THE FACTS
No. 13 Gettysburg (14-6) 13, No. 24 MIT (16-4) 9
What: NCAA Div. III women's lacrosse tournament second round
When: Sunday, May 10
Where: Cambridge, Mass.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 13th in the latest IWLCA Div. III coaches' poll, opened up a 7-1 lead early in the second quarter and held off a second-half charge from No. 24 MIT to register a 13-9 win in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Div. III women's lacrosse championship tournament.
THE LEADERS
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Maddie Passarello (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) led the Bullets with five goals, seven draw controls and three ground balls.
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Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley) added another four goals and two assists.
FOR THE FOES
• Alexis Reinard led the Engineers with two goals and an assist.
• Ashley Thomas also had two markers and a helper.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After the teams traded turnovers in the opening minute,
Maddie Passarello opened the scoring with 13:10 on the clock, starting a five-goal Gettysburg run to begin the game. Two
Julia Daly goals just over four minutes apart stretched the lead to 3-0 with 7:18 showing. Two more Daly markers, including a free-position tally, in just 29 seconds extended the lead to 5-0 with 4:09 remaining in the opening stanza. Alexis Reinard got MIT on the board nearly a minute later to make it a 5-1 game after one.
• Passarello completed her hat trick with two goals in the first 6:12 of the second quarter to extend the lead to 7-1. Free-position goals from Annica Lam and Reinard nearly three minutes apart closed the deficit to 7-3 at the intermission.
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Sarah Scollin (Orefield, Pa./Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) stretched the lead to 8-3 just 69 seconds into the third. Passarello finished a
Riley d'Entremont (Radnor, Pa./Bryn Mawr) feed to extend the advantage to six with 3:38 on the clock before Lam and Nina Petulla each found the back of the net in the final 2:04 of the quarter to close the deficit to 9-5 entering the final period.
• Ashley Thomas converted an advantage goal with 12:28 on the clock to make it 9-6 before a Nina Petulla tally closed the margin to two with 10:50 showing.
Grace Battle (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) halted the 4-0 run, scoring with the advantage just over a minute later. Thomas needed just 80 seconds to respond with another advantage goal to return the margin to two. The back-and-forth continued with a Daly-to-
Nina Marra (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) goal with 7:58 on the clock. However, goals from Passarello and d'Entremont 18 seconds apart extended the lead to 13-8 with 5:01 to play and thwarted the comeback attempt. Jillian Butler set the final score with an advantage goal at the 3:16 mark.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 40-24 advantage in shots.
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Grace Battle added seven draw controls and a goal. As a team, the Bullets won 17 of 24 draw controls.
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Camryn Epstein (Medford, Mass./Shawnee) led the defense with four caused turnovers and three ground balls.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action in the third round against Tufts on Saturday. Location and game time will be announced later on Sunday night.
