NCAA Women's Lacrosse-A Late Season Look
Missouri and Kansas expands into a sport new to the area and it doesn't take long to produce the best. A nationally ranked team loaded with local athletes. And arguably the best player in Division II.
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This Series
Playing On Sports covers four Spring Sports. They are all Kansas and Missouri athletes competing at any of the 1.100 NCAA colleges and universities. Typically we break them down by division, but for Lacrosse we combine all of the athletes.
Here is a list of the articles in this series:
Baseball - Division I - 130 Batters and 143 Pitchers - See it here!
Baseball - Division II - 261 Batters and 240 Pitchers - Coming Soon!
Baseball - Division III - Coming Soon!
Softball - Division I- 147 Batters and 43 Pitchers - See it here!
Softball - Division II - 187 Batters and 63 Pitchers - Coming Soon
Softball - Division III - Coming Soon!
Men’s Lacrosse - Introductory Edition - See it here!
Men’s Lacrosse - All Divisions - See it here!
Women’s Lacrosse - Introductory Edition - See it here!
Women’s Lacrosse - All Divisions - This is it!
The Basketball Series
We will be wrapping up the Basketball season very soon. You won’t want to miss our comprehensive accounting of awards won and statistics generated. In each edition you will see, athlete by athlete, who earned what season honor, and who placed highly in a statistical category. You will see photos and hear from their collegiate coaches. You will also have complete season stats for every athlete from Missouri and Kansas who occupied a spot on an NCAA Basketball roster.
We include academic honors along with athletic honors. Some of these awards come a few weeks after the season is over. The wait is very worthwhile.
Men’s Basketball - Division I - 111 Athletes - Coming Soon!
Women’s Basketball - Division I - 122 Athletes - Coming Soon!
Men’s Basketball - Division II - 152 Athletes - Coming Soon!
Women’s Basketball - Division II - 166 Athletes - Coming Soon!
Men’s Basketball - Division III - 116 Athletes - See it here!
Women’s Basketball - Division III - 91 Athletes - See it here!
That’s right! All 758 athletes. Who is All-Conference? All-America? Player of the Year? Who scored the most? Who got the most steals? You see the awards of those honored and statistics for each of the 758 athletes. You can’t find all of this in one place anywhere else. This is your opportunity to get your free subscription right now:
Highlighting Women’s Lacrosse
As noted above, while there are several outstanding WLAX athletes detailed here, one stands out beyond all others. Not just here locally, but nationally. Sydney Tiemann (Eureka-MO/Maryville Univ.-MO) made history just last week. She became the all time leader in Goals Scored in Division II. That’s right. Sydney has scored more goals than any other Division II WLAX athlete. Ever. She also leads this group in Points and Draws Controlled. We look forward to summarized her honors in the postseason.
Maryville entered their conference tournament championship game undefeated and ranked 6th nationally. Seven of the Saints’ starters come from Missouri high schools. Local ladies competing at the highest DII level. The assist leader is Danielle Cobbett (Lee’s Summit West/Aurora University). She also leads in shooting percentage.
It has been said that picking up ground balls leads to wins. Lauren Fischer (Kirkwood/Mckendree Univ.) has the most at this point in the season among several ladies who are making that statistic quite competitive. Haley Ritchie (Eureka-MO/Maryville Univ.-MO) is just a sophomore, but leads this group in Caused Turnovers. Four of the top five in Caused Turnovers are underclassmen.
The two goalkeepers who have gotten significant playing minutes in goal are Abby Hamilton (St. Dominic/Univ. of Wisc.-River Falls) and Kelly McClure (Webster Groves/Quincy Univ.).
Check out all of the details below.
The Spreadsheets
Don’t miss the spreadsheets attached at the end which contain eight biographical details along with 20 statistics for those in field positions and 10 statistics for each goalkeeper.
Total Goals
97 - Sydney Tiemann - Attack - Fifth Year - Eureka-MO - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
71 - Danielle Robinson - Middie - Fifth year - Francis Howell - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
57 - Lauren Ottensmeyer - Middie - Senior - Parkway West - Division I - Univ. of Cincinnati - Atlantic Coast Conference
53 - Sam Pruitt - Middie - Junior - Marquette - Division II - Missouri Western State Univ. - Great Lakes Valley Conference
51 - Helen Bae - Attack - Sophomore - Pattonville - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Total Assists
51 - Danielle Cobbett - Middie - Senior - Lee’s Summit West - Division III - Aurora University - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
32 - Amelia Ham - Attack - Sophomore - Parkway North - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
30 - Sydney Tiemann - Attack - Fifth Year - Eureka-MO - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
27 - Natalie Tomljenovic - Attack - Freshman - Lafayette-Wildwood - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
25 - Helen Bae - Attack - Sophomore - Pattonville - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Total Points
127 - Sydney Tiemann - Attack - Fifth Year - Eureka-MO - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
93 - Danielle Cobbett - Middie - Senior - Lee’s Summit West - Division III - Aurora University - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
78 - Danielle Robinson - Middie - Fifth year - Francis Howell - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
76 - Helen Bae - Attack - Sophomore - Pattonville - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
74 - Sam Pruitt - Middie - Junior - Marquette - Division II - Missouri Western State Univ. - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Shooting Percentage (MIn. of 50 Shots)
.646 (42 of 65) - Danielle Cobbett - Middie - Senior - Lee’s Summit West - Division III - Aurora University - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
.567 (51 of 90) - Helen Bae - Attack - Sophomore - Pattonville - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
.524 (97 of 185) - Sydney Tiemann - Attack - Fifth Year - Eureka-MO - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
.500 (37 of 74) - Lauren Mills - Middie - Junior - Kirkwood - Division III - Oberlin College - North Coast Athletic Conference
.500 (27 of 54) - Catey Roux - Attack - Senior - St. Joseph’s Academy - Division II - Rockhurst University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Total Ground Balls
48 - Lauren Fischer - Defender - Senior - Kirkwood - Division II - Mckendree University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
47 - Kelly McClure - Goalkeeper - Graduate Student - Webster Groves - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
46 - Tia Marlinghaus - Middie - Junior - Notre Dame-St. Louis - Division III - Methodist University - USA South Conference
42 - Grace Williams - Defender - Junior - Marquette - Division II - Missouri Western State Univ. - Great Lakes Valley Conference
40 - Abby Mackenzie - Middie - Junior - Lee’s Summit West - Division III - North Central College - College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Total Caused Turnovers
39 - Haley Ritchie - Defender - Sophomore - Eureka-MO - Division II - Maryville-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
31 - Kaylee Gross - Defender - Freshman - Eureka-MO - Division II - William Jewell College - Great Lakes Valley Conference
30 - Grace Williams - Defender - Junior - Marquette - Division II - Missouri Western State Univ. - Great Lakes Valley Conference
27 - Ronnie Skorcz - Defender - Senior - Rockwood Summit - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
27 - Mia Smith - Defender - Freshman - Eureka-MO - Division II - William Jewell College - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Total Draw Controlled
125 - Sydney Tiemann - Attack - Fifth Year - Eureka-MO - Division II - Maryville University-MO - Great Lakes Valley Conference
86 - Abby Mackenzie - Middie - Junior - Lee’s Summit West - Division III - North Central College - College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
84 - Tia Marlinghaus - Middie - Junior - Notre Dame-St. Louis - Division III - Methodist University - USA South Conference
71 - Mikenna Ham - Middie - Sophomore - Parkway North - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
53 - Olivia Fornelli - Attack - Freshman - Liberty North - Division II - William Jewell College - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Minutes in Goal
982 - Kelly McClure - Goalkeeper - Graduate Student - Webster Groves - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
415 - Abby Hammond - Goalkeeper - Sophomore - St. Dominic - Division III - Wisconsin-River Falls - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Goals Against Average
8.38 - Abby Hammond - Goalkeeper - Sophomore - St. Dominic - Division III - Wisconsin-River Falls - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
12.88 - Kelly McClure - Goalkeeper - Graduate Student - Webster Groves - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Save Percentage
.459 - Kelly McClure - Goalkeeper - Graduate Student - Webster Groves - Division II - Quincy University - Great Lakes Valley Conference
.356 - Abby Hammond - Goalkeeper - Sophomore - St. Dominic - Division III - Wisconsin-River Falls - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Here is the link to the spreadsheet that contains 20 statistics on all 89 Women’s Lacrosse athletes. The list is in high school order first, then by the athlete’s last name. The data is as of April 27.
Here is the link to the spreadsheet that contains ten statistics on the four Goalkeepers. The list is in high school order first, then by the athlete’s last name. The data is as of April 27.
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