INDIANAPOLIS – The Skidmore College women's soccer team earned an at-large selection to the 2024 NCAA DIII Women's Soccer Tournament. The Thoroughbreds will be traveling to the Messiah Regional in Grantham, Pennsylvania with a first-round opponent of Case Western Reserve University on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
It is the first time since 2013 that Skidmore will play in the tournament and seventh in program history. The Thoroughbreds enter with an 11-3-3 record in 2024. Skidmore's first-round opponent, Case Western Reserve, is also an at-large selection out of the University Athletic Association. The Spartans are 8-4-5.
Host Messiah, champion of the MAC Commonwealth, will take on Gordon, the runner-up of the Conference of New England. That game is at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Saturday's winners will play Sunday at 1 p.m. all at Messiah's Shoemaker Field.
SKIDMORE
Conference: Liberty League
Record: 11-3-3
NPI Ranking: 36
Leading Scorers: #8
Ella Stone (13-3—29), #20
Abby Lewis (6-3—15), #13
Ellianna Caporusso (0-8—8), #7
Kyra Russman-Araya (2-6—7)
Goalkeeper: #1
Avery Rogers (10-2-3, 0.69 GAA, .863 SV%, 8 SHO)
CASE WESTERN RESERVE
Conference: University Athletic Association
Record: 8-4-5
NPI Ranking: 42
Leading Scorers: #10 Alexis Sassower (6-4—16), #23 Molly Shamah (7-1—15), Sydney Schenk (5-1—1), Ceci Dapino (3-2—8)
Goalkeeper: #0 Maggie Storti (8-4-5, 1-19 GAA, .747 SV%, 4 SHO/1 CBO)
MESSIAH (host)
Conference: MAC Commonwelth
Record: 16-1-3
NPI Ranking: 8
Leading Scorers: #11 Brittany Laird (17-0—34), #6 Addi Martin (10-6—26), #10 Hannah Adair (11-1—23), #18 Kristina Akselsen (6-2—14)
Goalkeeper: #0 Ava Wert (14-1-3, 0.44 GAA, .767 SV%, 6 SHO/6 CBO)
GORDON
Conference: Conference of New England
Record: 10-5-5
NPI Ranking: 113
Leading Scorers: #19 Eowyn Lapp (21-5—47), Ava Forbes-Smith (9-3—21), #29 Ada Forbes (6-5—17), #13 Kristi DiRico (2-7—1)
Goalkeeper: #0 Emily Bengston (9-5-4, 1.65 GAA, .767 SV%, 2 SHO)
