Lehigh (11-5) clinched the No. 4 seed in the tournament after going 6-3 in the Patriot League regular season. Holy Cross is the fifth seed. The Crusaders went 4-5 in the Patriot League. The Crusaders defeated Bucknell 22-21 on Thursday to punch their ticket to the tournament.
This marks the ninth straight year that Lehigh has made the Patriot League Tournament as the Mountain Hawks have played in every tournament since 2014. Lehigh is 5-3 all-time in the Patriot League quarterfinals. The Mountain Hawks have won the last two quarterfinals they have played in, defeating Navy in 2021 and Colgate last year.
Lehigh's starting attack unit combined for 20 points in the 17-11 win over Colgate on Thursday. Emma Eberhardt had six points (4G, 2A), Olivia Memeger had five points (4G, 1A) and Gabby Schneider and Katia Carnevale both had five points.
Junior goalkeeper Hayley Hunt has tallied 10 saves in each of the last three games. She ranks second in the league in saves per game (9.00). Hunt also caused two turnovers and grabbed five ground balls in the win over the Raiders.
Senior midfielder Cassie Marte has been strong on the draw controls all season and continues to move up in the record books. She holds the single-season record for draw controls (99) and is now second all-time in draw controls (176). Marte won 11 draw controls against Colgate. Sondra Dickey has the most draw controls for Lehigh (252).
Lehigh is 22-10 all-time against Holy Cross. The Mountain Hawks have won the last eight meetings. The last time the two met in the Patriot League Tournament was in 2018. The Mountain Hawks won 16-15 in overtime.
Lehigh and Holy Cross met April 22 in Worcester, Mass. Lehigh won 17-15. After being up by as many as eight goals, the Crusaders were able to pull within two, but the Mountain Hawks stood strong to hold onto the win. Memeger had a team-high seven points (4G, 3A).
While Lehigh was able to hold onto the win, Holy Cross' Lauren Drillock was a big reason why the Crusaders were able to claw back. Drillock had eight points (6G, 2A).
Drillock leads the way for Holy Cross. She has scored 64 points (45G, 19A) this season. No one else on Holy Cross has more than 36 points.
Sunday's game will be streamed on ESPN+.
The winner of Sunday's game will advance to the semifinals, Thursday in Baltimore. Loyola is the host and top seed after going 9-0 in the Patriot League regular season.
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