ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The #11/11 Navy women's lacrosse team (3-0) continues its two-game road swing at High Point (0-2) on Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. at Vert Stadium in High Point, N.C. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live stats will be available.
 
The game is the second of six morning contests on the schedule for the Midshipmen – Villanova (11:00 a.m.); High Point (11:00 a.m.), Florida (9:30 a.m.), Loyola (11:00 a.m.), Boston (11:00 a.m.), and Colgate (11:00 a.m.). Navy defeated Villanova, 18-5, on Saturday, Feb. 14 to improve to 14-2 (.875) all-time in morning games.
 
All-Time Series
The game between Navy and High Point marks the sixth meeting between the two programs. The Midshipmen lead the all-time series, 4-1 (.800).
 
Navy claimed all three meetings between the two teams in Annapolis, but High Point won the lone road game in the series.
 
The two teams played three consecutive years between 2011 and 2013. Navy claimed the first meeting between the two programs with an 11-8 victory at home in 2011. The following year, the Panthers edged the Mids, 11-10, in High Point, N.C. The Mids closed out the three-game series with a 15-6 win in Annapolis.
 
In 2019, the two teams met in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Klockner Stadium on the campus of the University of Virginia. The 14th-ranked Midshipmen posted a 16-5 victory over the 24th-ranked Panthers. The win gave Navy six NCAA Tournament victories in a three-year span (2017, '18, '19). In addition, the 11-point victory was 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, while offensively, Navy had four players – Kayla Harris, Kelly Larkin, Reagan Roelofs, and Nicole Victory – record hat tricks.
 
Last season, the two teams renewed the series with a game in Annapolis. Tied 7-7 through three quarters, #19 Navy used a 5-0 run to take control en route to a 12-8 victory over High Point. Kat McAteer scored two goals off the bench, sparking the Mids' 5-0 fourth quarter run that sealed the victory. Felicia Giglio finished the game with 11 saves as the Midshipmen held the Panthers to single-digits.
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
The Navy women's lacrosse team enters the weekend 3-0 on the young season, defeating #10 Virginia (W, 12-10), routing Villanova (W, 18-5), and besting Delaware (W, 15-10).
 
As a team, the Midshipmen have tallied 45 goals with 28 assists, while picking up 52 ground balls, winning 37 draw controls, and causing 22 turnovers.
 
Entering the weekend, Ava Yovino, Taylor Miles, and Alyssa Chung lead the team. Yovino paces the team with 17 points on seven goals and a team-high 10 assists. Miles follows 14 points on a balanced six goals and eight assists, while Chung is one point back with 13. Chung boasts a team-best 11 goals with a pair of assists.
 
Chloe Brown, Maggie DeFabio, and Emma Kennedy follow with six points apiece. Brown and DeFabio match one another with five goals and an assist, while Kennedy has six goals for her six points. Two points back are Anna Gotterup and Mikayla Williams. Gotterup has four points on a goal and three assists, while Williams has two goals and two assists. Caroline Gage and Grace Mitchell have one goal apiece for one point each, while Rowan Kimmel has a point on an assist.
 
Defensively, the Midshipmen have held their opponents to 8.33 goals per game. The Navy defense has held all three opponents – #10 Virginia, Villanova, and Delaware – scoreless for one quarter. The Midshipmen held the Cavaliers and Wildcats without a goal in the second quarter, while keeping the Fightin' Blue Hens out of the net in the third period. The Mids have been able to outscore their opponents, 17-0, during those three quarters.
 
The Mids have caused 22 of their opponents' 40 turnovers. Kennedy and Felicia Giglio lead the team with three caused turnovers each, while DeFabio, Miles, Yovino, Jalin Jenkins, and Lily Schmalz follow with two takeaways apiece. Six additional Mids have been credited with a caused turnover.
 
Yovino paces the team with eight ground balls, while DeFabio follows with six. Giglio and Schmalz add five apiece, while Miles and Jaclyn Johns close out the top five with four ground ball pickups each.
 
Giglio has played and started each game for Navy in the cage, working 175:36 minutes of action between the posts. The junior goalie has 21 of the Mids' 22 saves on the year with an 8.54 goals against average. With her first save of the game against Villanova, Giglio registered her 250th career save, becoming the fourth player in program history with 250 or more saves. She currently ranks third in program history with 264 career saves. Freshman goalkeeper Angelina Price saw her first collegiate action against the Wildcats. The rookie posted a clean sheet with a save in just under four and a half minutes of action.
 
In the circle, Maura Murphy boasts a team-high 12 draw wins with Yovino two back with 10. Kennedy adds five draw wins with Williams (3) and Landen Cain (2) closing out Navy's top five draws on the season.
 
Scouting the Opposition
High Point enters the game 0-2 on the season, falling at home to #14 Duke (L, 14-6) and Campbell (L, 11-10).
 
Shannon Smith leads the Panthers attack with six points on a team-high five goals with an assist. She is followed by Reese Dowgiallo who has five points on a balanced three goals and two assists. Bella Germani has four points on four goals with Kate Prentice (2g) and Lily Trout (2g) closing out HPU's point scorers.
 
Ava Welch has registered all 120 minutes of action in the cage for High Point. The junior has allowed 25 goals with 16 saves for a 12.50 goals against average. She leads the team with nine ground balls, while adding a pair of caused turnovers to the stat sheet. Germani and Haley Urban lead the Panthers with four caused turnovers each.
 
Nine different players have combined for HPU's 21 draw wins with Emerson Pekarcik and Gracie Vickery leading the way with five draws apiece.
 
Patriot League Athletes of the Week
The Patriot League announced its weekly women's lacrosse award winners and Navy's Taylor Miles and Felicia Giglio were among the student-athletes recognized. Miles was named Attacker of the Week, while Giglio was selected as Goalkeeper of the Week. The duo helped lead Navy to home-opening win over Villanova, 18-5, on Saturday morning at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
 
Miles recorded a career-high nine points on a season-high three goals and a career-best six assists with two ground balls and a caused turnover. Her nine points are the fourth-most in a game in program history, while her six assists are the fifth-most in school history in a single game. She is the first Navy player to record nine or more points in a game since senior Ava Yovino had 10 points as a freshman in 2023. Additionally, Miles is the first Midshipmen to have six or more assists since Yovino had six helpers as a freshman in 2023. The hat trick was Miles' first of the season and the second of her career. Navy used an 11-0 run to break the game open and Miles had a goal and four assists for the Mids during the run.
 
Giglio earned her second win of the season, working 55:36 in the cage. She allowed just five goals, while registering eight saves. The junior helped Navy hold the prolific Villanova offense to just five goals, keeping the Wildcats out of the net in the entire second quarter. With her first save of the game, Giglio registered her 250th career save, becoming the fourth player in program history with 250 or more saves, joining Ingrid Boyum (2015-18) – 428 saves, Elaina Ponchione (2009-12) – 375 saves, and Annie Foky (2012-15) – 257 saves.
 
Up Next
Following the game, Navy returns home to take on #10/12 Florida on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 9:30 a.m. The game will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network. In addition, the game will be aired on the radio on WNAV and live stats will be available.