ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The No. 13 Navy women's lacrosse team (8-2, 3-0 Patriot League) is set to host Holy Cross (3-7, 1-2 PL) in a Patriot League game on Saturday, March 30 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Opening draw is slated for 12:00 p.m. Live stats and live video will be available for the game, and in addition the game will be broadcast on Stadium TV.
 
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All-Time Series
The game between Navy and Holy Cross will mark the 15th meeting between the two programs. Navy is 12-2 (.857) all-time against Holy Cross, including a 9-2 (.818) mark during the regular season. The Mids are 8-0 against the Crusaders in Annapolis.
 
Last season, the Mids posted a 19-7 victory over the Crusaders at Kuzniewski Field in Worcester, Mass. The win was the 500th career victory for Navy head coach Cindy Timchal, making her the first Division I head coach with 500 or more victories in a career.
 
In the last meeting the two teams in Annapolis, Navy notched a 17-6 victory. The Midshipmen scored three goals in the first five minutes to set the tone and four Navy players recorded hat tricks on the day.
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
This season, Kelly Larkin (Alexandria, Va.) leads the team with 61 points, scoring team-best 35 goals and boasting a team-high 26 assists. Kayla Harris (Annapolis, Md.), Annalise Heyward (Charlotte, N.C.), and Andie O'Sullivan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) are tied for second with 28 points each. O'Sullivan and Harris have 23 and 20 goas, respectively, while Heyward is more balanced with 16 goals and 12 helpers. Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.) has also eclipsed 20 points, netting 16 goals with five assists for 21 points. Marina Lazarides (Westminster, Md.) and Moriah Snyder (Bel Air, Md.) are also in double-figure points with 14 (9g 5a) and 11 (8g 3a), individually.
 
Roelofs leads the team with 48 total draws, while Heyward is second with 47. Harris is third with 33, and O'Sullivan rounds out the double-digit draws with 21. Heyward and Marie Valenti (Bechtelsville, Pa.) pace the team with 15 caused turnovers apiece.
 
Defensively, goalie Gab Harchelroad (Pittsburgh, Pa.) has logged just under 500 of the 600 minutes between the pipes for the Midshipmen. This season, she is 7-2, including a victory over a ranked opponent. The senior has made 54 stops and is second on the team with 26 ground balls, while adding nine caused turnovers. Valenti paces the team with 28 ground balls.
 
Scouting the Opponent
Holy Cross enters the weekend with a 3-7 overall record and a 1-2 mark in the Patriot League. The Crusaders are coming off a 19-13 defeat to Army West Point on Wednesday.
 
Holy Cross outshot Army West Point, 41-38, but the Black Knights' goalkeepers recorded 17 saves in the game. Holy Cross had five goal-scorers, each recording multi-goal games, including three Crusaders with hat tricks – Jolie Creo, Bryn Carroll, and Catherine Guanci.
 
Keely Connors leads the Crusaders attack with 21 goals, while Maggie Moriarty paces the team with 12 assists. Juliana Kubler and Sophie Ochs have split time at goal with Kubler notching 52 saves and Ochs registering 41 stops.
 
Last Time vs. Holy Cross (March 31, 2018)
Navy women's lacrosse head coach Cindy Timchal recorded her 500th career victory as the Midshipmen posted a 19-7 victory over Holy Cross at Kuzniewski Field in Worcester, Mass.
 
Timchal has amassed 164 wins at Navy in her 11 seasons with the Midshipmen. She began her head coaching career by tallying 76 victories in nine seasons at Northwestern University before winning eight national championships and totaling 260 wins in 16 years at the University of Maryland.
 
"Five hundred wins are the players; all the losses are the coach," Timchal said after her historic win. "I am very grateful to be in a position to be coaching and achieve this milestone victory. It goes without saying that it is the players that compete hard on the field. Pleased with this victory for our team and happy that it was 500. Now we can move on to just getting ready for our next game. I credit the great players and great staff that we have for putting it all together to get to such a milestone in my head coaching career."
 
Offensively, seven different Midshipmen scored on the day with Jenna Collins (Clarksville, Md.), Julia Collins (Clarksville, Md.), and Meg O'Donnell (Forest Hill, Md.) leading the charge with four goals apiece. Kelly Larkin (Alexandria, Va.) led the team in points with seven, netting a pair of goals and boasting a team-high five assists. Andie O'Sullivan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) added five points (2g 3a), while Kayla Harris (Annapolis, Md.) and Molly O'Sullivan (Centreville, Va.) combined for three goals on the day.
 
Defensively, Ingrid Boyum (Herndon, Va.) picked up her ninth win of the season. The senior recorded 53-minutes between the pipes, surrendering seven goals and notching four saves. She gave way to Gab Harchelroad (Pittsburgh, Pa.) who recorded a clean stat sheet in nearly seven minutes of action.
 
The Midshipmen caused 16 of the Crusaders' 25 turnovers. The 16 caused turnovers are tied for fifth most in a game by the Mids. Marie Valenti (Bechtelsville, Pa.) tied the Navy school record with six caused turnovers in a game, tying Caitlin Mandrin Hill (2008-11) who had six CT against Detroit Mercy in 2009. Boyum, who tied for the school record for most ground balls in a game with seven, and Valenti (5) combined for 12 of the Midshipmen's 25 ground balls in the game.
 
Last Time Out
The No. 13 Navy women's lacrosse team picked up a 23-6 victory on the road on Wednesday evening against Lehigh, at the Ulrich Sports Complex in Bethlehem, Pa. The Mountain Hawks closed the gap to 8-5 before the Midshipmen erupted to outscore the hosts, 15-1 over the final 35 minutes of the game.
 
Offensively, Navy had 10 players combine to score a season-high 23 goals. It was the first time this season the Midshipmen scored 20 goals and the first time since defeating Lehigh, 20-5, in the Patriot League Tournament last season that Navy eclipsed the 20-goal plateau.
 
Kelly Larkin (Alexandria, Va.) and Andie O'Sullivan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) paced the team with five goals apiece. Larkin added five assists to tie a career high with 10 points in the game. O'Sullivan added a helper for a season-best six points, falling one point shy of her career best, set at Lehigh during her sophomore season.
 
Annalise Heyward (Charlotte, N.C.) and Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.) both added hat tricks in the game netting three goals apiece. Marina Lazarides (Westminster, Md.) scored two goals with a pair of assists for four points.
 
Defensively, the Midshipmen held the Mountain Hawks to six total goals. The game marked the third consecutive game that Navy has held opponents to single-digit goals. Gab Harchelroad (Pittsburgh, Pa.) picked up the win. The senior allowed five goals, while notching four saves. Abbi Young (Alamo, Calif.) registered a pair of saves, while allowing one goal in 12:28 minutes of work. She gave way to Lindsey Ellison (Arlington, Va.) to close out the game.
 
The Navy defense caused nine of Lehigh's 13 turnovers in the game. Anne Richter (Hinsdale, Ill.) paced the team with a career-best three caused turnovers, while Moriah Snyder (Bel Air, Md.) added a pair of CTs.
 
Navy won 20 of 30 draw controls on the day. Heyward led the way with seven draws, while Roelofs chipped in five. Kayla Harris (Annapolis, Md.) and O'Sullivan added four and three, respectively. The Midshipmen took control of the game in the final minute of the first half. After scoring a goal with 52 seconds remaining, Navy proceeded to win three consecutive draw controls and score seconds later to rattle off four goals in a 49-second span and take command.