Lady Warriors Enter National Rankings
Peacock Recognized for Gutsy Effort

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Lycoming’s women’s lacrosse team (8-0, 4-0) stepped into the national rankings this week, placing 19^th on insidelacrosse.com and 20^th on the IWLCA coaches’ poll. Both polls are widely respected, but the IWLCA tends to be the authority.

“Three years ago, we had six players on our team,” recalls fourth year head coach Kara Reber, “We had ‘bring a friend to practice day’ so we could fill our roster. In four years, we’ve gone from 114^th in the laxpower.com power ratings to a Top-20 ranking. It feels great to see our hard work bring results.”

In their most recent contest, the Lady Warriors nipped FDU-Florham 11-10 in overtime. Goalkeeper Kristina Peacock (Webster, NY) did not start the game because of illness, but with Lycoming down 5-0, she came in and held FDU to 5 goals over the final 46 minutes. Peacock had a remarkable 15 saves in that time, including one in OT. Peacock’s “Jordanesque” performance earned her honorable mention Player of the Week from womenslacrosse.com.

The undefeated Lady Warriors travel to Scranton on March 29. Lycoming then stays on the road to face Montclair State on April 1. Montclair State also broke into the IWLCA rankings this week at #18.