AMHERST, MASS. - The Minutewomen close out their two-game homestand against Duquesne on Saturday, March 15 at 12 p.m. in Amherst. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and can be followed live on umassathletics.com or UMassLacrosse on Twitter. This week for the Minutewomen THE MAtchup Saturday's matchup marks the 31st meeting between the two programs with Massachusetts holding a 23-7 record all-time in the series. The Minutewomen faced Duquesne last season, claiming a 20-7 win on Saturday, April 6 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Massachusetts has won 47 consecutive A-10 regular season matchups, last falling 17-16 in overtime to VCU on Sunday, April 11 at Cary Street Field. LAST TIME OUT MMassachusetts secured a dominant 18-8 victory over Rhode Island in the first matchup between the regional foes since 1982 on Wednesday afternoon at Garber Field. Kassidy Morris once again led the way offensively scoring five goals on nine shots. Tessa Shields recorded her fifth multi-goal game, tallying four goals and two assists on the afternoon. Shields added three ground balls in the effort as well. Ava Connaughton paced the Minutewomen in points, recording a career-high seven on four goals and three assists. The Westwood, Massachusetts native also collected three ground balls and three caused turnovers for an all-around effort. At a glance The Massachusetts women's lacrosse program comes into 2025 off it's 15th straight Atlantic 10 regular season title. Senior Jordan Dean enters the year as a Inside Lacrosse Division I Preseason First Team All-American. Dean comes off a 2024 season which saw her set the NCAA Division I single season record for draw controls, breaking the previous mark of 221 while finishing the season with 261. The junior was named to the Atlantic 10 First-Team All-Conference squad after finishing with double-digit draw controls in 15-of-18 games, including a career-high 20 against VCU Senior Kassidy Morris earned Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference after scoring a team-leading 63 goals while adding 16 assists to rank second on the team in points with 79 last season. The Washago, Ontario native posted hat tricks in 14 games and posted seven goals in back-to-back wins over VCU and UConn. Overall the Minutewomen return 23 players from last season while welcoming 12 newcomers comprised of nine freshman and three transfers. On the Sideline Head Coach Jana Drummond enters her third season at the helm of the Minutewomen, holding a career record of 33-11 (.750). Drummond has coached the Minutewomen to the Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship in all three seasons, coaching five major conference award winners. Assistant Lia Laprise enters her second season in Amherst, coming to UMass after a standout career at UConn, where she finished her career as the program's all-time leader in points and assists. Assistant Avergy Giorgio begins her tenure with the Minutewomen after two stints as an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Trinity College. A former Division I Lacrosse player at Holy Cross and assistant at both the club level and Trinity College, Giorgio brings immense experience to the Massachusetts program. Program alum Kendra Harbinger returns as Director of Player Development after playing her graduate season with the Minutewomen in 2022. Harbinger earned IWLCA Second-Team All-Region and second-team all-league honors in 2022 after leading Mass in points with 62 and goals with 49. Up Next The Minutewomen returns to the road to face George Washington on Saturday, March 22 at 12 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and can be followed live on umassathletics.com or UMassLacrosse on Twitter.

AMHERST, MASS. – The Minutewomen close out their two-game homestand against Duquesne on Saturday, March 15 at 12 p.m. in Amherst. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and can be followed live on umassathletics.com or UMassLacrosse on Twitter. This week for the Minutewomen THE MAtchup Saturday’s matchup marks the 31st meeting between the two programs with Massachusetts holding a 23-7 record all-time in […]

AMHERST, MASS. – The Minutewomen close out their two-game homestand against Duquesne on Saturday, March 15 at 12 p.m. in Amherst. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and can be followed live on umassathletics.com or UMassLacrosse on Twitter.
This week for the Minutewomen

THE MAtchup

Saturday’s matchup marks the 31st meeting between the two programs with Massachusetts holding a 23-7 record all-time in the series.
The Minutewomen faced Duquesne last season, claiming a 20-7 win on Saturday, April 6 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Massachusetts has won 47 consecutive A-10 regular season matchups, last falling 17-16 in overtime to VCU on Sunday, April 11 at Cary Street Field.

At a glance

MMassachusetts secured a dominant 18-8 victory over Rhode Island in the first matchup between the regional foes since 1982 on Wednesday afternoon at Garber Field.
Kassidy Morris once again led the way offensively scoring five goals on nine shots.
Tessa Shields recorded her fifth multi-goal game, tallying four goals and two assists on the afternoon. Shields added three ground balls in the effort as well.
Ava Connaughton paced the Minutewomen in points, recording a career-high seven on four goals and three assists. The Westwood, Massachusetts native also collected three ground balls and three caused turnovers for an all-around effort.

Up Next

The Massachusetts women’s lacrosse program comes into 2025 off it’s 15th straight Atlantic 10 regular season title.
Senior Jordan Dean enters the year as a Inside Lacrosse Division I Preseason First Team All-American.
Dean comes off a 2024 season which saw her set the NCAA Division I single season record for draw controls, breaking the previous mark of 221 while finishing the season with 261. The junior was named to the Atlantic 10 First-Team All-Conference squad after finishing with double-digit draw controls in 15-of-18 games, including a career-high 20 against VCU
Senior Kassidy Morris earned Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference after scoring a team-leading 63 goals while adding 16 assists to rank second on the team in points with 79 last season. The Washago, Ontario native posted hat tricks in 14 games and posted seven goals in back-to-back wins over VCU and UConn.
Overall the Minutewomen return 23 players from last season while welcoming 12 newcomers comprised of nine freshman and three transfers.

On the Sideline

Head Coach Jana Drummond enters her third season at the helm of the Minutewomen, holding a career record of 33-11 (.750). Drummond has coached the Minutewomen to the Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship in all three seasons, coaching five major conference award winners.
Assistant Lia Laprise enters her second season in Amherst, coming to UMass after a standout career at UConn, where she finished her career as the program’s all-time leader in points and assists.
Assistant Avergy Giorgio begins her tenure with the Minutewomen after two stints as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Trinity College. A former Division I Lacrosse player at Holy Cross and assistant at both the club level and Trinity College, Giorgio brings immense experience to the Massachusetts program.
Program alum Kendra Harbinger returns as Director of Player Development after playing her graduate season with the Minutewomen in 2022. Harbinger earned IWLCA Second-Team All-Region and second-team all-league honors in 2022 after leading Mass in points with 62 and goals with 49.

LAST TIME OUT

The Minutewomen returns to the road to face George Washington on Saturday, March 22 at 12 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and can be followed live on umassathletics.com or UMassLacrosse on Twitter.

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