Pirates Conclude Four-Game Road Swing at William & Mary Wednesday

Game 12: East Carolina (4-7, 1-2 American) at William & Mary (7-5, 2-2 CAA)
Date	Wednesday, April 8
Time	5:00 p.m. (ET)
Location	Williamsburg, Va. (Martin Family Stadium)
Media Coverage	Live Stats: StatBroadcast Stream: F loCollege ($)
Game Notes	East Carolina
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina lacrosse team finishes out its long road swing by heading to Williamsburg for a date with William & Mary at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The game will be available for streaming on FloCollege ($).

Last Time Out
The Pirates came up short in a 15-13 loss at Vanderbilt on Saturday, failing to score in the fourth quarter of what had been a terrific battle throughout. The team was led by Sarah Goodison's seven points on five goals and two assists and Katelyn Scalfani's five points on two goals and three assists. Maeve Meehan made her first career start in goal and made 11 saves in an impressive outing.

Scouting William & Mary
The Tribe enter the game at 7-5 and holding a 2-2 mark in CAA play after falling on the road against Elon in their last outing. On the year, the team is led offensively by Grace Walter's 33 points on 18 goals and 15 assists while Taylor McCall has put the ball in the net more than any other player with 23 goals. On the other side of the ball, Jaylin Locke has a team high 14 caused turnovers while Kate Draddy leads the team in both ground balls (24) and draw controls (53). In cage, it's been Anna Lopez making the last eight starts and going the full 60 minutes in each, making 64 saves to 80 goals allowed for a .444 save percentage.

Series History
The Pirates and Tribe have met three times with a 2-1 edge for ECU among games in 2022, 2024 and 2025. Last season, it was a home win for the Pirates, 14-13, in which Finley Hoffman tied the game up for William & Mary with 2:50 remaining before Rachel Chessock scored the winner for ECU with just over two minutes to play. Kayla Wilkes scored a game-high five goals in that game while also assisting on Chessock's decisive goal. The Pirates scored three of the final four goals of the game after relinquishing an 11-6 lead in the third quarter to hold on for the victory.

League Leading Magazu
Emma Magazu leads the American Conference in ground balls per game with 3.00 per game.

Good Season
Sarah Goodison is having herself a breakout year. After missing most of last season due to injury, and entering 2026 with just two multi-point games in her career, after Saturday, she has just as many games with SEVEN points this season. She's got eight multi-point games this season in total.

First Career Start
Maeve Meehan earned her first career start in cage against Vanderbilt and played well with 11 saves, nearly helping ECU to a signature conference win. It is the third most saves in a first career start in program history behind only Christina White (13) and Abby Smith (12), both from the program's first season in 2018.

In The Community
The program has made it a focus to strive not only for success on the field and in the classroom, but as representatives in the community. As a team, the Pirates logged 595.5 hours of community service in the fall.

Aspire
Assistant coach Kaelin Hogan graduated from the IWLCA's Aspire Program this spring. According to the organization, "The IWLCA Aspire program was designed to enhance coaches' professional skills, capabilities, and self-awareness through the dynamic blended learning approach."

At the Helm
The Pirates are entering year three under the leadership of head coach Brittany Dipper. Dipper has compiled an 15-29 record with a marked jump from her first to second seasons building anticipation for a successful 2026 campaign.

Pirates Conclude Four-Game Road Swing at William & Mary Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Rachel Chessock

Sarah Goodison

Emma Magazu

Maeve Meehan

Kayla Wilkes

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