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The women's lacrosse team celebrates a goal against Detroit Mercy at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Winner Canisius CANISIUS 11-4, 5-2
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Mount St. Mary's MOUNT ST 9-6, 5-2
Winner
Canisius CANISIUS
11-4, 5-2
14
Final
11
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT ST
9-6, 5-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Canisius CANISIUS 5 3 2 4 14
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT ST 2 4 3 2 11

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Women's Lacrosse Downs Mount St. Mary's, Clinches Postseason Berth

Canisius Will Host a First Round Game in the 2026 MAAC Championship

The Canisius women's lacrosse team clinched its spot in the 2026 MAAC Championship with a 14-11 victory over Mount St. Mary's in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's lacrosse action Saturday at Under Armour Stadium in Baltimore, Md.

The Golden Griffins improved to 11-4 overall and 5-2 in conference play as they secured home field advantage in the first round of the MAAC Championship. The Mount fell to 9-6 on the season and 5-2 in league play with the loss.

Senior Maggie Tifft and sophomore Katie Adams each turned in hat tricks to pace a Canisius offense that erupted for 14 goals on 23 shots. Senior Meg Hiltz added a goal and dished out a game-high three assists for four points. Defensively, junior Bridget Brown caused a team-best three caused turnovers while Tifft picked up a career-high five ground balls.

Brooke Molchanoff scored three goals and added an assist while teammate MK Allingham scored two goals and dished out three helpers for a game-high five points to lead the Mountaineers. Haylee Bittinger won a game-best nine draw controls as Mount St. Mary's won the battle in the circle, 17-10.

Canisius controlled play during the first part of the contest, using a pair of 4-1 spurts to open up an 8-2 lead midway through the second quarter. Tifft led the way for the Griffs during the early-game surge, completing the hat trick while five players chipped in one goal each. 

Mount St. Mary's battled its way back into the contest, notching the final four goals of the first half to make it an 8-6 contest at the break. 

The Griffs scored two of the first three goals of the second half to build a three-goal cushion, only to see the Mount respond with three straight tallies to knot the score at 10-10 early in the fourth. 

Canisius reclaimed the lead less than two minutes later when Hiltz found sophomore Leah Pfeiffer who touched twine to push the Griffs back in front with 10:59 remaining. 

Freshman Ella Forcucci provided some breathing room just 34 seconds after Pfeiffer's go-ahead marker with her first goal of the contest. The Mount pulled within one less than a minute later, but consecutive tallies from juniors Lauren Matyka and Maddie Fitzgerald less than two minutes apart closed out the scoring and secured the three-goal victory.  

GAME NOTES
• Saturday's game was the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs. Both sides are deadlocked with a 2-2 record.
• Canisius will be the No. 3 or No. 4 seed in the MAAC Championship depending on results around the conference next weekend.
• Sophomore Maddie Fitzgerald recorded the 100th of her career with her goal in the first quarter. 
• Tifft scored her third hat trick this season and sixth of her career. Tifft's opening score marked her 50th career goal.
• Adams tallied her fifth game this season with three-or-more goals and the ninth such occurance of her career.
• Canisius won the ground ball battle by a 30-23 margin.

UP NEXT
Canisius closes out the regular season against Rider on Saturday. Game time between the Griffs and Broncs is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo, N.Y. and the game will stream live on ESPN+.

The contest serves as the program's Senior Day, with the team honoring its senior student-athletes in a pregame ceremony. 

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