CSAC Tournament Championship: #2 Cabrini University Cavaliers (8-9, 5-2 CSAC) vs. #1 Gwynedd Mercy Griffins (16-3, 7-0 CSAC)
Saturday, November 4, 1pm
Gwynedd Valley, PA

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What's at Stake
Saturday's winner will earn the title of 2017 CSAC Champion and claim the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

Saturday will mark the eighth consecutive meeting for Cabrini and Gwynedd Mercy in the CSAC Championship game and the 10th straight appearance for the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers have won the last two meetings by matching 2-1 scores.

Last Meeting: Late scoring run downs Cavaliers 5-0 (10/11/2017, Gwynedd Valley, PA)
The Griffins scored each of its five goals in the final 22 minutes of action, as it handed the Blue and White its first of two CSAC losses on the season.

Senior Taylor Bookman recorded with save sin the loss, while classmate Jackie Neary recorded two of Cabrini's four shots on the day.  

Seniors Melissa Russo and Brianna O'Connell recorded all five goals for Gwynedd Mercy, while also posting a pair of assists and 11 of the team's 16 shots.

Cabrini Last Time Out: Second half goals send Cavaliers back to championship game (11/1/2017, Radnor, PA)
After not recording a shot in the first half, Cabrini made its first two of the second half count. Seniors Alexandra Swallow and Sara Johnsen scored of the team's first two shots of the game, leading the Blue and White to a 2-0 victory over Marywood in Wednesday's CSAC Tournament semifinal.

Senior goaltender Taylor Bookman recorded each of her three saves in the second half, as the senior earned her 44th career victory, breaking the program mark for career wins.

Senior Sara DeVita joined Neary, Swallow and Johnsen in recording the Cavaliers' four shots in the win.

Gwynedd Mercy Last Time Out: Griffins scored early and often in 9-0 semifinal victory (11/1/2017, Gwynedd Valley, PA)
The Griffins score three goals in the opening 10 minutes of the game and built a commanding 7-0 lead by halftime of its CSAC semifinal game against Immaculata.

Russo and O'Connell paced Gwynedd Mercy, as the senior duo combined for six goals and three assists, with much of their damage coming in the first half.

Seven Griffins accounted for the team's 26 shots, including three each by Shannon Carroll, Maggie Walsh and Alyssa Tomsic.

5 Factors for Cabrini

• The Blue and White average 10.71 penalty corners per contest, 17th in the country.
• Five Cavaliers have recorded north of nine points, with senior Maddy Worley leading the team with 16.
• Bookman leads the CSAC with four shutouts on the season.
• Cabrini does not have a single player listed among the CSAC's top 10 scorers. Only Worley is listed among the league's top 10 goal scorers and classmate Brittany Smith on the Cavalier included on the assist list.
• The Cavaliers have held their last 10 opponents to 10 or less shots, including each of the last six.

5 Factors for Gwynedd Mercy

• The Griffins boast the nation's top scoring offense, averaging 5.32 goals per game. They also rank in the nation's top four in scoring average, scoring margin, points per game, assists per game and penalty corner per game.
• Russo leads Division III with 2.06 goals per game and 4.83 points per game, while her 0.72 assists per game rank eighth.
• Gwynedd Mercy is one of just 17 teams in the country to allow led than 1.0 goals per game, as it has surrendered 18 goals in 19 games.
• The Griffins have doubled the next closest team on the CSAC scoring list (101-48).
• Russo and O'Connell have combined for 59 of the team's 101 goals and 20 of its 58 assists.

 

	TALE OF THE TAPE
#2 Cabrini		#1 Gwynedd Mercy
8-9, 5-2 CSAC	Record	16-3, 7-0 CSAC
1.82	Goals per Game	5.32
20	Assists	58
234	Shots	408
151	Shots on Goal	305
182	Penalty Corners	241
111	Saves	77
.793	Save Percentage	.811
	TEAM LEADERS
Maddy Worley (7)	Goals	Melissa Russo (37)
Brittany Smith (5)	Assists	Shannon Carroll (14)
Maddy Worley (16)	Points	Melissa Russo (87)
Jackie Neary (61)	Shots	Melissa Russo (117)
Taylor Bookman (.793)	Save Percentage	Sarah Crane (.795)