MIDWEST REGION
Winners play each other Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern in the quarterfinals.
(4) GRAND VALLEY STATE 15, (1) REGIS 11
For the second season in a row, Grand Valley State has ended Regis’ title hopes in the opening round of the tournament. The Lakers took the lead in the second quarter and never coughed it up in a 15-11 win.
Trailing 6-4 after Bailey Truex scored twice in a row for Regis, the top seed in the Midwest, Grand Valley State rattled off eight straight goals to lead 12-6. Regis could not come closer than four goals the rest of the way.
Molly Bursinger and Hailey Crittenden each netted a team-high four goals for GVSU, but it was the Lakers’ Maddy Champagne who posted a game-high in points with six (three goals, three assists).
(2) UINDY 14, (3) MARYVILLE 9
UIndy raced to a six-goal lead by halftime, and even though Maryville — one of the best stories of 2023 — cut the deficit to two goals with 10:13 remaining, the Greyhounds persevered for a 14-9 win. UIndy, the defending national champion, got four-goal efforts from Olivia Bladon and Joey Fowler.
Sydney Tiemann, Division II’s new single-season goals leader, had three goals and two assists for Maryville, which finishes its record-setting season at 17-3.
SOUTH REGION
Winners play each other Sunday at noon Eastern in the quarterfinals.
(1) TAMPA 15, (4) ROLLINS 13
Tampa secured its first-ever NCAA tournament win, riding three goals from Julia Kolderman and two-goal efforts from Emma McLoughlin, Lizzie Pierpont, Dani Waters, Riley McGettigan and Sarah Hinkle to a 15-13 win over Rollins.
The Spartans led 13-10 at the end of the third quarter, but Rollins got three goals from Caroline Bailey and tied it at 13. Kolderman scored the go-ahead goal with 3:35 remaining, and Waters added insurance with 24 seconds left.
(2) FLORIDA SOUTHERN 19, (3) FLAGLER 15
Florida Southern took a three-goal lead midway through the third quarter and never relinquished it, overcoming five-goal efforts from Lexie Morton and Ella Pinder of Flagler in a 19-15 win.
The Mocs got big performances from Jackie Stoller (four goals, one assist), Lizzy Lynch (two goals, three assists) and Madison Tare (one goal, five assists). Hailey O’Donoghue gave Florida Southern a 13-10 lead with 6:43 left in the third quarter, but a Flagler mini run made it 14-13 with 12:24 to play. Florida Southern scored five of the next six to seal it.