The Basics
The West Virginia Wesleyan lacrosse team opens up the season on the road facing Notre Dame (Ohio) on Wednesday (March 24) at 3 p.m. before returning to Ross Field for a 3 p.m. game Sunday (March 28) versus the Senators of Davis & Elkins.
 
Quick Hits

• Wesleyan played four games in 2020 before the pandemic erased the remainder of the season.
• The Bobcats carry three seniors on their roster: Lauren Bolen, Victoria Sisson, and Gabrielle Cleaveland.
• Cleaveland, a goalkeeper from Hughesville, Md., has totaled 336 career saves. Cleaveland was honored by the Mountain East Conference in 2018 and was named to the MEC All-Freshman Team. Cleaveland was also named to the 2020 MEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• Sisson has scored 18 goals in her collegiate career. Sisson hails from Waldorf, Md. Sisson was the leading goal scorer for WVWC in 2020 when she scored seven goals in four games.
• Bolen, an attacker from St. Johns, Fla., has scored 13 goals at WVWC. Bolen was named to the 2020 MEC Academic All-Conference team.
• In addition to Cleaveland and Bolen, WVWC returns five players who received MEC academic accolades. Kiera Daugherty and Faith Hammerbeck were named to the MEC Academic All-Conference Team and Gabrielle Holstein, Iris Kolenich, and Samantha Mise were selected to the MEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• Head coach Hannah Lively returns for her fifth season at the helm of WVWC lacrosse.
• Mason Fox was added to the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Fox played three seasons of lacrosse at Davis & Elkins.

 
Scouting Notre Dame (Ohio)
The Falcons hold a record of 1-2 entering MEC play. NDC's non-conference slate included a victory over Tiffin on March 5. Notre Dame dropped games against Indianapolis and Roberts Wesleyan. Both of Notre Dame's losses came against nationally-ranked teams.
 
Junior Ebony Reddick leads the Falcons with eight goals. Sophomore Alicyn Loberg has dished out two assists in three games. Goalkeeper Mackenzie Levine has made 32 saves and holds a .340 save percentage.
 
Notre Dame (Ohio) is coached by Ben Morhac. Morhac enters his second season as the head coach of NDC lacrosse. Prior to Notre Dame (Ohio), Morhac was the head coach of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.
 
Scouting Davis & Elkins
D&E was picked to finish fourth in the MEC Preseason Poll with seven seniors returning. 
 
Angelina Horan, a senior attack from Lothian, Md., holds the D&E record for all-time points scored. Horan scored 75 goals and 91 points in her 2019 campaign.
 
Tommy Kelly leads D&E as the head coach in his fourth season. 
 
Up Next
WVWC is scheduled to host Frostburg State on Wednesday, March 31 at Ross Field in a 3 p.m. start. The Bobcats will then travel to Phillipi, W.Va. for a game against Alderson Broaddus on April 3 at 6 p.m.