Women's Lacrosse 3/5/2025 5:38:00 PM

(RV) Women's Lacrosse Begins Conference Play at Home Against Midland

Ottawa, KAN. - The Ottawa women's lacrosse team hosts Midland in their Heart Conference opener.

The Braves are coming off their first win of the season, a 15-9 win over (RV) St. Thomas. Curstin Brown led Ottawa with five goals, Faith Ruoff scored three. Makayla Mason and Ashlyn Lopez scored two each, and KaiAnna Senne, Brianna Valadao, and Isabella Pagliei scored one goal each. Mason and Valadao made two assists each, Ruoff, Lopez, and Joslynn Erskine made one apiece. Shelby Bearden made 13 saves in goal. As a team, Ottawa was 21 for 23 in clear attempts, and turned St. Thomas over 20 times.
Curstin Brown is Ottawa's goals leader with eight goals. Ashlyn Lopez is the assists leader with four. Brianna Valadao is the groundballs leader with ten. Ashlyn Lopez is the draw controls leader with eight.
Midland is 0-1 on the season, with their only game being a 2-30 home loss to (5) Benedictine on February 26.
Chloe Harrison and Madi Marusiak have scored each of Midland's two goals. Shelby Tracy is the Warriors' groundballs leader with six, and Chloe Harrison leads in draw controls with five.
Ottawa and Midland have met nine times, with Ottawa leading the series 8-1. The Braves have won the last five, last year's victory being a 14-8 win at home. Midland's lone win came in 2018 by a score of 11-10.
This is the first Heart Conference game for not only Ottawa, but Midland as well. Both programs continue their shared conference affiliation as both came over from the KCAC.

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