Women's Lacrosse 5/9/2025 7:20:39 PM Courtesy of Army West Point Athletics Communications

Army West Point Women's Lacrosse Falls to Penn in NCAA First Round

Courtesy of Army West Point Athletics Communications

COLLEGE PARK, MD. – The Army Black Knights (13-4, Patriot 8-1) women's lacrosse team fell to the Penn Quakers (11-6, Ivy 5-2) by a score of 16 - 6. In the loss, junior Brigid Duffy scored two goals and broke the Army single-season goal record with 64 goals on the season. Notably, freshman Emma Hendry also scored her first collegiate goal in the loss.

Notables

The Black Knights finish the season with a 13-4 overall record and make their second program appearance in the NCAA tournament.
Junior Brigid Duffy scored two goals, including her 64^th of the season, which breaks Army's single- season goal record set by Jackie Brattan in 63 goals in 2019.
Junior Allison Reilly extended her single-season program record in points to 101 with a goal.
Freshman Emma Hendry scored her first collegiate goal in the third quarter of the game

By the Numbers

Goals: Brigid Duffy (2)
Points: Brigid Duffy (2)
Shots on Goal: Brigid Duffy (6)
Caused Turnovers: Sarah Chernik (2)
Saves: Lindsey Serafine (8)
Draw Controls: Allison Reilly (3)

How it Happened

Penn started the game on a four-goal run before junior Brigid Duffy scored her first goal of the game to get the scoring going for the Black Knights.
Junior Allison Reilly scored her 60^th goal and 101^st point of the season at 4:50 in the second period to cut into the Penn lead, 10-2.
In the closing seconds of the half, senior Gabrielle Mirak scored off a feed inside the eight meter to junior Lily Valentini to take an 11-3 deficit into the break.
Coming out of the half, the Black Knights took a 3-0 run to cut the Penn led to five goals.
Freshman Emma Hendry scored her first collegiate goal at 10:19 in the third quarter, beating the Penn goalkeeper in-tight.
In the closing five minutes of the third quarter, Duffy scored her second and program single-season record breaking 64^th goal. Duffy caught the ball on the left arc before ducking underneath a Penn defender, beating the goalie down low.
The Black Knights would make it as close a 11-6 to close the third quarter, before the Quakers took a 5-0 run in the fourth to claim the first round win.

The Black Knights finish the season with a 13-4 record and make their second appearance in the NCAA tournament in program history.