ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The #5/5 Navy women's lacrosse team (6-0) begins a three-game homestand against Jacksonville (4-1) on Tuesday, March 10 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at 2:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and an audio-only portion of the contest will be available via WNAV: over the radio waves on 1430 AM, online at WNAV.com or through the iHeart and Audacy platforms. Additionally, live stats will be provided online.
 
Heading into the game, Navy head coach Cindy Timchal, who is the winningest coach in Division I women's lacrosse history, is approaching another milestone. The Hall of Fame coach is one (1) victory shy of 600 career wins. Timchal would become the first Division I head coach – men's or women's – to reach 600 wins. She would become the second women's lacrosse coach ever to hit the mark, joining The College of New Jersey (DIII) head coach Sharon Pfuger, who entered the 2026 season with 603 career wins and currently sits at 606 victories.
 
All-Time Series
The game between Navy and Jacksonville will mark the fifth meeting between the two programs. The Midshipmen lead the all-time series, 3-1 (.750).
 
Navy claimed both meetings between the two teams in Annapolis, winning each game by a score of 13-12. The two teams met in Jacksonville the last two seasons. In 2024, the Mids claimed a 17-9 victory over the Dolphins, while in 2025, JU edged Navy, 10-9, for its first win in the series.
 
The two teams first met in April of 2013. Jasmine DePompeo scored the game-winning goal in the sudden-victory second overtime as Navy downed Jacksonville, 13-12, on Senior Day at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Mids overcame an 11-7 second-half deficit with a 5-0 run before the Dolphins scored the final goal of regulation to force overtime. After a scoreless period-and-a-half of overtime, Navy's Lindsay Rheiner controlled the draw to start the second three-minute stanza of double overtime. Loren Generi received the ball and sent DePompeo on a curl around the back of the cage and the senior co-captain scored with 2:24 remaining to give Navy the win.
 
In March of 2023, the Midshipmen and Dolphins met once again in Annapolis. In a game that featured seven ties and five lead changes, Navy edged #19 Jacksonville, 13-12, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Midshipmen used career games by Leelee Denton and Emma Richardell to earn their second victory over a ranked opponent of the season. Denton led the team offensively, notching a career-high six goals that included the game-winning goal, while Richardell finished with a career-best 11 saves with eight stops in the second half.
 
In 2024, #16 Navy posted a 17-9 victory over Jacksonville at Rock Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. Led by a five-goal performance by Tori DiCarlo, four different Midshipmen finished the game with hat tricks, while the Mids' defense held their sixth opponent of the season to single digit goals.
 
Last season, tied 9-9 with just over a minute to play, a costly turnover by the Midshipmen gave the Dolphins a chance to play for the last shot. Jacksonville was able to break the tie with 16 seconds to play and earn a 10-9 win over #19 Navy at Rock Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The game was tight throughout with neither team leading by more than two goals and being tied seven different times. Mikayla Williams was a standout for the Midshipmen in the game, finishing with a team-high four points on three goals and an assist, while adding three draw controls, two ground balls, and a caused turnover.
 
National Rankings
The Navy women's lacrosse team remained #5 in all three national polls – the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division I Coaches Poll, the Inside Lacrosse KANE Women's Division I Media Poll, and the USA Lacrosse poll – for the second consecutive week.
 
Prior to their current ranking of fifth, the Midshipmen's highest IWLCA ranking – sixth – came in the final polls of the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Fifth is the highest in-season ranking for the Mids according to Inside Lacrosse. Navy finished the 2017 season in fourth in the final ILWomen poll after the Midshipmen's Final Four run.
 
The Midshipmen have been ranked in the top 10 according to the IWLCA 12 times, including the first weekly poll of the season (Feb. 9, 2026), which was the first time in the top 10 since the final poll of the 2018 season (ranked 6th on May 29, 2018).
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
The Navy women's lacrosse team improved to 6-0 on the young season with a 19-8 road win against South Florida. The Midshipmen played complimentary lacrosse as the offense saw nine players combine for a season-high 19 goals, while the defense held its third opponent of the season to single-digit goals.
 
As a team, the Midshipmen have tallied 92 goals with 49 assists, while picking up 106 ground balls, winning 86 draw controls, and causing 51 turnovers.
 
Entering the week, Taylor Miles, Ava Yovino, and Alyssa Chung lead the team. Miles and Yovino pace the team with 27 points apiece, while Chung is one point back with 26. Miles has 15 goals and 12 assists for her 27 points, while Yovino has 12 scores and 15 helpers for hers. Chung has a team-high 19 goals with seven assists for 26 points.
 
Emma Kennedy and Mikayla Williams round out the Midshipmen's top five. Kennedy has 16 points on 14 goals and two assists, while Williams is one point back with 15 on 11 goals and four helpers. Against South Florida, Kennedy tied a career high with five goals, while Williams registered her third consecutive hat trick.
 
Maggie DeFabio and Anna Gotterup have nine and eight points, respectively. DeFabio has eight goals and an assist for nine points, while Gotterup has eight points on three goals and five assists. Chloe Brown is two points behind with six points thanks to five goals and a helper. Caroline Gage and Bella Paradiso follow with two goals apiece. Grace Mitchell (1g), Rowan Kimmel (1a), and Kat McAteer (1a) have one point each.
 
Defensively, the Midshipmen have held their opponents to 8.33 goals per game. The Navy defense has held three opponents – Villanova (5 goals), High Point (6 goals), and South Florida (8 goals) – to single-digit goals.
 
The Mids have caused 51 of their opponents' 82 turnovers (62.2 percent). Felicia Giglio and Yovino lead the team with seven caused turnovers each. Chung and DeFabio follow with five apiece, while Gage and Jalin Jenkins have four takeaways.
 
Giglio paces the team with 14 ground balls, while Yovino and DeFabio follow with 13 and 12, correspondingly. Jaclyn Johns has nine and Gage has won eight to round out Navy's top five in the category.
 
Giglio has played and started each game for Navy in the cage, working 243:20 minutes of action between the posts. The junior goalie has 42 of the Mids' 46 saves on the year with an 8.39 goals against average.
 
Freshman goalkeeper Angelina Price saw her first collegiate action against Villanova, while also taking some reps against High Point and South Florida. The rookie has posted four saves in just over 15 minutes of action (15:10). Sophomore Lila Stachowski saw her first collegiate action against HPU working the final 90 seconds at goal in the Mids' 14-6 victory.
 
In the circle, Maura Murphy boasts a team-high 37 draw wins. The senior notched her first double-digit draw performance against High Point, finishing with a game-high 14 draw wins. Yovino follows with 24 draws, while Kennedy adds 10 draw wins.
 
Scouting the Opposition
The Dolphins fell to Towson (L, 14-13) in a road game to drop to 4-1 on the season. JU started the year with four straight victories – Campbell (W, 14-8), Rider (W, 14-4), Brown (W, 16-10), and Marquette (W, 15-13) – before falling to the Tigers.
 
Shae Hagans leads Jacksonville with 21 points on a team-high 18 goals with three assists. She is followed by Maeve Brennan and Jessica Giller who have 16 points apiece. Brennan has 10 goals and six assists, while Giller is balanced with nine scores and a team-high seven helpers. Ainsley Scruggs (11g 4a) and Olivia Johnson (7g 4a) close out the Dolphins' double-digit point scorers with 15 and 11, respectively.
 
JU has used a pair of goalies on the season. Elia Alewine has played in all five games with four starts, while Brookelynn Hodgin has seen action in four games with a start to her credit. Alewine has recorded 17 saves in 156 minutes with a 10.78 goals against average, while Hodgin leads the team with 23 stops in 136 minutes with a 9.27 GAA.
 
Maggie Cuddy leads the Dolphins with 10 ground balls and nine caused turnovers. Abby Moran has a team-high 66 draw controls with Cuddy following with 14.
 
Up Next
Following the game, Navy continues its three-game homestand on Saturday, March 14 as the Midshipmen open Patriot League play against Bucknell at 12:00 p.m. The game, which will be Senior Day for the Midshipmen, will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live stats available throughout the game.