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AKRON, Ohio -Â The University of Akron lacrosse team is set for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference tilt at UMBC on Friday (April 11).
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ZIPS NAME TRIO TEAM CAPTAINS FOR 2025:
The Akron senior trio of Noelle Boyd (Murrysville, Pa.), Jaelyn Clinkscales (Rochester, N.Y.) and Bryanne Harner (Friendswood, Texas) will serve as the Zips' captains for the 2025 campaign.
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SCOUTING AKRON:
Sophomore Sienna Hinchcliffe (Rochester, Minn.) leads the Zips in goals (40), points (51), shots (98) and shots on goal (73). Noelle Boyd paces the squad in assists (16) and draw controls (60), while ranking third in ground balls (30). Junior Katie Baumer (Rochester, N.Y.) directs the team in caused turnovers (18). Senior goalkeeper Hannah Sanders (Massillon, Ohio) has registered 92 saves and a team-high 32 ground balls.
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SCOUTING UMBC:
Akron is meeting UMBC for the first time in program history. The Retrievers enter their showdown with the Zips at 10-2 on the campaign, including 3-1 in the America East Conference, following a 16-12 setback versus UMass Lowell on April 5. Senior Katana Nelson directs UMBC's offensive efforts pacing the squad in goals (48), points (50), shots (112) and shots on goal (81). Redshirt senior goalkeeper Isabella Fontana has collected 58 saves and 19 ground balls on the campaign en route to posting a 10.28 goals against average. UMBC is led by 13th-year head coach Amy Slade, who owns a 103-91 ledger as a head coach for the Retrievers.
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OUR LAST TIME OUT:
Directed by a four-goal performance from Sienna Hinchcliffe, the Akron registered a 14-9 victory over rival Kent State on Sunday (April 6) at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Health Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Katie Baumer and junior Heather Carey (Williamsville, N.Y.), Noelle Boyd, Jaelyn Clinkscales and junior Kellen Fletcher (Valencia, Pa.) added three, three, two, one and one goals for the Zips.
• Baumer and Hinchcliffe each recorded three assists for Akron, while Boyd and Clinkscales contributed two and one assist, respectively.
• Hinchcliffe tallied a game-high 12 shots, including nine on goal.
• Boyd led the Zips with a game-high four ground balls, while Baumer garnered a team-best five draw controls.
• Baumer posted a game-high four caused turnovers to go along with an eight-save performance from Hannah Sanders.
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AKRON NOTES:
• Noelle Boyd became Akron's all-time leading goal scorer when she netted her first goal of the game versus Central Michigan (March 23).
• Katie Baumer is 10 caused turnovers away from supplanting Jenna Ridener atop Akron's career list.
• Noelle Boyd is 15 overall shots and 10 shots on goal shy of surpassing Alexis Kiefer atop the career list for shots and shots on goal at Akron having amassed 297 shots and 228 shots on goal coming into action versus UMBC. Additionally, she has started a program record 63 games.
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IN THE LATEST MAC RANKINGS:
• Akron leads the Mid-American Conference in assists per contest (6.23), goals against average (9.76), points per tilt (18.15), shots per match (28.77) and shots on goal (21.62) and ranks second in goals per game (11.92), ground balls (18.46) and caused turnovers (8.38).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe is first in the conference in points per outing (3.92) and goals per game (3.08) and second in shots per contest (7.54).
• Noelle Boyd is fourth in the league in assists per game (1.23), fifth in draw controls per match (4.62) and in shots per tilt (4.92), sixth in points per match (3.15), eighth in ground balls (2.31) and 10th in goals per outing (1.92).
• Hannah Sanders ranks first in the league in goals against average (9.29), fourth in saves per game (7.67), fifth in ground balls (2.67) and sixth in save percentage (.453).
• Katie Baumer is rated fifth in caused turnovers (1.38), sixth in ground balls per match (2.46), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00) and points per game (3.08), eighth in goals per game (2.08) and in shots per outing (4.69) and 10th in draw controls (1.38).
• Antonia Trickett is rated fifth in caused turnovers (1.38) and Kellen Fletcher is ranked ninth in assists per match (0.92).
• In league-only action, Boyd is second in goals per game (3.25) and points per match (4.25), fifth in ground balls (3.75) and caused turnovers (1.75), sixth in shots per contest (6.25), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00) and 10th in ground balls (3.50). Hinchcliffe is second in shots per contest (8.50), fifth in points per match (3.50), sixth in goals per game (2.50), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00) and eighth in ground balls (4.25). Baumer is third in caused turnovers (2.00), fifth in ground balls (4.75), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00), ninth in points per match (3.25) and 10th in goals per game (2.25), while Sanders is third in goals against average (9.75), fifth in saves per game (8.00), seventh in saves percentage (.451).
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ZIPS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS:
• Hannah Sanders is 12th in the NCAA in goals against average (9.29), 38th in ground balls (2.67) and 39th in save percentage (.453).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe is rated 22nd in the NCAA in in shots on goal (5.33), 23rd in shots per game (7.54), 43rd in goals (40) and 48th in goals per contest (3.08).
• Akron ranked 21st in the NCAA in ground balls (18.48), 22nd in scoring defense (9.77), 26th in clearing percentage (.911), 37th in winning percentage (.615), 39th in save percentage (.450) and in assists per game (6.23), 41st in scoring margin (2.15) and 49th in shots on goal per game (21.62).
• Noelle Boyd is ranked eighth among active NCAA D1 leaders in draw controls (4.51), ninth in ground balls (136), 22nd in ground balls per game (2.09) and 30th in draw controls per tilt (4.51), while Hannah Sanders is rated 14th in ground balls per contest (2.29), 25th in ground balls (110) and 35th in saves (299). Additionally, Sienna Hinchcliffe ranks 40th in goals per match (2.59).
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UP NEXT:
Akron travels to Ypsilanti, Mich., to battle Eastern Michigan on Sunday (April 20) at 12 p.m.
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AKRON, Ohio -Â The University of Akron lacrosse team is set for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference tilt at UMBC on Friday (April 11).
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ZIPS NAME TRIO TEAM CAPTAINS FOR 2025:
The Akron senior trio of Noelle Boyd (Murrysville, Pa.), Jaelyn Clinkscales (Rochester, N.Y.) and Bryanne Harner (Friendswood, Texas) will serve as the Zips' captains for the 2025 campaign.
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SCOUTING AKRON:
Sophomore Sienna Hinchcliffe (Rochester, Minn.) leads the Zips in goals (40), points (51), shots (98) and shots on goal (73). Noelle Boyd paces the squad in assists (16) and draw controls (60), while ranking third in ground balls (30). Junior Katie Baumer (Rochester, N.Y.) directs the team in caused turnovers (18). Senior goalkeeper Hannah Sanders (Massillon, Ohio) has registered 92 saves and a team-high 32 ground balls.
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SCOUTING UMBC:
Akron is meeting UMBC for the first time in program history. The Retrievers enter their showdown with the Zips at 10-2 on the campaign, including 3-1 in the America East Conference, following a 16-12 setback versus UMass Lowell on April 5. Senior Katana Nelson directs UMBC's offensive efforts pacing the squad in goals (48), points (50), shots (112) and shots on goal (81). Redshirt senior goalkeeper Isabella Fontana has collected 58 saves and 19 ground balls on the campaign en route to posting a 10.28 goals against average. UMBC is led by 13th-year head coach Amy Slade, who owns a 103-91 ledger as a head coach for the Retrievers.
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OUR LAST TIME OUT:
Directed by a four-goal performance from Sienna Hinchcliffe, the Akron registered a 14-9 victory over rival Kent State on Sunday (April 6) at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Health Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Katie Baumer and junior Heather Carey (Williamsville, N.Y.), Noelle Boyd, Jaelyn Clinkscales and junior Kellen Fletcher (Valencia, Pa.) added three, three, two, one and one goals for the Zips.
• Baumer and Hinchcliffe each recorded three assists for Akron, while Boyd and Clinkscales contributed two and one assist, respectively.
• Hinchcliffe tallied a game-high 12 shots, including nine on goal.
• Boyd led the Zips with a game-high four ground balls, while Baumer garnered a team-best five draw controls.
• Baumer posted a game-high four caused turnovers to go along with an eight-save performance from Hannah Sanders.
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AKRON NOTES:
• Noelle Boyd became Akron's all-time leading goal scorer when she netted her first goal of the game versus Central Michigan (March 23).
• Katie Baumer is 10 caused turnovers away from supplanting Jenna Ridener atop Akron's career list.
• Noelle Boyd is 15 overall shots and 10 shots on goal shy of surpassing Alexis Kiefer atop the career list for shots and shots on goal at Akron having amassed 297 shots and 228 shots on goal coming into action versus UMBC. Additionally, she has started a program record 63 games.
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IN THE LATEST MAC RANKINGS:
• Akron leads the Mid-American Conference in assists per contest (6.23), goals against average (9.76), points per tilt (18.15), shots per match (28.77) and shots on goal (21.62) and ranks second in goals per game (11.92), ground balls (18.46) and caused turnovers (8.38).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe is first in the conference in points per outing (3.92) and goals per game (3.08) and second in shots per contest (7.54).
• Noelle Boyd is fourth in the league in assists per game (1.23), fifth in draw controls per match (4.62) and in shots per tilt (4.92), sixth in points per match (3.15), eighth in ground balls (2.31) and 10th in goals per outing (1.92).
• Hannah Sanders ranks first in the league in goals against average (9.29), fourth in saves per game (7.67), fifth in ground balls (2.67) and sixth in save percentage (.453).
• Katie Baumer is rated fifth in caused turnovers (1.38), sixth in ground balls per match (2.46), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00) and points per game (3.08), eighth in goals per game (2.08) and in shots per outing (4.69) and 10th in draw controls (1.38).
• Antonia Trickett is rated fifth in caused turnovers (1.38) and Kellen Fletcher is ranked ninth in assists per match (0.92).
• In league-only action, Boyd is second in goals per game (3.25) and points per match (4.25), fifth in ground balls (3.75) and caused turnovers (1.75), sixth in shots per contest (6.25), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00) and 10th in ground balls (3.50). Hinchcliffe is second in shots per contest (8.50), fifth in points per match (3.50), sixth in goals per game (2.50), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00) and eighth in ground balls (4.25). Baumer is third in caused turnovers (2.00), fifth in ground balls (4.75), seventh in assists per tilt (1.00), ninth in points per match (3.25) and 10th in goals per game (2.25), while Sanders is third in goals against average (9.75), fifth in saves per game (8.00), seventh in saves percentage (.451).
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ZIPS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS:
• Hannah Sanders is 12th in the NCAA in goals against average (9.29), 38th in ground balls (2.67) and 39th in save percentage (.453).
• Sienna Hinchcliffe is rated 22nd in the NCAA in in shots on goal (5.33), 23rd in shots per game (7.54), 43rd in goals (40) and 48th in goals per contest (3.08).
• Akron ranked 21st in the NCAA in ground balls (18.48), 22nd in scoring defense (9.77), 26th in clearing percentage (.911), 37th in winning percentage (.615), 39th in save percentage (.450) and in assists per game (6.23), 41st in scoring margin (2.15) and 49th in shots on goal per game (21.62).
• Noelle Boyd is ranked eighth among active NCAA D1 leaders in draw controls (4.51), ninth in ground balls (136), 22nd in ground balls per game (2.09) and 30th in draw controls per tilt (4.51), while Hannah Sanders is rated 14th in ground balls per contest (2.29), 25th in ground balls (110) and 35th in saves (299). Additionally, Sienna Hinchcliffe ranks 40th in goals per match (2.59).
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UP NEXT:
Akron travels to Ypsilanti, Mich., to battle Eastern Michigan on Sunday (April 20) at 12 p.m.
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