ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The No. 14 Navy women's lacrosse team (15-4) takes on No. 24 High Point (15-4) in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. Opening draw is slated for 7:00 p.m. The game will be live streamed on ESPN3 and live stats will be available.
 
Ticket Information
Fans can purchase tickets at a discounted rate in advance by going online to VirginiaSports.com/Tickets. Advanced sales and online purchases are $8 for reserved seats (if available) and $5 for general admission.
 
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 two 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.

Navy is officially 6-6 (.500) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including a 3-3 (.500) mark in the first round. The Mids won three play-in games, but those games do not count towards NCAA Tournament records.
 
All-Time Series
The game between Navy and High Point will mark the fourth meeting between the two programs. The Midshipmen lead the all-time series, 2-1 (.667).

Navy claimed both meetings between the two teams in Annapolis, but High Point won the lone road game in the series.

The Midshipmen will be looking for their fourth NCAA Tournament First Round victory. Navy is 3-3 (.500) all-time in the first round of the postseason, including winning three consecutive opening-round matchups.
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
This season, Kelly Larkin (Alexandria, Va.) leads the team with 112 points, scoring team-best 63 goals and boasting a team-high 49 assists. Nicole Victory (Issaquah, Wash.) is second with 55 points (26g 29a) ahead of Annalise Heyward (Charlotte, N.C.) who has 48 points (32g 16a). Kayla Harris (Annapolis, Md.) and Andie O'Sullivan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) have 46 and 44 points, respectively, to round out Navy's 40-point scorers. Harris has 33 goals and 13 assists, while O'Sullivan has 36 goals and eight helpers.
 
Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.) leads the team with a freshman record 132 total draws. Heyward is second with 72. 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 27 CTs, while Heyward has 24. In addition, Valenti paces the team with 47 ground balls.
 
Defensively, goalie Gab Harchelroad (Pittsburgh, Pa.) has logged just under 925 of the 1,140 minutes between the pipes for the Midshipmen. This season, she is 14-4, including a pair of victories over ranked opponents (No. 19 Towson, No. 23 Georgetown). The senior has made 96 stops and is second on the team with 43 ground balls, while adding 11 caused turnovers.
 
Scouting the Opponent
The No. 20 High Point University women's lacrosse team earned an NCAA Tournament berth by way of defeating Winthrop, 17-10, in the Big South Tournament Championship on April 28 at Vert Stadium.

The Panthers are making their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance (2013, '14, '17, '18). HPU is 1-4 in the national tournament, with the win coming in 2017, a 21-15 win over Towson. High Point completed its third-consecutive season of going undefeated through the Big South regular season and tournament schedule.

Sophomore Abby Hormes leads the High Point offense breaking the HPU single-season school records for points (102) and goals (65) and is tied for fifth in assists (37). She has also tied Samantha Herman for the single-season school mark for draw controls with 79. Hormes' 102 points is the second-most in Big South Conference single-season history (record – 110, Nicole Beatson, Winthrop, 2018)

Junior Meredith Chapman was named the Big South Defensive Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Chapman has 51 caused turnovers, a single-season HPU record, and ranks sixth in the NCAA with 2.63 caused turnovers per game. Chapman earned Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors after graduating from HPU with a degree in biology and a 3.95 cumulative GPA.

Senior midfielder Samantha Herman is the all-time leader in draw controls at HPU with 228.

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 vs. High Point (Feb. 22, 2013)
Sophomore goalie Annie Foky (Charlottesville, Va.) made 11 saves to anchor a strong defensive effort as the 20th-ranked Navy women's lacrosse team defeated visiting High Point, 15-6, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in cold and rainy weather conditions.
 
Senior attacker Jasmine DePompeo (Sayville, N.Y.) scored seven points (4g 3a) for the third-straight game and sophomore attacker Loren Generi (Bayport, N.Y.) tallied five goals to pace Navy's offensive efforts.

The Panthers held a slight 12-11 edge in draw controls and the Mids won the ground ball battle at 22-15. Navy also outshot High Point, 35-23, and also took the game's first 10 shots.

Foky, earning her first career start, had a superb game in between the pipes, making seven saves in the first half and four in the second for a career-high 11. She also had three ground balls and a caused turnover while playing the full 60 minutes.

Foky was aided by the play of the starting defensive unit of senior Emily Mellin (Sherwood Forest, Md.), senior Brijet Mall (Cumming, Ga.), junior Kelsey Henshaw (Chester, Md.) and freshman Lizzy Rullan (East Setauket, N.Y.). The four defensive starters combined for four ground balls and three caused turnovers.

DePompeo increased her season point total to 21 (9g, 12a) with her four goals and three assists, while Generi had three draw controls to go along with her game-high five goals.