GAME NOTES
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte women's lacrosse team will welcome No. 22 Richmond to Dickson Field on Saturday to face the Spiders in what will be the Royals' inaugural NCAA DI game. Game time is set for 11 a.m.
SETTING THE SCENE
- This is the first meeting between the Royals and the Spiders.
- Queens enters the year ranked seventh in the ASUN Conference Preseason Poll. Defender Grace Guglielmo was named to the ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team.
- After losing its top three scorers from a season ago, the Royals will look to captains Shannon Donovan (56 goals, 78 points) and Shannon Kingston (56 goals, 72 points) to spark the offensive attack. The goalkeeping duo of Sharn Muffett (60 saves) and Caroline Kraemer (69 saves) also are back in the net for Queens.
- In May of 2022, the University of Richmond removed the interim tag and named Anne Harrington the seventh coach in Spider women's lacrosse history. Harrington has spent the past six years at Richmond, including the 2021 season serving as the interim head coach leading the spiders to a 14-4 overall record.
- Richmond enters the year ranked No. 22 in ILWomen/IWLCA Preseason Poll after posting a 14-4 record last season. The Spiders reached the A10 Semifinals falling 10-9 to Saint Joseph's. They are preseason ranked first in the A10 this season and five Spiders were named preseason all-conference.
- Richmond returns both leading scorers in Lindsey Frank and Arden Tierney. Both totaled 72 points last season as Frank tallied 50 goals and 22 assists and Tierney had 39 goals and 33 assists.
NEW HEAD COACH ON THE BLOCK
- Kelly McQuikin was named the University's fifth head women's lacrosse coach in the summer of 2022. McQuilkin comes to the Royals from High Point University where she served as associate head women's lacrosse coach for the past two seasons.
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LAST TIME OUT
- The Royals reached the NCAA DII Semifinals for the third straight time in 2022 falling to East Stroudsburg in overtime, 13-12.
Coach's Quote
"You can expect a team that's eager," head coach
Kelly McQuilkin stated. "They're hungry. We're playing at a really fast pace right now. They're really just excited to take the plunge and make a splash here in Division I this year."
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