Brockport, NY – The women's lacrosse team is set to compete in the last week of E8 conference play as they travel to Nazareth University on Wednesday, April 23th at 4pm, and are back home on Saturday, April 26^th to host Keuka College at 1pm. 

Last Week Recap – Last Wednesday, the Golden Eagles hosted St. John Fisher where they fell 18-3 against the Cardinals. Sarah Kilburn held down the fort for Brockport making all three goals in the tough competition. Maeve Kelleher and Paige Thowe both picked up a groundball as well
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On Saturday, the Green and Gold celebrated senior day with a 21-3 victory over Russell Sage College. Prior to the matchup, the team honored six of their seniors including student coach Ashley Hershfield, Julia Barnwell, Sarah Kilburn, Paige Thowe, Alayna Foos, and Devin Tietjen. 

Alayna Foos had a day leading the team in goals with five, and one assist for six points and picked up a groundball. Karaline McCarthy also brought the heat with three goals and six assists for nine points while picking up two groundballs. 

Tristan Davis had three goals and two assists, Hailey Lewkovich added on three goals, Paige Thowe put up two goals and an assist, Journey Naab and Sarah Kilburn tied for two goals, and Payton Tyszka contributed one goal. Amanda Evans added two assists and Maura Langdon put up one. 

Postseason Spot Locked Up: Following a win over Sage this past weekend, the Golden Eagle women's lacrosse team has officially clinched a postseason berth for the 2025 Empire 8 Conference Tournament. This marks the program's first postseason spot as a member of the E8 and makes it 15 postseason trips in a row for Brockport. On Senior Day against Russell Sage, Brockport dominated for the 21-3 win to clinch. The squad moves to 6-8 overall and 5-2 in conference play. The Green and Gold currently hold a tie with Nazareth (5-2, E8) for the third seed. The Golden Eagles have two games left in the regular season to potentially lock up a home game for the first round of the conference tournament. 

Scouting Nazareth and Keuka – The Nazareth Golden Flyers are currently 9-6 overall and tied with Brockport with a conference record of 5-2. The past two matchups against Nazareth and Brockport have resulted in a Golden Flyer win. In 2024 Nazareth won 16-13 and in 2023 they took the 13-12 victory. Brockport had taken the past three victories prior to that. 

The Keuka Wolves are currently 4-8 overall on the 2025 season and 1-6 in the E8 conference. The last Brockport Keuka matchup was played in 2008 and 2009 with the Golden Eagles coming away with both wins. 

Up Next – After the last conference game on Saturday, the first round of the Empire 8 Championships will be held on Tuesday, April 29^th. The top six teams in the conference will qualify for postseason competition.