minutes and added five more unanswered strikes to take a 7-0 lead before King’s (0-1) finally got on the board with 7 minutes to play in the half. Sophomore Kreena Patel scored with just 10 ticks in the half, making it an 8-1 Knights lead to start the second, when she scored again, just 41 seconds in to make it 9-1 Knights. Patel then fed Melanie Mark for her second goal of the game to give Arcadia the 10-1 advantage before Kira Shelley stopped the bleeding and found the back of the net for King’s.
With the score 10-2 in favor of Arcadia, Holguin and Mark each converted passes from Erin Cunningham as Arcadia went on to lead 12-2 before Candice Russ notched back-to-back scores for the Lady Monarchs, who were down by 8 with 11 minutes to play. But as Arcadia did for most of the game, ball possession was in their favor, as the Knights went on a 4-0 run to close the game with the first Middle Atlantic Conference win in the history of the program (members of the conference since August, 2007).
Freshman keeper Evelyn Ciaburri (1-0) made her first collegiate start for the Knights, turning aside 7 King’s shots on goal while allowing just one goal to the Lady Monarchs. The second half saw the return of junior veteran Brittany Rasmussen, who turned aside 9 King’s shots with 3 goals against. Leading the offensive onslaught was Erin Cunningham, who scored a natural hat-trick (3 straight goals) and dished out 3 assists, for a team high 6 points. Melanie Mark scored a team high 4 goals and added 1 assist. Sophomore Jenni Groves scored three times and dished out 2 helpers while Stephanie Holguin notched 3 goals and 1 assist in her debut. Kreena Patel finished with a pair of scores and 1 assist and Jennifer Ng rounded out scoring with her first of the year.
The Knights travel to Eastern University for their first road game of the season, a Middle Atlantic match-up set for Thursday.
