CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 14 Navy women's lacrosse team (16-4) takes on No. 6 Virginia (12-6) in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. Opening draw is slated for 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. The game will be live streamed on ESPN3 and live stats will be available.
 
Ticket Information
At the game day window, reserved tickets are $10 and general admission will be $8. Students of participating school tickets are $5 online and/or at the booth day of game.
 
NCAA Tournament History
Navy is making its seventh appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Midshipmen earned automatic berths into the postseason in six seasons, winning the Patriot League Tournament championship (2010, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18). This season, Navy received its first at-large berth into the Tournament.
 
Navy has made the NCAA Tournament the past three seasons. In 2017, the team made history as it became the first Service Academy team from a women's sport to advance to the NCAA Final Four. A year later, the Midshipmen advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight for the second consecutive season.
 
After a 16-5 victory over High Point, Navy is officially 7-6 (.538) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including a 4-3 (.571) mark in the first round. The Mids won three play-in games, but those games do not count towards NCAA Tournament records.
 
Over the last three seasons, the Midshipmen have won six NCAA Tournament games, tying Navy with Maryland for the second-most wins in that time. The Mids and Terps trail only Boston College who has seven NCAA Tournament victories in that time.
 
All-Time Series
The game between Navy and Virginia will mark the sixth meeting between the two programs. The Cavaliers lead the all-time series, 4-1 (.800). The two teams have always played tight with the largest margin of victory in the series being four goals.
 
Virginia claimed the first three meetings of the series before Navy posted a 16-13 victory in Annapolis last season. The two teams opened up the 2019 season against one another in Charlottesville with UVA notching a 15-12 win.
 
The Midshipmen will be looking for their first victory over the Cavaliers in Charlottesville.
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
This season, Kelly Larkin (Alexandria, Va.) leads the team with 115 points, scoring team-best 66 goals and boasting a team-high 49 assists. Nicole Victory (Issaquah, Wash.) is second with 59 points (29g 30a) ahead of Kayla Harris (Annapolis, Md.) who has 50 points (36g 14a). Annalise Heyward (Charlotte, N.C.) and Andie O'Sullivan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) have 49 and 47 points, respectively, to round out Navy's 40-point scorers. Heyward has 33 goals and 16 assists, while O'Sullivan has 36 goals and 11 helpers.
 
Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.) leads the team with a freshman record 141 total draws. Heyward is second with 74. With 14 draws against Lafayette, Roelofs became the second freshman in Navy history to collect 100 or more draw controls, joining Loren Generi (2012-15) who had 118 as a freshman in 2012.
 
Marie Valenti (Bechtelsville, Pa.) and Heyward pace the team in caused turnovers. Valenti has a team-high 29 CTs, while Heyward has 26. In addition, Valenti paces the team with 48 ground balls.
 
Defensively, goalie Gab Harchelroad (Pittsburgh, Pa.) has logged just over 975 of the 1,200 minutes between the pipes for the Midshipmen. This season, she is 15-4, including three victories over ranked opponents (No. 19 Towson, No. 23 Georgetown, No. 24 High Point). The senior has made 103 stops and is second on the team with 44 ground balls, while adding 11 caused turnovers.
 
Scouting the Opponent
Virginia enters the game with a 12-6 overall record. The Cavaliers are 6-6 in games against ranked opponents in 2019.
 
Virginia is making a nation-leading 24th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. UVA is 36-28 all-time in the tournament. It's 66 games is second behind Maryland (88). UVA's 36 wins ties with Princeton for third.
 
This is the first time UVA has had a first-round bye since 2014, when it defeated Princeton in the second round and North Carolina in the quarterfinals to advance to the NCAA Final Four. This is the first time since 2015 that Virginia has hosted the NCAA tournament.
 
Senior Maggie Jackson, a first team All-ACC selection, leads UVA with 66 points on 31 goals and 35 assists. Senior Avery Shoemaker was named to the All-ACC Second Team. She has a team-high 49 goals, scoring multiple goals in 13 games. Junior Sammy Mueller leads the ACC in ground balls per game (3.00) and is third on the team with 63 points (41 goals, 22 assists) to earn All-ACC First Team honors.
 
Patriot League Recognition
Five members of the Navy women's lacrosse team were named to the 2019 All-Patriot League Team, including Kelly Larkin (Alexandria, Va.) who was named the Patriot League Attacker of the Year. Four of Navy's five all-league selections were named to the first team.
 
Andie O'Sullivan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.), Kayla Harris (Annapolis, Md.), Marie Valenti (Bechtelsville, Pa.) joined Larkin on the first team, while Annalise Heyward (Charlotte, N.C.) was named Second Team All-Patriot League.
 
The Patriot League announced its 2019 Women's Lacrosse Academic All-Patriot League Team seniors Anne Richter (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Valenti were among those selected. For Valenti, it is her third time being named to the All-Academic Team, while it is the first time for Richter to be recognized.
 
Last Time Out
The No. 14 Navy women's lacrosse team (16-4) posted a 16-5 victory over No. 24 High Point (15-5) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday evening at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. With the win, the Midshipmen advance to the second round to take on No. 6 Virginia on Sunday, May 12 at noon.
 
The win gives Navy six NCAA Tournament victories in the past three seasons. In addition, the 11-point is the second-largest postseason win in program history, falling just shy of matching the 12-point victory Navy had over UMass (W, 23-11) in the 2017 Final Four run.
 
The Navy defense limited the potent High Point offense to just five goals on the night. The Midshipmen caused seven of the Panthers' 13 turnovers on the day. Marie Valenti (Bechtelsville, Pa.) and Annalise Heyward (Charlotte, N.C.) each recorded two caused turnover apiece. Anne Richter (Hinsdale, Ill.) picked up seven of Navy's 21 ground balls on the day. It was a career high for the senior and the third-best individual performance in program history. She was joined by Gil Eby (Towson, Md.) and Nicole Victory (Issaquah, Wash.) who picked up three and two ground balls, respectively.
 
The defense helped stymie the High Point attack, disrupting shots and holding the Panthers without a free-position goal (0-for-4). Gab Harchelroad (Pittsburgh, Pa.) picked up her 15th victory of the season, working 53:33 between the pipes. She allowed five goals, while recording seven saves. She gave way to Abbi Young (Alamo, Calif.) who closed out the final 6:27 with a pair of stops and no goals allowed.
 
Offensively, Navy had four players – Kayla Harris (Annapolis, Md.), Kelly Larkin (Alexandria, Va.), Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.) and Victory – record hat tricks on the night. In addition, Natalie Irwin (Annandale, Va.) added a pair of goals, while Heyward and Ellie Lecker (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) each added a score. Andie O'Sullivan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) paced the team with three assists, while Roelofs added a pair of helpers.
 
Roelofs pulled down a game-high nine draw controls, while Harris, Heyward, and O'Sullivan added two apiece.