The Kent State lacrosse team played its final game of the season this Saturday and lost 19-5 against UMass. The Flashes finished 7-10 on the year and 2-5 in the Mid-American Conference.
“We started out kind of on our heels,” coach Brianne Tierney said. “We were just not playing like ourselves defensively.”
The Flashes didn’t score any in the first quarter, but junior attackers Morgan Halli and Haleigh Greenberg each scored one in the second, putting KSU down 12-2 going into halftime. The Flashes netted three more goals before the end of the game, but ultimately lost 15-9.
Senior midfielder Zayda Crumpton scored, as did junior midfielder Megan Klepacki and senior attacker Emily Bond.
Junior goalkeeper Sydney Davis played for 49 minutes and recorded 11 saves.
“UMass was a really strong team,” Tierney said. “They joined the MAC this year, and we really need to level up to compete with them in the years to come.”
Key Stats and Broken Records
Crumpton finished her final season as a Flash, leading in goal scoring with 36. The Hershey, Pa., native tied KSU’s record for career caused turnovers with 57.
Crumpton also finished off the year leading the team in assists with 16, shots with 134, shots on goal with 87 and caused turnovers with 49.
Halli was second in goals with 34, and she was tied for second in assists with senior attacker Lizzie Lundeen at nine.
Sophomore defender Anna Zucconi led in ground balls with 47, which broke KSU’s record for ground balls in a single season.
Davis led goalkeeping with 171 saves and a save percentage of .493. Davis’s impressive 171 saves broke KSU’s record for single-season saves.
Crumpton, Bond, Lundeen, midfielders Meghan Haddow and Peyton Gellin, defenseman Camryn Meek, and attackers Riley Floyd are all graduating seniors, and each of them has so much to be proud of over the course of their careers.
“All of them have done so phenomenally well at leading our group,” Tierney said, “They’re all going to do things. They’ve changed the program in so many ways for the better.”
Audrey McCarthy is a reporter. Contact her at [email protected].