M OR N IN GS ID E C O L L E G E
M ATC H DAY - M A RC H 6, 2021
MUSTANG LACROSSE The 2021 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference slate begins this afternoon with Ottawa University paying a visit to Tom Rosen Field. It’s another historical addition for head men’s coach Jack O’Brien and head women’s coach Caitlyn St. Marie’s programs, as it’s the first home doubleheader in school history. St. Marie’s women’s squad has already played a match on the home FieldTurf against National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Cornell College on Feb. 28.
the MATCH UP Despite being just one game into the calendar, St. Marie’s team is robust on National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ statistical merits. Freshman goalkeeper Natalie Hunt is eighth in saves per match (nine), and 18th in total saves sporting the same number. Team-wise, that same statistic is among the nation’s 20 best. Amid their home goal area and coming off a 22-1 loss to Cornell in the home opener, St. Marie’s Mustangs rightly celebrated reaching a goal that had been a ways off in the distance when the fledgling program took flight in May of 2018 --playing a home match. “We all had a lot of emotions at match end,” Morningside’s head coach said. “It’s been such a process to get to this point --- so much practice and time spent working on the game. It was great playing against a program I played for, too. I thought the game went well, as we accomplished the things that we wanted to work on --- I’ve been telling them all week I just wanted to see us never give up and always give 100 percent. We met both of those goals.” The glow on sophomore attacker Macy Hajek’s face was shining brightly less than four minutes before halftime, too. The Tyndall, S.D., native beat the Cornell defense to the left of their net and fired home a goal to make program history. Beyond Hajek’s goal and Hunt’s save totals, junior midfielder/ attacker Ashlea Wolfe facing off against a returning Midwest Collegiate Lacrosse
morningside college Women O. N 1 3 6 8 9 14 16 18 19 22 23 25 39
NAME Courtney Bokemper Lizeth Hilario Ashley Wilcox Alyssa Castillo Blanca Robles Macy Hajek Erin Georgesen Bella Burdette Ashlea Wolfe Aidan Bad Moccasin Natalie Hunt Shawnae Van Veldhuizen Lucy Preugschas
YR. So. So. Jr. So. So. So. So. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So.
POS. MF/A MF/A MF/A MF/A D A D MF MF/A A GK D MF/A
HOMETOWN Wakefield, Neb./Wakefield Santa Ana, Calif./Santa Ana Council Bluffs, Iowa/Underwood Grand Island, Neb./Grand Island Santa Ana, Calif./Century Tyndall, S.D./Bon Homme Homer, Neb./Homer Aberdeen, S.D./Lourdes University Brandon, S.D./Brandon Valley Omaha, Neb./Lincoln Pinedale, Wy./Pinedale Alvord, Iowa/West Lyon Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo
Head coach: Caitlyn St. Marie
Ottawa University women O. NAME N YR. POS. HOMETOWN 1 Madi McAvoy Jr. D Shawnee Mission, Kan./Shawnee Mission South 2 Jasmin Roybal So. A Jenks, Okla./Jenks 3 Shannon Carroll So. MF Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain 4 Paulina Pompa Fr. MF San Diego, Calif./Mar Vista 5 Meagan Gilstrap Fr. A Kimberly, Idaho/Kimberly 7 Ava McKeefery Fr. D Farragut, Tenn./Farragut 8 Tiffany Juarez Sr. D West Covina, Calif./Diamond Ranch 10 Mackenzie Simmons Fr. A Hemet, Calif./Hemet 11 Mya Chatelin Fr. GK Temecula, Calif./Chaparral 12 Ashlee Weger So. A Las Vegas, Nev./College of Southern Nevada 13 Katherine Ketter So. A Kiefer, Okla./Jenks 14 Felicia Dixon So. D Houston, Texas/Prairie View A&M University 15 Cecily Anderson So. A Keller, Texas/Notre Dame College 19 Quinn Crandall So. A Long Lake, Minn./Orono 20 Ashley Santillan Fr. MF Temecula, Calif./Chaparral 21 Analysa Ortiz-Cloninger So. MF Reno, Nev./Reno 23 Ayriannah Elgin So. D Spanaway, Wash./Bethel 28 Lizeth Lobato So. D North Las Vegas, Nev./Canyon Springs 31 Alyssa Jenne Fr. GK Reno, Nev./Reno Head coach: Samantha Aucoin
morningside college men O. N 2 3 5 6 8 10 12 16 21 22 23 40 52 70
NAME Jayvon McKinney Zachary Craig Joe Sommervold Ayden Taylor Ethan Peterson Caleb Rasmussen Kenshi Tsukamoto Brendan Rorabacher Ryan Oatman Brian Nathaniel Austin Streeter Jacob Evans Jacob Johnson Albi Hernandez
POS. MF MF MF A/MF LSM/MF MF A A MF A GK D D D
YR. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. So.
HOMETOWN Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs Danbury, Iowa/MVAO Sioux Falls, S.D./O’Gorman Gretna, Neb./Gretna Loveland, Colo./Loveland Lincoln, Neb./East Misato-Shi, Japan Eagle, Idaho/Eagle Plattsmouth, Neb. Sioux City, Iowa/East Sioux City, Iowa/West Broken Arrow, Okla./Union Nowata, Okla./Nowata Miami, Fla./Immaculata-LaSalle
Head coach: Jack O’Brien
Ottawa University men O. NAME N YR. POS. HOMETOWN 2 Samuel Snyder Fr. A Wildwood, Mo./Francis Howell 3 Andrew Gonzales Sr. D Shawnee, Kan./Shawnee Mission North 4 Robert Roseberry So. MF Denver, Colo./MSU Denver 5 Braydon Francis Fr. MF/F Wichita, Kan./Maize 6 Jairus Hall Fr. MF Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley 7 Kenneth Geiger So. MF Cary, Ill./Columbia College 9 Joey Ceto Jr. A Naples, Fla./Golden Gate 10 Jake Christopherson So. GK Reno, Nev./Lee’s Summit North 11 Adam Fletcher So. GK Omaha, Neb./Westside 12 Jacob Vincentini Fr. MF/F Omaha, Neb./Westside 13 Luke Spells So. SS/D/MF Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock 14 Kane Adelmann Fr. D Fenton, Mo./Kirkwood 16 Dakota Lepker So. MF Independence, Mo./Truman 19 Travis Alvis Jr. D Morgantown, N.C./Patton 20 Mason Boedeker Jr. LSM Rogers, Ark. /Lincoln Memorial University 21 William Carroll Fr. A Littleton, Colo./Columbine 23 Joshua Curving Fr. D/LSM West Milford, N.J./West Milford 24 Jake Noernberg Jr. MF Olathe, Kan./Olathe South 27 Trenton Barrows Jr. LSM Gardner, Kan./Gardner Edgerton 31 Brandon DeMarco Jr. A High Ridge, Mo./Rockwood Summit 41 Jayden Spore Fr. F Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley 60 Brendan Shaughnessy Jr. F/A Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest Head coach: Seth Matlock Assistant coaches: Kyle Beard, Pearson Willis, Nolan Castle, Aiden BakerHead coach: Samantha Aucoin Assistant coaches: Paige McAllister, Nolan Castle
Conference all-league honoree for a good share of the match won six draw controls, and senior defender Shawnae Van Veldhuizen registered three ground balls. Junior midfielder/attacker Ashley Wilcox fired off two shot attempts, each of which was on goal. Both teams were picked in the number ten slot on the KCAC’s preseason coaches poll, released on Jan. 20. O’Brien’s men’s program received 14 poll points, tying the University of St. Mary. St. Marie’s women’s program picked up 13 points. Columbia College’s men and Benedictine College’s women were tabbed preseason favorites. Mside highlights Spring Break 2020 Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14. They travel to St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, Saturday, and Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa, Sunday for league doubleheaders.
ABOUT THE braves Head coach Samantha Aucoin’s women’s team stood 1-0 going into a March 4 match against Missouri Valley. Early on, sophomore attacker Cecily Anderson had been a one-person offensive weapon, ranking in the national first 10 in points, assists, goals, and shots per match. She went for five goals and four assists in OU’s season and conferencebeginning 22-3 victory over the University of Saint Mary on March 2. Ottawa’s men, coached by Seth Matlock, received votes on the first NAIA coaches’ national ranking. They got their season and league schedules off to a strong start dispatching of USM 21-7 March 2. They took a 1-0 record to Missouri Valley on March 4.