BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The fourth seeded Moravian University field hockey team is set to travel to top seed Susquehanna University for semifinal match in the 2024 Landmark Conference Tournament on Wednesday, November 6 at 7:00 p.m. in Selinsgrove.
Admission to Wednesday's match is $10 for adults and $5 for minors ages 10-17. Children ages nine and under are admitted free of charge, as are all Landmark Conference students, faculty and staff with their school ID. Tickets can be purchased via Hometown Ticketing at https://landmarkconference.org/sports/2022/4/25/championships-tickets.aspx?path=champs.
For the second straight year, the Landmark Conference Tournament features six teams with the top two seeds earning first round byes. Moravian defeated fifth seed Juniata College, 2-1 (3-2 in a shootout), in the First Round Saturday evening while third seed The University of Scranton defeated sixth seed Drew University, 5-2, in the other First Round contest to set up a Semifinal match at second seed The Catholic University of America Wednesday evening. The 2024 Landmark Conference Championships match is set for Saturday, November 9 at the highest remaining seed for the conference title and a berth to the 2024 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament.
The Greyhounds, who are 8-10 overall and were 5-4 in the Landmark Conference regular season, are under the direction of fifth-year Head Coach Sarah Dalrymple, who is in her fourth season on the field with the 2020 campaign cancelled by the pandemic. Dalrymple led Moravian to a historic season in 2021 with the program earning its first-ever Landmark Conference Tournament appearance and the first postseason berth for the Greyhounds since 1987, and the Hounds followed that up by making the conference championship match for the first time in program history after being the fourth seed in the 2022 tournament. Moravian also qualified for the Landmark Tournament last fall, winning a First Round match versus Elizabethtown College in double overtime before falling to Susquehanna in the Semifinals.
Junior forward Gia Ambrosino leads the Blue & Grey in scoring with 13 goals and three assists while senior defender Lexi Dinsmore has added four goals and three assists. Senior midfielder Sydney Anderson has four goals, a pair of assists and a defensive save while freshman forward/midfielder Samantha Culver has netted two goals.
Senior forward Marianna Crisafulli has contributed one goal and two assists while junior midfielder Megan Felmly has recorded four assists and sophomore midfielder Maddie Snyder has one assist, and she provided the deciding goal in the shootout versus Juniata in the Landmark Conference Tournament First Round match.
Sophomore goalie Maia Machado has recorded 83 saves for the Hounds in 1,066 minutes of action with three shutouts, a 2.19 goals-against average and an 8-9 mark while junior goalie Jessica Knox has made two saves in 45 minutes of play. Junior defender Carolina Catilao-Sanchez has two defensive saves while senior midfielder/defender Devyn Calas has one defensive save.
Also contributing to the Greyhounds this season have been senior midfielder Savannah Sutter and freshman forward Sophia Calantoni, freshman defender Kayleigh Hill, freshman midfielder Shawna Mamrak and freshman midfielder Leah Mogielnicki.
Moravian fell to the River Hawks, 4-1, on October 19 when the squads met on John Makuvek Field in Bethlehem during the regular season.
