BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Nine of the Patriot League’s 10 teams are in action through Sunday, with six games available on ESPN+, and Saturday morning’s Florida at Navy matchup nationally televised on CBS Sports Network.  
 
For more information on Patriot League women’s lacrosse dates, times and coverage, visit the women’s lacrosse composite schedule on the League’s official website - https://patriotleague.org.
 
Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse This Weekend (2.27-3.1.26)

Friday, Feb. 27	Time	Coverage
George Mason at American	1 p.m.	ESPN+
Bryant at Holy Cross	5:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Saturday, Feb. 21	Time	Coverage
No. 7 Florida at No. 10 Navy	9:30 a.m.	CBS Sports Network
Colgate at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	Noon	CentennialConference.tv
Boston University at Stetson	Noon	GoHatters.com
No. 13 Loyola Maryland at Penn	1 p.m.	ESPN+
La Salle at Lehigh	3 p.m.	ESPN+
Sunday, March 1	Time	Coverage
Lafayette at Monmouth	11 a.m.	FloCollege
No. 11 Colorado at No. 19 Army West Point	Noon	ESPN+
Lehigh at Columbia	Noon	ESPN+

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This Week in Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse (Tuesday, Feb. 24 – Wednesday, Feb. 25)
*Tuesday, Feb. 24: (At No. 15 Syracuse 15, No. 13 Loyola Maryland 7 – BOX SCORE) Loyola Maryland fell at Syracuse, 15-7, to fall to 2-3. Patriot League Midfielder of the Week Elisa Faklaris scored a game-high four goals to lead the Greyhounds. Her 16 goals are tied for third in the League.  
 
*Wednesday, Feb. 25: (At Bucknell 21, Rider 7 – BOX SCORE) Bucknell improved to 4-1 with a 21-7 victory over Rider. The Bison’s Megan Krestinski posted seven points on a game-high five goals, while Caleigh Cummiskey recorded seven points with three goals and four assists. Krestinski and Cummiskey are tied for the League lead with 20 goals apiece.  
*(At Lafayette 16, La Salle 7 – BOX SCORE) Lafayette opened a first-quarter 8-2 lead and never looked back, defeating La Salle, 16-7. Kristin Igneri and Georgia Swarr posted five points apiece, each finishing with three goals and two assists. Olivia Hover posted a game-high four goals and Katie Marrs eclipsed 200 career draw controls, finishing with a season-high 14.
 
Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse In the Polls
Inside Lacrosse KANE Women’s DI Media Poll
Reigning Patriot League Champion Navy climbed one spot to No. 10 when the Inside Lacrosse KANE Women’s DI Media Poll was released this week. The Mids downed High Point, 14-6, last week. Loyola Maryland moved up six spots to No. 13 after a 14-10 win over Princeton on Saturday. Army West Point moved up to No. 19, defeating Florida State, 13-7, on Saturday.
 
Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Coaches Poll
The Mids checked in at No. 10 in the IWLCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. Loyola Maryland moved up to No. 13, with Army West Point slipping one spot to 22nd.
 
2026 Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Standings (as of February 20, 2026)

School	PL	PL Pct.	Overall	Overall Pct.
No. 13 Loyola Maryland	1-0	1.000	2-3	.400
No. 10 Navy	0-0	.000	4-0	1.000
Bucknell	0-0	.000	4-1	.800
No. 19 Army West Point	0-0	.000	3-1	.750
Lafayette	0-0	.000	3-1	.750
Colgate	0-0	.000	2-1	.667
Boston University	0-0	.000	3-2	.600
American	0-0	.000	1-3	.250
Holy Cross	0-0	.000	1-3	.250
Lehigh	0-1	.000	2-2	.500

STATs (.XML) | NCAA RANKING SUMMARY (.PDF)
 
 
Army West Point’s Reilly and Bucknell’s Krestinski Rank Among NCAA DI Points Leaders
Army West Point’s Allison Reilly leads NCAA DI with 7.75 points per game, while Bucknell’s Megan Krestinski is seventh (6.40).  Reilly posted a Patriot League season-high 12-point performance in the Black Knights’ win over Marist on Feb. 10 and followed it up with a 10-point game against Florida State. Krestinski’s 10-point performance against UMBC on Feb. 13 is tied for the second-highest single-game total in the League this season. Bucknell freshman Caleigh Cummiskey is 12th in NCAA DI, averaging 5.6 points per game.
 
Bucknell’s Duo Leading the League and Ranking with NCAA Leaders in Goals
Bucknell’s Cummiskey and Krestinski are tied with Navy’s Alyssa Chung for 10th in NCAA DI, averaging 4.0 goals per game. Cummiskey and Krestinski are fifth in the nation with 20 total goals, while Chung and Loyola Maryland’s Elisa Faklaris are 20th with 16 goals apiece.
 
Loyola Maryland’s Murphy Among the Nation’s Draw Control Leaders
Loyola Maryland freshman Mae Murphy has made an immediate impact during her first collegiate campaign. In four games, the two-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week ranks third in NCAA DI with 13.6 draw controls per game. Her 68 draws through four games have her on pace to join impressive League former League rookies in topping 100 draw controls, joining Navy’s Reagan Roelofs, who posted 146 in 2019 and Loren Generi, who finished with 118 in 2012.  
 
Reilly’s Eight-Assist Performance Places her Among NCAA DI Active Leaders
Army West Point’s Allison Reilly set a Black Knights’ single-game program record with eight assists in a 13-7 win against Florida State. Reilly leads NCAA DI active leaders and ranks 10th in Patriot League history with 119 career assists. Reilly is second in NCAA DI, averaging 5.0 assists per game this season.
 
Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Active Leaders
Several active Patriot League women’s lacrosse student-athletes rank among the Patriot League’s career leaders entering the 2026 season.
200 POINTS CLUB
Army’s Duffy is 14th in League history and second among all active NCAA Division I players with 279 points, while Reilly is 16th in the League and third among active players after a 10-point performance in a 13-7 win against Florida State.
Rank Name (School) – Points
14. Brigid Duffy (Army West Point) – 279
16. Allison Reilly (Army West Point) – 272
 
100 GOALS CLUB
Duffy moved into the Patriot League’s career top 20 with a four-goal performance in the Black Knights’ 23-7 win over Marist and ranks second among NCAA DI active goal scorers. Reilly is 36th in League history and eighth among active goal scorers. Colgate’s Caroline Panzirer eclipsed 100 career goals with a four-goal performance in the Raiders’ 16-10 win over Niagara on Feb. 14.
Rank Name (School) - Goals
17. Brigid Duffy (Army West Point) - 194
36. Allison Reilly (Army West Point) – 153
91. Caroline Panzirer (Colgate) - 102
 
200 DRAW CONTROL CLUB
Lafayette’s Katie Marrs eclipsed 200 career draw controls to become the third active Patriot League player to reach the milestone. Marrs is 23rd in Patriot League history and 22nd among NCAA DI active leaders. Holy Cross’ Racheli Levy-Smith became the 10th player in Patriot League history to eclipse 300 career draw controls. Army’s Duffy became the 11th Patriot League student-athlete to surpass 300. Levy-Smith and Duffy are seventh and ninth among NCAA DI active leaders, respectively.
Rank Name (School) – Draw Controls
10. Racheli Levy-Smith (Holy Cross) – 315
11. Brigid Duffy (Army West Point) – 311
23. Katie Marrs (Lafayette) - 212
 
Four Patriot League Student-Athletes Named to Tewaaraton 2026 Watch List
Four Patriot League women’s lacrosse student-athletes were named to the 2026 Tewaaraton Award Watch List when it was announced. Army West Point’s Brigid Duffy (Sr. M) and Allison Reilly (Sr. A) and Navy’s Alyssa Chung (So. A) and Mikayla Williams (Jr. M)
Tewaaraton Announcement
 
Yovino Named IWLCA National Offensive Player of the Week
Navy’s Ava Yovino (Sr. M) was named the Division I National Offensive Player of the Week by the International Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) after the first week of the 2026 season. Yovino posted six points on two goals and four assists to go with seven draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers in the Mids’ upset victory over then-No. 10 Virginia.
IWLCA Release
 
Army West Point Collects Three Patriot League Preseason Major Awards; Navy Claims One
Army West Point placed four student-athletes on the 18-member Preseason All-Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Team, including three of the four major awards. Senior Allison Reilly was named Patriot League Preseason Attacker of the Year, senior Brigid Duffy earned Patriot League Preseason Midfielder of the Year and senior Lindsey Serafine claimed Patriot League Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year. Navy placed a League-high five student-athletes on the squad, including junior Jaclyn Johns, who was voted the Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Duffy Recognized as USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Women’s Lacrosse Midfielder of the Year
Army West Point’s Duffy was selected as the Preseason Midfielder of the Year after breaking the Black Knights’ single-season records for goals (64), ground balls (47) and caused turnovers (32). The three-time All-American is among the Patriot League’s career leaders in points (262), goals (182) and draw controls (283).
Read More from USA Lacrosse Magazine
 
Army’s Duffy and Reilly, Navy’s Chung Earn Nike Lacrosse Media All-America Honors
Three Patriot League women’s lacrosse student-athletes were selected to one of the three Nike Lacrosse Media All-America Teams when it was announced by Inside Lacrosse. Three-time All-America honoree Brigid Duffy (Army, Sr., M) earned a spot on the Media All-America Second Team, along with reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Year Alyssa Chung (Navy, So., A). Allison Reilly (Army, Sr. A) earned third-team honors.
 
Four Receive USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-America Honors
Army West Point’s Brigid Duffy earned Preseason All-America First Team honors from USA Lacrosse Magazine when it was announced. Army West Point’s Allison Reilly and Navy’s Mikayla Williams (Jr., M). Navy’s Alyssa Chung earned Honorable Mention All-America recognition.
 
Reigning Patriot League Champion Picked First in 2026 Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Poll
Head coach Cindy Timchal and the Mids received 80 points and eight first-place votes to rank atop the preseason poll after winning the program’s seventh League crown last season. Loyola Maryland, the 2025 regular-season champions, received 71 points and one first-place vote. They enter the 2026 season on a 93-game regular-season League-winning streak.
 
Army West Point placed third in the preseason poll with 68 points and one first-place vote. Holy Cross (51), Colgate (48) and Boston University (41) ranked fourth through sixth, with Lehigh (35), Bucknell (23), American (15) and Lafayette (13) rounding out the 10-team preseason poll.  
 
Army’s Duffy Named to US Lacrosse Women’s National Field Team
Courtesy of Army West Point Athletics Communications
Army West Point Women's Lacrosse senior Brigid Duffy has been named to the U.S. Women's National Team as announced by USA Lacrosse on Thursday, Jan. 15. Duffy is the first Black Knight to make the National Field Team.
 
The Queensbury, N.Y., native will represent the United States of America this upcoming summer at the 2026 U.S. Women's World Lacrosse Championships, which are set to be held from July 24 to August 2 in Tokyo, Japan. Duffy will be one of nine current collegiate players on the roster and the only player from the Patriot League. This will mark her second national tournament after she has already represented Team USA on the national stage in 2024 on the U.S. U20 team alongside fellow senior Allison Reilly and was coached by Noto Family Head Women's Lacrosse Coach Michelle Tumolo.
 
Three Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Players Make IL Top 50 List
Three Patriot League women’s lacrosse student-athletes were selected among the Inside Lacrosse Top 50 Women’s NCAA Lacrosse Players for 2026, including Army West Point’s Brigid Duffy and Allison Reilly and Navy’s Alyssa Chung.
Rank, Name, Pos., School
No. 13 Brigid Duffy, M, Army
No. 23 Alyssa Chung, A, Navy
No. 29 Allison Reilly, A, Army
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Steph Lazo Selected to Lead Lehigh Women’s Lacrosse Program
Courtesy of Lehigh Athletics Communications
Lehigh University Athletics has tabbed Steph Lazo to lead the Mountain Hawks' women's lacrosse program. The ninth head coach in Lehigh women's lacrosse history, Lazo was a standout attacker at Penn State and spent the 2025 season at her alma mater, where she served as an assistant coach and the Nittany Lions' offensive coordinator.


Patriot Women’s Lacrosse on CBS Sports Network
Four Patriot League women’s lacrosse games will be featured on CBS Sports Network in 2026. Navy opens the nationally televised slate of games when it hosts Florida on Saturday, Feb. 28, with live coverage beginning at 9:30 a.m. The regular-season rematch of the 2025 Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Championship Game featuring Navy at Loyola Maryland is scheduled for Saturday, March 28, with live coverage beginning at 11 a.m. The Mids will host rival Army West Point on Saturday, April 11, at Noon. The 2026 Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Championship Game will be aired on Saturday, May 2, with live coverage beginning at 3:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
 
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