WASHINGTON – The No. 3 seeded Georgetown women's lacrosse team (7-10, 4-2 BE) will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio take on No. 2 UConn (10-6, 5-1 BE) in the Semifinals of the BIG EAST Championship, presented by Jeep on Thursday, May 2.  The first draw is set for 4 p.m. at Corcoran Field. 

About the Hoyas

• The Blue & Gray are coming off of a  9-8 home loss to UConn in the last regular season game on Saturday. 
• Gracie Driggs led the Hoyas in scoring this season with 38 goals followed by Emma Gebhardt with 30. Tatum Geist tallied 23 goals, Maley Starr recorded 22, Kylie Hazen netted 18 while Tessa Brooks rounded out the Hoyas in double digit scoring with 14. 
• Hazen generated a lot of offense for GU with a team-best 21 assists followed by Starr with nine. 
• Maggie O'Brien was dominant at the circle for the Hoyas with a squad-high of 58 draw controls followed by Lily Athanas with 55 and Driggs with 43.
• Starr paced the Blue & Gray with 20 caused turnovers while Geist followed with 18. 
• This season, Leah Warehime started in all 17 games and totaled 118 saves between the pipes for a .393 save percentage. 

About the Huskies

• The Huskies are coming off of a 9-8 road victory over the Hoyas last Saturday.
• Kate Shaffer scored with 2:51 left in the contest to give UConn the one goal lead to clinch the win over GU. 
• Shaffer (40G, 21A) leads the UConn offense with 61 points followed by Rayea Davis (42G, 16A) with 58.
• At the circle, Madelyn George holds a team high of 101 draw controls.
• Abby Beran and Riley Daly lead the Huskies with 21 caused turnovers each followed by Rylee Brown with 17
• In net, Landyn White has started in all 16 games and recorded 146 saves for a save percentage of .487.  

Series Info 

• Thursday's contest will be the 17th all-time meeting for the Hoyas and the Huskies with GU holding a 19-7 advantage over UConn. 
• The Hoyas and the Huskies have faced each other in three previous conference semifinals. GU earned a commanding 16-8 win in 2014 but fell 11-10 in 2015 and 15-13 in 2021. 

Fan Info

• Fans can tune in on BIG EAST Digital Network and FloSports. Click here for special university pricing. 
• Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.