Women’s Lacrosse pushed to a three-win streak over Misericordia on Saturday, April 5 when they took a 19-4 victory over the Cougars.
The teams began their rivalry in 2021, when Stevens joined the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC), and the Ducks were less promising, taking a 14-17 loss in Dallas, PA., on April 11 that year. In the next year and a half, the team fought their way to a three-win streak, with victories of 14-6, 13-5, and 13-9 both home and away, spanning from April 29, 2021 to May 4, 2022. Misericordia’s second head-to-head victory over the Ducks came in March of 2023, which ended 9-9 in the fourth quarter. Pushing into double overtime, the Ducks fell by one goal, scored at 1:26 into the seventh.
Since then, the Ducks have taken 10-5, 21-2, and most recently, 19-5 wins against the Cougars. While Misericordia was able to take the first goal of the game, Stevens dominated across all four quarters, most notably going 10-1 in the third. Game leaders included graduate student Emily Leiby, and juniors Maddie Hogan and Stefanie Sellitto. Leiby managed a season-high of six goals and one assist, while Hogan and Sellitto took three goals each, and a respective one and two assists. The conference match also marks 200 career points for Leiby, and puts the Ducks at 7-4, 2-0 MACF in the 2025 season.
