{"id":153689,"date":"2026-02-12T23:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153689\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T23:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:46:15","slug":"womens-lacrosse-opens-season-with-final-four-rematch-against-1-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153689\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Lacrosse Opens Season With Final Four Rematch Against #1 Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     INDIANAPOLIS\u00a0\u2013 The No. 5 UIndy\u00a0women&#8217;s lacrosse team begins its road to a second straight final four on Saturday when the No. 1 team in the nation in Tampa comes to Key Stadium. This will be a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/news\/2025\/5\/22\/womens-lacrosse-hounds-fall-short-at-final-four.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Final Four rematch<\/a>\u00a0between the two sides, with things set to get underway at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/coaches\/peyton-romig\/1943\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1943\" target=\"_blank\">Peyton Romig<\/a> enters her third season at the helm for UIndy, and has boasted a 2025 Final Four run and a <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/news\/2024\/4\/28\/womens-lacrosse-four-peat-greyhounds-run-away-in-second-half-for-fourth-straight-glvc-title.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024 GLVC Championship title<\/a> in just two seasons as the head coach of the Greyhound\u00a0program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Greyhounds are coming off its most successful season since the <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/news\/2022\/5\/22\/womens-lacrosse-uindy-crowned-2022-ncaa-dii-womens-lacrosse-national-champion.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2022 National Championship title<\/a>, making its second final four in program history, and will be returning 11 of the team&#8217;s 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/news\/2025\/4\/30\/womens-lacrosse-bladon-named-glvc-midfielder-of-the-year-eleven-voted-all-glvc.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All-GLVC honorees from 2025<\/a>, which include last season&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/news\/2025\/5\/21\/womens-lacrosse-greyhound-trio-named-iwlca-all-america.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 IWLCA All-American selections<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/amanda-hurry\/13884\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13884\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Hurry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/hollis-rang\/13883\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13883\" target=\"_blank\">Hollis Rang<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/olivia-bladon\/13868\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13868\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Bladon<\/a>, all of which who were also recognized on the <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/news\/2026\/2\/3\/womens-lacrosse-four-greyhounds-grab-preseason-all-american-honors.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 USA Lacrosse\u00a0Preseason All-American List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The team also boasts 10 of its top 11 goalscorers from 2025 entering the new year, which includes the attacking likes of; <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/alexa-versaci\/15572\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15572\" target=\"_blank\">Alexa Versaci<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ally-savino\/13880\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13880\" target=\"_blank\">Ally Savino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ella-fornek\/13872\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13872\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Fornek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/emily-ghazal\/13874\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13874\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Ghazal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/kendall-conrad\/15557\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15557\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Conrad<\/a>, Maleana Michielin, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/megan-gehrt\/15563\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15563\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Gehrt<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/sage-da-silva\/13870\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13870\" target=\"_blank\">Sage Da Silva<\/a>. Along with a stellar attack the Hounds also had one of the best defenses in the GLVC, ranking second in goals against and third in total goals allowed. With 2025 All-GLVC Third Team goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ava-graham\/13885\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13885\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Graham<\/a>\u00a0between the pipes the team will once again, and the defensive unit of <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/hadlee-decampos\/15559\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15559\" target=\"_blank\">Hadlee DeCampos<\/a>, Hurry, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/jenna-hirvonen\/15565\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15565\" target=\"_blank\">Jenna Hirvonen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/mariah-whitfield\/13882\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13882\" target=\"_blank\">Mariah Whitfield<\/a>, and Rang accounted for 94 caused turnovers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Greyhounds will look to capture the team&#8217;s first win over the Spartans since <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.uindy.edu\/news\/2023\/3\/4\/womens-lacrosse-7-womens-lacrosse-takes-down-2-tampa-in-crown-lacrosse-classic.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2023<\/a>, with Saturday&#8217;s contest also being Love Your Hounds Day at Key Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; INDIANAPOLIS\u00a0\u2013 The No. 5 UIndy\u00a0women&#8217;s lacrosse team begins its road to a second straight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-153689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}