{"id":242592,"date":"2026-04-23T00:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:38:12","slug":"jacksonville-rolls-past-stetson-to-close-regular-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242592\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Rolls Past Stetson To Close Regular Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Atlantic--Sun.png\" alt=\"#3 Liberty OR #6 Kennesaw State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> #3 Liberty OR #6 Kennesaw State<\/p>\n<p>4\/30\/2026 | 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 30 (Thu) \/ 6:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Atlantic--Sun.png\" alt=\"#3 Liberty OR #6 Kennesaw State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0#3 Liberty OR #6 Kennesaw State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    DELAND, Fla. &#8212; It may have been the final game of the regular season, but it was business as usual for the Jacksonville Dolphins under the lights at Stetson. The Dolphins (11-5, 7-1 ASUN) cruised past the Stetson Hatters 20-6 Wednesday night to close the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville was led by a balanced offense featuring 13 different goal scorers. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/maeve-brennan\/8480\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8480\" target=\"_blank\">Maeve Brennan<\/a> concluded the best offensive season in the ASUN with another five-point game, scoring one goal and dishing out four assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins blitzed the Hatters out of the gates. Jacksonville was the only team on the scoresheet in the first quarter, outsourcing the hosts 6-0 in the opening frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/julia-nicholson\/8494\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8494\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Nicholson<\/a> scored two goals in the first three minutes of the game, setting the tone for a dominant night for JU.<\/p>\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/olivia-johnson\/8489\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8489\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Johnson<\/a> raced to the goal to score a free-position opportunity, then Brennan found senior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ainsley-scruggs\/8502\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8502\" target=\"_blank\">Ainsley Scruggs<\/a> for back-to-back finishes. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/shae-hagans\/8485\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8485\" target=\"_blank\">Shae Hagans<\/a> ended the quarter with her 35th goal of the season, passing her goal tally from a season ago.<\/p>\n<p>The second quarter was even more explosive for the Dolphins. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/allyx-berry\/8478\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8478\" target=\"_blank\">Allyx Berry<\/a> started with a goal 28 seconds into the period. With senior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/abby-moran\/8493\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8493\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Moran<\/a> dominating the draw circle, Jacksonville added three more goals before Stetson even had possession.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After goals from Brennan and Scruggs, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/paige-garguilo\/8514\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8514\" target=\"_blank\">Paige Garguilo<\/a> got red hot. She scored the second hat-trick of her career in just the second quarter, putting JU up 12-1 with her third goal of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/gabby-hendricks\/8486\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8486\" target=\"_blank\">Gabby Hendricks<\/a> scored the first of her two goals to close the half with the Dolphins leading by a dozen.<\/p>\n<p>The Hatters went on a mini-run in the third quarter, scoring four of their six goals in the third. But Jacksonville still found the score sheet. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/maddi-santini\/8501\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8501\" target=\"_blank\">Maddi Santini<\/a> notched her fourth goal of the season, then Berry capitalized on the extra-player opportunity off another Brennan feed.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville was strong as ever in the fourth quarter. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/maddie-herman\/8487\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8487\" target=\"_blank\">Maddie Herman<\/a> went straight to goal for a solo finish, then junior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ruby-lynch\/8491\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8491\" target=\"_blank\">Ruby Lynch<\/a> scored to restore JU&#8217;s 12-goal advantage.<\/p>\n<p>With everybody getting in on the scoring, the Dolphins had two first-time goal scorers in the final period. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/fiona-maclean\/8492\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8492\" target=\"_blank\">Fiona MacLean<\/a> &#8212; after recording her first ever assist last time out &#8212; put her first goal in the back of the net off an assist from Nicholson.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ella-bea-croteau\/8507\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8507\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Bea Croteau<\/a> became the third JU freshman to score a goal this season. Hendricks put the finishing touch on a strong regular season, getting Jacksonville to 20 goals for the second time this season.<\/p>\n<p>Game Notes&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tWith 16 draw controls, Moran broke her own single-season record for draw controls with 175.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Dolphins have three players with 30 goals (Brennan, Hagans and Scruggs) for the first time since 2023.&#13;<br \/>\n\tJacksonville scored on more than half (51.2%) of its shots as a team.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Dolphins are 15-0 all-time against Stetson.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/coaches\/tara-singleton\/1441\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1441\" target=\"_blank\">Tara Singleton<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;What a great way to cap off the regular season! Now it&#8217;s back to work for the postseason next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJacksonville is locked into the No. 2 seed in the ASUN Women&#8217;s Lacrosse Championship. The Dolphins will face the winner of three-seed Liberty and six-seed Kennesaw State Thursday night at 6 PM at Rock Stadium in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: #3 Liberty OR #6 Kennesaw State 4\/30\/2026 | 6:00 PM &#13; Apr. 30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-242592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242592","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=242592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}