Moon Township, Pa. - Robert Morris University women's lacrosse wraps the regular season with a pair of Northeast Conference contests on Friday and Sunday. The Colonials are battling for a spot in the NEC postseason tournament, as Friday's visitor Sacred Heart jousts with RMU and Mount St. Mary's for the third and fourth place positions.

#GAMEDAY INFORMATION                    
Robert Morris (7-8, 3-2 NEC, T-3rd)
vs. Sacred Heart  (2-12, 2-3 NEC, 5th)
Joe Walton Stadium // Moon Township, Pa.
Friday, April 27  //  3:00 p.m.
LIVE VIDEO  |  LIVE STATS

SENIOR DAY
vs. LIU Brooklyn  (3-11, 0-5 NEC, 8th)
Sunday, April 29  //  12:00 p.m.
Joe Walton Stadium // Moon Township, Pa.
LIVE VIDEO  |  LIVE STATS
 
PLAYOFF PICTURE
Robert Morris can clinch a fifth consecutive postseason tournament berth with a win over Sacred Heart. A loss to the Pioneers wouldn't eliminate the Colonials from postseason contention but would make the path extremely difficult. In the event of a two-way tie with Mount St. Mary's, RMU holds the tiebreaker thanks to a 14-4 head-to-head victory earlier this season. The playoff scenarios will be more clear following Friday's games, including the NEC Tournament host site and regular season champions, which will be determined in the contest between Bryant and Wagner, with the winner clinching hosting rights.

LAST TIME OUT
Robert Morris moved to 3-2 in Northeast Conference play with a 12-5 win at Central Connecticut. Five Colonials scored two goals, including Dana Davis, Clio Kerr, Niki Grillon, Melanie Gandy and Mackenzie Gandy. Shannon Lynch scored a goal and 6 assists for a career-high 7-point game. Kerr recorded 10 draw controls for the second straight game. Davis reached 100 goals for her career. Katelyn Miller made 8 saves in her seventh win of the season.
 
COLONIALS CAPSULE
RMU is led in scoring by junior Shannon Lynch, who's racked up 31 points on 19 goals and 12 assists. Sophomore Melanie Gandy is second in scoring with 29 points on 17 goals and 12 assists. Junior Sophia Eureka is tied for the team goals lead with 19, while Senior Dana Davis has 18. Sophomore Katelyn Miller has started all 15 games in goal, posting a 9.67 goals against average and .468 save percentage.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
RMU is 4-9 all-time versus Sacred Heart, dropping last year's contest at SHU by a late goal, 16-15. RMU won the previous matchup 6-5 on home turf. Five of the 13 games in the series have been decided by one goal. The Colonials are 10-3 all-time vs. LIU Brooklyn, winning the last ten consecutive games. RMU has outscored LIU 47-30 in the last three matchups, winning 22-17 last season in Brooklyn.

SENIOR CELEBRATION
Robert Morris will honor its three 2018 seniors prior to Sunday's game and the Colonials encourage fans to arrive early for the ceremony. Senior midfielder Dana Davis, attacker Niki Grillon and defender Taylor Lewand, will all be recognized on Sunday.

DANGEROUS DEFENSE
Robert Morris had the one of the top defense in the NEC in 2018. RMU is currently ranked 4th in the NCAA in ground balls per game (23.40, 1st in NEC), 18th in the NCAA in caused turnovers per game (10.47, 2nd in NEC), and scoring defense is 20th (9.60, 3rd in NEC).
 
DYNAMIC DANA
Senior Dana Davis is the definition of an all-around midfielder, bringing a balanced and determined style to the field. An all-NEC first team honoree last season, Davis has earned league honors in each of her three seasons, an all-Rookie team member as a freshman and a second-team sophomore. Davis is among the NCAA's active career leaders in ground balls (5th, 177), ground balls per game (14th, 2.72), caused turnovers (11th, 93) and caused turnovers per game (33rd, 1.43). Davis is now RMU's all-time ground balls leader with 177. The senior from Garnet Valley, Pa. is second on the team in goal-scoring with 18 goals, posting 38 draw controls, collecting 23 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers.
 
CADET KELLY
Kelly Colegrove has guarded the Colonials net-front with authority, leading the team with 30 caused turnovers, ranked second in the Northeast Conference and 21st in the NCAA, averaging 2.00 caused turnovers per game. Colegrove set a single-game school record with a career-high 7 caused turnovers in RMU's 14-4 rout of Mount St. Mary's on April 8. Colegrove also found the scoreboard for her first career goal in RMU's 18-12 victory at SFU on April 13.
 
EUREKA! SHE HAS FOUND IT
Sophia Eureka has had the magic stick for the Colonials, tied for the RMU lead in goal-scoring with 19 on the season. The junior is second in total points with 24.
 
QUEEN OF THE CAGE
Sophomore Katelyn Miller returns in goal for RMU after a successful frosh campaign. Miller posted an 11-6-0 record a season ago and is 7-8 through 15 starts in 2018. Miller looks solid as ever, posting a career-high and RMU single-game record 18 saves vs. Louisville on March 23. Miller's 9.67 goals against average this season ranks third in the NEC and 16th in the NCAA. Miller's .468 save percentage is fourth in the NEC and 32nd in the NCAA.  
 
RETURN OF THE MACK
Sophomore Mackenzie Gandy returned to the Colonials lineup last weekend, playing both games at Bryant and CCSU. Gandy scored three goals and four assists, picking up 7 points in her weekend return.
 
TEN POINTS FOR GRIFFIN-DOR
Freshman Madison Griffin been a ball hawk for the Colonials, leading the team in ground balls with 37. Griffin is ranked 10th in the NEC and 77th in the NCAA, averaging 2.47 ground balls per game.
 
CAUSE A RUCKUS
Along with Colegrove ranking second in the NEC in caused turnovers per game (2.00), sophomore defender Madison Burke ranks eighth (1.27).
 
MILESTONE MARKS
Dana Davis reached 100 career goals in last Sunday's win at CCSU. 100 goals places Davis in a tie for sixth all-time in goals at Robert Morris. She's ranked sixth all-time in points as well with 130 for her career. Davis became the program leader in ground balls this season, setting a new record that she's continuing to add onto, now with 177 ground balls for her career.
 
412 CREW
RMU sports two players from the Pittsburgh area, senior Taylor Lewand (Oakland Catholic) and junior Shannon Lynch (Shaler).
 
OLD LINE STATE OF MIND
The Colonials sport 15 players from the state of Maryland. Others represented include four from Pennsylvania, one from New York, Michigan, Texas and one from Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
 
SO FRESH
RMU welcomes seven freshman to the program in 2018, all of whom have seen game action so far this season.
 
WINNING WAYS
The Colonials have posted five consecutive winning seasons, with the last four resulting in trips to the Northeast Conference postseason tournament. Robert Morris holds a 49-36 record over the last five years. RMU went 11-7 overall last season and 5-2 in NEC play.
 

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