Following a 14-7 victory over Juniata in the semifinals, The top-seeded University of Scranton women's lacrosse team (15-3) is set to host No. 2 seed Catholic (12-6) in Saturday's Landmark Conference Championship game at Weiss Field with action slated to get underway at 1 p.m.

The winner of Saturday's game will secure the Landmark's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division III tournmament with the field of 46 set to be announced in a live selection show on NCAA.com on Monday morning at 10:30 AM.

Admission to Saturday's championship game is $7 for adults 18+ and $4 for children ages 10-17. Children ages nine and under are admitted free of charge, as are all Landmark Conference students, faculty and staff with their school ID.

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This marks the eighth straight year that the Royals and Cardinals have done battle in the Landmark Championship game with the Royals notching a 17-10 victory in 2023 behind a career-high eight goals from senior Erin Reich (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side).

Junior Grace Lane (Long Beach, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) scored five goals and Reich added four as the Royals secured a spot in Saturday's title game with a 14-7 win over Juniata on Thursday. Freshman Jillian Lopez (Sayville, N.Y./St. Anthony's) and senior Kayleigh Stalter (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook) added two goals apiece in the victory.

Charlotte Spaulding led the way for Catholic with five goals and Mia Perkell and Mattea Del Peschio had three apiece as they posted a 16-1 win over Susquehanna in Thursday's other semifinal.

On the season, Scranton has five players that have scored 20 or more goals led by Lane with 54 and Reich with 40. Senior Devyn Tanajewski (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland) has also added 18 goals and 23 assists.

Elsewhere for the Royals, freshman Eileen Hewitt (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East)-who was named Landmark Rookie of the Year on Friday-has 27 goals, seven assists, 74 draw controls, 31 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers.

Senior defender Grace Dabulas (Scotch Plains, N.J./Westfield) leads the team with 27 caused turnovers and fellow senior Karina Roettger (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) has 22 of her own.

In goal, junior Lauren Boldis (Merrick, N.Y./Sanford H. Calhoun) ranks in the top three of the conference in both goals against average (8.79) and save percentage (.461).

Perkell leads Catholic with 35 goals on the year and Izzy Fiore has added 31, while Del Peschio has added 25 goals and a team-leading 21 assists.

Rachel Rubenstein is tops on the Cardinals with 48 caused turnovers and has added 66 ground balls en route to earning Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors for a second year in a row.

--ROYALS--