The University of Akron Athletics
Saturday, February 22
Akron, Ohio
12:00 PM
University of Akron
vs
Presbyterian
Akron Lacrosse Hosts Presbyterian
February 21 | Women's Lacrosse
PRESBYTERIAN: LIVE STATS
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AKRON, Ohio -Â The University of Akron lacrosse team welcomes Presbyterian to the Stile Athletics Field House for a 12 p.m. tilt on Saturday (Feb. 22).
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PARKING UPDATE: Akron lacrosse fans are encouraged to park in Lot 6, 9 and 10 (Surrounding the Field House off Vine and Union Streets) for this week's lacrosse matches. Parking in other lots without appropriate UA permit is subject to ticketing by parking services. Please enter through the main doors to field house off South Union Street.
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ZIPS NAME TRIO TEAM CAPTAINS FOR 2025:
The Akron senior trio of Noelle Boyd (Murrysville, Pa.), Jaelyn Clinkscales (Rochester, N.Y.) and Bryanne Harner (Friendswood, Texas) will serve as the Zips' captains for the 2025 campaign.
SCOUTING AKRON:
Sophomore Sienna Hinchcliffe (Rochester, Minn.) leads the Zips in goals (11), points (16), shots (23) and shots on goal (18). Noelle Boyd paces the squad in draw controls (17), while ranking second in shots (16) and ground balls (8). Juniors Heather Carey (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Hinchcliffe direct the team in assists (5). Senior goalkeeper Hannah Sanders (Massillon, Ohio) has registered 21 saves and a team-high 12 ground balls.
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AKRON TRIO EARNS WEEKLY MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK ACCOLADES:
Junior Katie Baumer (Rochester, N.Y.), Sienna Hinchcliffe and Hannah Sanders were honored by the Mid-American Conference as its Lacrosse Players of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday (Feb. 19).
Baumer collected Defensive Player of the Week accolades, while Hinchcliffe was tabbed the Offensive Player of the Week. Sanders rounded out the weekly league plaudits garnering Goalkeeper of the Week accolades.
Baumer played a key role in the Zips' defensive efforts in a pair of victories last week. In Akron's win over Saint Francis, she helped the Zips limit the Red Flash to 21 shots, including 15 on goal, eight draw controls, while offensively adding two goals and two assists on four shots, all on net, with four draw controls and two ground balls. The Zips then held Xavier to only 12 shots on goal in win, while she tallied three goals and an assist on six shots, including three on goal, while recording one draw control and one ground ball.
Hinchcliffe registered team-best totals in goals (8), points (11), shots (15) and shots on goal (12), while ranking second in assists (3) and ground balls (6). In Akron's 11-4 win over Saint Francis, she recorded a game-high three goals on the strength of a game-best seven shots, including six on goal, while adding two ground balls and a draw control. She followed with a five-goal and three-assist performance in a victory over Xavier. Additionally, she added eight shots, including six on net, while tallying four ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover.
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Sanders recorded 16 saves and owning a 5.00 goals against average in a pair of victories for the Zips. In Akron's win over Saint Francis, she posted a season-best 10 saves and tallied a pair of ground balls. She followed with a six-save effort against Xavier, while adding a game-high five ground balls.
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SCOUTING PRESBYTERIAN:
Akron is meeting Presbyterian for the sixth time in program history. The Blue Hose enter their showdown with the Zips following a 15-5 setback versus Kent State on Thursday (Feb. 20). Junior Alyssa Perez leads Presbyterian's offensive efforts pacing the squad in goals (2), points (2), shots (4) and shots on goal (3). Junior goalkeeper Kayleigh Aitken collected six saves and four ground balls on the campaign en route to posting a 17.08 goals against average. Presbyterian is led by sixth-year head coach Eric Clakeley, who owns a 16-56 ledger as a head coach for the Blue Hose.
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IN OUR LAST MEETING (MARCH 11, 2024 – CLINTON, S.C.):
Sienna Hinchcliffe recorded a game-high four goals to propel the Zips to a 14-2 victory over Presbyterian College on March 11, 2024, in Clinton, S.C.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Hinchcliffe, Noelle Boyd and Jacqueline Glassey along with junior Kellen Fletcher (Valencia, Pa.) directed Akron's offensive performance tallying four, three, two and two goals, respectively.
• Tallying one goal apiece for the Zips was Presley Call, Heather Carey and senior Graceann Schwab (Rochester, N.Y.).
• Call netted her first career points as a Zip with a goal and an assist in the affair.
• Boyd and sophomore Kaitlyn Sikorski (Plymouth, Minn.) each garnered a game-high two assists in the contest, while Call, Fletcher, Glassey and Hinchcliffe were each credited with an assist.
• Hinchcliffe registered a game- and career-high nine shots for the Zips, including eight shots on net.
• Katie Baumer and Boyd tallied five and four draw controls, respectively, while Alexi Hardy logged a team-best two caused turnovers.
• Hannah Sanders and Kylan Rhude recorded seven and two saves, respectively, in the match.
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OUR LAST TIME OUT:
Sparked by five goals and three assists from Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron earned a 15-6 triumph past Xavier on Feb. 15 at Stile Athletics Field House.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Katie Baumer added three goals and an assist, while Noelle Boyd, Kellen Fletcher and senior Jaelyn Clinkscales (Rochester, N.Y.) each tallied two goals apiece.
• Boyd's fourth-quarter goal represented the 100th career goal in her Akron career.
• Heather Carey added a goal and an assist for the Zips.
• Boyd and Hinchcliffe each recorded a game-high three assists, while adding two, two and one assist, respectively, was Carey, Fletcher and Baumer.
• Hinchcliffe recorded a game-high eight shots, including six on goal, while Boyd, Baumer, Carey, Clinkscales and Fletcher tallied seven, six, four, four and four shots, respectively.
• Boyd and freshman Julia Mattingly (Leonardstown, Md.) netted a trio of caused turnovers apiece, while collecting a team-best five ground balls was Hannah Sanders.
• Boyd posted eight draw controls, while Sanders pulled in six saves for the Zips.
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IN THE LATEST MAC RANKINGS:
• Akron leads the Mid-American Conference in assists per contest (8.00), ground balls per tilt (20.67), points per game (20.33), shots per tilt (32.67), save percentage (.500) and goals against average (7.31).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe leads the conference in goals per game (3.67) and in points per outing (5.33) and is second in assists per match (1.67) and shots per contest (7.67).
• Noelle Boyd leads the league in draw controls per match (5.67), while ranking third in ground balls per contest (2.67) and fifth in shots per game (5.33).
• Heather Carey is rated second in assists per game (1.67).
• Hannah Sanders ranks second in the league in goals against average (7.31), save percentage (.488) and in ground balls (4.00) and fourth in saves per game (7.00).
• Julia Mattingly is rated second in caused turnovers (1.67) and ninth in draw controls (2.00).
• Katie Baumer is fourth in points per game (3.33), sixth in shots per outing (5.00) and eighth in assists per tilt (1.33).
• Sophomore Kacey Hopkins (Riva, Md.) is rated sixth in ground balls per game (2.33).
• Kellen Fletcher is ninth in goals per game (2.00) and points per match (3.00).
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ZIPS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS:
• Hannah Sanders is 13th in the NCAA in goals against average (7.31), 16th in ground balls (4.00), 32nd in save percentage (.488) and 49th in saves (21).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe is rated 17th in the NCAA points per tilt (5.33), 19th in points (16), 23rd in shots on goal (6.00), 27th in goals (11), goals per contest (3.67) and shots per game (7.67), while Noelle Boyd is 38th in draw controls (5.67).
• Akron ranked 14th in the NCAA in ground balls (20.67), 16th in scoring defense (7.33), 19th in assists per game (8.00), 21st in save percentage (.500), 23rd in shots per match (32.67), 29th in shots on goal (22.67) and in scoring margin (5.00), 30th in points per tilt (20.33), 33rd in clearing percentage (.906), 36th in winning percentage (.667), 41st in draw control percentage (.543) and 44th in scoring offense (12.33).
• Noelle Boyd is ranked eight among active NCAA D1 leaders in ground balls (114), ninth in career draw controls (4.55), 12th in ground balls per game (2.07) and 24th in draw controls per tilt (4.55), while Hannah Sanders is rated 24th in ground balls (90) and 41st in saves (228).
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UP NEXT:
Akron visits No. 24 Ohio State for a 3 p.m. tilt on Wednesday (Feb. 26) before hosting Butler on Sunday (March 2) at 2 p.m. at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field.
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AKRON, Ohio -Â The University of Akron lacrosse team welcomes Presbyterian to the Stile Athletics Field House for a 12 p.m. tilt on Saturday (Feb. 22).
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PARKING UPDATE: Akron lacrosse fans are encouraged to park in Lot 6, 9 and 10 (Surrounding the Field House off Vine and Union Streets) for this week's lacrosse matches. Parking in other lots without appropriate UA permit is subject to ticketing by parking services. Please enter through the main doors to field house off South Union Street.
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ZIPS NAME TRIO TEAM CAPTAINS FOR 2025:
The Akron senior trio of Noelle Boyd (Murrysville, Pa.), Jaelyn Clinkscales (Rochester, N.Y.) and Bryanne Harner (Friendswood, Texas) will serve as the Zips' captains for the 2025 campaign.
SCOUTING AKRON:
Sophomore Sienna Hinchcliffe (Rochester, Minn.) leads the Zips in goals (11), points (16), shots (23) and shots on goal (18). Noelle Boyd paces the squad in draw controls (17), while ranking second in shots (16) and ground balls (8). Juniors Heather Carey (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Hinchcliffe direct the team in assists (5). Senior goalkeeper Hannah Sanders (Massillon, Ohio) has registered 21 saves and a team-high 12 ground balls.
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AKRON TRIO EARNS WEEKLY MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK ACCOLADES:
Junior Katie Baumer (Rochester, N.Y.), Sienna Hinchcliffe and Hannah Sanders were honored by the Mid-American Conference as its Lacrosse Players of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday (Feb. 19).
Baumer collected Defensive Player of the Week accolades, while Hinchcliffe was tabbed the Offensive Player of the Week. Sanders rounded out the weekly league plaudits garnering Goalkeeper of the Week accolades.
Baumer played a key role in the Zips' defensive efforts in a pair of victories last week. In Akron's win over Saint Francis, she helped the Zips limit the Red Flash to 21 shots, including 15 on goal, eight draw controls, while offensively adding two goals and two assists on four shots, all on net, with four draw controls and two ground balls. The Zips then held Xavier to only 12 shots on goal in win, while she tallied three goals and an assist on six shots, including three on goal, while recording one draw control and one ground ball.
Hinchcliffe registered team-best totals in goals (8), points (11), shots (15) and shots on goal (12), while ranking second in assists (3) and ground balls (6). In Akron's 11-4 win over Saint Francis, she recorded a game-high three goals on the strength of a game-best seven shots, including six on goal, while adding two ground balls and a draw control. She followed with a five-goal and three-assist performance in a victory over Xavier. Additionally, she added eight shots, including six on net, while tallying four ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover.
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Sanders recorded 16 saves and owning a 5.00 goals against average in a pair of victories for the Zips. In Akron's win over Saint Francis, she posted a season-best 10 saves and tallied a pair of ground balls. She followed with a six-save effort against Xavier, while adding a game-high five ground balls.
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SCOUTING PRESBYTERIAN:
Akron is meeting Presbyterian for the sixth time in program history. The Blue Hose enter their showdown with the Zips following a 15-5 setback versus Kent State on Thursday (Feb. 20). Junior Alyssa Perez leads Presbyterian's offensive efforts pacing the squad in goals (2), points (2), shots (4) and shots on goal (3). Junior goalkeeper Kayleigh Aitken collected six saves and four ground balls on the campaign en route to posting a 17.08 goals against average. Presbyterian is led by sixth-year head coach Eric Clakeley, who owns a 16-56 ledger as a head coach for the Blue Hose.
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IN OUR LAST MEETING (MARCH 11, 2024 – CLINTON, S.C.):
Sienna Hinchcliffe recorded a game-high four goals to propel the Zips to a 14-2 victory over Presbyterian College on March 11, 2024, in Clinton, S.C.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Hinchcliffe, Noelle Boyd and Jacqueline Glassey along with junior Kellen Fletcher (Valencia, Pa.) directed Akron's offensive performance tallying four, three, two and two goals, respectively.
• Tallying one goal apiece for the Zips was Presley Call, Heather Carey and senior Graceann Schwab (Rochester, N.Y.).
• Call netted her first career points as a Zip with a goal and an assist in the affair.
• Boyd and sophomore Kaitlyn Sikorski (Plymouth, Minn.) each garnered a game-high two assists in the contest, while Call, Fletcher, Glassey and Hinchcliffe were each credited with an assist.
• Hinchcliffe registered a game- and career-high nine shots for the Zips, including eight shots on net.
• Katie Baumer and Boyd tallied five and four draw controls, respectively, while Alexi Hardy logged a team-best two caused turnovers.
• Hannah Sanders and Kylan Rhude recorded seven and two saves, respectively, in the match.
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OUR LAST TIME OUT:
Sparked by five goals and three assists from Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron earned a 15-6 triumph past Xavier on Feb. 15 at Stile Athletics Field House.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Katie Baumer added three goals and an assist, while Noelle Boyd, Kellen Fletcher and senior Jaelyn Clinkscales (Rochester, N.Y.) each tallied two goals apiece.
• Boyd's fourth-quarter goal represented the 100th career goal in her Akron career.
• Heather Carey added a goal and an assist for the Zips.
• Boyd and Hinchcliffe each recorded a game-high three assists, while adding two, two and one assist, respectively, was Carey, Fletcher and Baumer.
• Hinchcliffe recorded a game-high eight shots, including six on goal, while Boyd, Baumer, Carey, Clinkscales and Fletcher tallied seven, six, four, four and four shots, respectively.
• Boyd and freshman Julia Mattingly (Leonardstown, Md.) netted a trio of caused turnovers apiece, while collecting a team-best five ground balls was Hannah Sanders.
• Boyd posted eight draw controls, while Sanders pulled in six saves for the Zips.
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IN THE LATEST MAC RANKINGS:
• Akron leads the Mid-American Conference in assists per contest (8.00), ground balls per tilt (20.67), points per game (20.33), shots per tilt (32.67), save percentage (.500) and goals against average (7.31).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe leads the conference in goals per game (3.67) and in points per outing (5.33) and is second in assists per match (1.67) and shots per contest (7.67).
• Noelle Boyd leads the league in draw controls per match (5.67), while ranking third in ground balls per contest (2.67) and fifth in shots per game (5.33).
• Heather Carey is rated second in assists per game (1.67).
• Hannah Sanders ranks second in the league in goals against average (7.31), save percentage (.488) and in ground balls (4.00) and fourth in saves per game (7.00).
• Julia Mattingly is rated second in caused turnovers (1.67) and ninth in draw controls (2.00).
• Katie Baumer is fourth in points per game (3.33), sixth in shots per outing (5.00) and eighth in assists per tilt (1.33).
• Sophomore Kacey Hopkins (Riva, Md.) is rated sixth in ground balls per game (2.33).
• Kellen Fletcher is ninth in goals per game (2.00) and points per match (3.00).
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ZIPS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS:
• Hannah Sanders is 13th in the NCAA in goals against average (7.31), 16th in ground balls (4.00), 32nd in save percentage (.488) and 49th in saves (21).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe is rated 17th in the NCAA points per tilt (5.33), 19th in points (16), 23rd in shots on goal (6.00), 27th in goals (11), goals per contest (3.67) and shots per game (7.67), while Noelle Boyd is 38th in draw controls (5.67).
• Akron ranked 14th in the NCAA in ground balls (20.67), 16th in scoring defense (7.33), 19th in assists per game (8.00), 21st in save percentage (.500), 23rd in shots per match (32.67), 29th in shots on goal (22.67) and in scoring margin (5.00), 30th in points per tilt (20.33), 33rd in clearing percentage (.906), 36th in winning percentage (.667), 41st in draw control percentage (.543) and 44th in scoring offense (12.33).
• Noelle Boyd is ranked eight among active NCAA D1 leaders in ground balls (114), ninth in career draw controls (4.55), 12th in ground balls per game (2.07) and 24th in draw controls per tilt (4.55), while Hannah Sanders is rated 24th in ground balls (90) and 41st in saves (228).
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UP NEXT:
Akron visits No. 24 Ohio State for a 3 p.m. tilt on Wednesday (Feb. 26) before hosting Butler on Sunday (March 2) at 2 p.m. at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field.
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