Box Score

Gwynedd Valley, Pa. - The Notre Dame of Maryland University lacrosse team saw their 2012 season come to an end with a 14-12 loss to Gwynedd-Mercy College in the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) quarterfinals. The Gators conclude their season with a 8-8 overall record and a 3-6 mark in CSAC play while the Griffins are now 8-9 on the year and will face #2 Cabrini on Wednesday, May 2. In the other CSAC quarterfinal, Centenary outlasted Neumann, 13-9, and will play at #1 Marywood.  

The Griffins jumped out to a 2-0 lead but Allison Terry and Ashley Cumberland evened the score at 2-2 at 22:53 with unassisted goals and at 18:46, Molly Murray put the vistors up 3-2. Gwynedd scored twice more to make it a 4-3 game, but Terry recorded her second goal at 16:22 to make it 4-4. The Griffins went on a 5-0 run over the next six and a half minutes to jump out to a 9-4 lead, but Terry scored two more goals to make it 9-6 with 2:20 left to play in the opening half. Gwynedd responded with two more goals and Terry converted her free position attempt with :26 on the clock to send the teams to halftime with the Griffins up 11-7.

Just sixteen seconds into the second half, Terry made it an 11-8 game, but Gwynedd responded again with two goals to extend their lead to 13-8. Lindsey Miller, Terry, and Murray scored one goal apiece over the next eight minutes to make it a 13-11 game with eight minutes to play, and Gwynedd and Notre Dame would again exchange one more goal to make the final 14-12 score stand.

Terry was the game's high scorer with seven goals and led the Gators with four groundballs and six draw controls, while Murray finished with three goals, an assist, and five draw controls. Cumberland and Miller each had one goal, and Katie Johnston had five draw controls. Mary Briggs made five saves in goal.

Notre Dame graduates five players from the 2012 squad: Sam Burley, Ashley Cumberland, Kelsey Kempf, Lauren McCusker, and Dee Waters.