AL’S FEARLESS 5IVE
Florida Atlantic
Grand Valley State
Regis
Tampa
West Chester
The latest historical past of NCAA Division II girls’s lacrosse has been about championship-winning sides from non-traditional areas. Since 2016, the trophy has resided in, amongst different locales, Florida, Missouri, and Indianapolis.
There may very nicely be an extra shift in locale for the 2025 season. Meet the Regis Rangers out of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Convention. One yr in the past, Regis had a 20-2 season that solely ended once they fell by a objective within the nationwide semifinal. Regis returns its two prime point-scorers in juniors Maggie Schopfer and Shea Murphy.
Regis misplaced that nationwide semifinal to the eventual champion, the College of Tampa. The Spartans earned their manner into the title match, beating 4 groups ranked within the prime three — together with No. 1 Florida Southern within the quarterfinal and the next No. 1 group, Adelphi, within the title match.
Tampa returns sophomore Peyton Howell and junior Sophie Wrisk to the lineup. The group additionally did fairly nicely within the switch portal, getting midfielders Christina Sato from the College of Indianapolis, Sarah Engle from Loyola, and Alexis Abe from UMBC.
One other group to be reckoned with from the Sunshine State is Florida Southern. The Moccasins, a former NCAA title group, did have 16 wins a yr in the past, however bumped into Tampa twice within the postseason, dropping each occasions. Southern’s main returning scorers are a pair of graduate college students: attackers Abby McFerren and Hannah Hale.
A group which may very well be constructing in the direction of nationwide title prominence is Grand Valley State. Regardless of dropping quite a lot of their offense a yr in the past, the group will look to sophomore Delaney Smith and senior Ashley Rothe to place the ball within the cage and make it again to the Division II match for the fourth straight season.
One group seeking to make a big-time redemption for final season is West Chester. The Rams gained their first 20 matches a yr in the past, however have been eradicated within the second spherical by East Stroudsburg. The defending PSAC champions will return 48-goal scorer Sydney Wasdick and 36-goal scorer Madeline Edinger. The problem for this facet will probably be goaltending. Hannah Cornelius has a grand complete of 14 minutes and 23 seconds of varsity expertise, and could have incoming freshman Morgan Koons as competitors for the beginning job.
