Women’s Lacrosse Hits the Road for Spring Break Game at Arizona State

Sunday, March 8

Tempe, Ariz.

3 p.m. (ET)

Bucknell University

Arizona State

Photo by: Steven Schoenfelder

Women’s Lacrosse Hits the Road for Spring Break Game at Arizona State

3/6/2026 10:59:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell women's lacrosse is set for its Spring Break game at Arizona State on Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m. to close out its non-conference schedule.

The Bison are 4-1 overall after defeating Rider in a dominant 21-7 game at home. The Sun Devils come into the contest 3-3 overall after defeating Niagara 17-7 on Thursday. The Sunday afternoon meeting will be the first amongst these two teams in program history.

Bucknell (4-1) vs Arizona State (2-3)

When: Sunday, March 8 — 2 p.m. (ET)

Where: Tempe, Arizona

Watch: ESPN+

Live Stats: bucknellbison.com

Bucknell at a Glance

Bucknell enters the contest 4-1 with home wins over Youngstown State, UMBC, St. Bonaventure and Rider and a road loss to Penn State.
Caleigh Cummiskey has earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week twice so far this season (2/9 and 3/2).
Caleigh Cummiskey and Megan Krestinski lead the Bison in scoring with 20 goals each. The two attackers are tied for 15th nationally in total goals and 8th in goals per game with four.
Krestinski leads Bucknell in assists with 12. She ranks 29th nationally in total assists and 26th in assists per game with 2.40.
Krestinski leads the Bison in total points with 32. She is tied for 9th in the NCAA in total points and 5th in points per game with 6.40. The senior is also tied for 23rd in shot percentage (.625).
Cummiskey is tied for 23rd in the NCAA in total points with 28 and is 11th in points per game with 5.60.
Jess Leon leads the team in ground balls with 15 and caused turnovers with 10. She is tied for 19th in the NCAA in ground balls per game with three and tied for 34th in caused turnovers per game with two.
Cummiskey, Alex Macutek and Gigi Abernethy lead the Bison in draw controls with 10 apiece.
Bella Crowley is Bucknell's starting goalie and she has a .387 save percentage overall. The junior has a goals against average of 10.77 with 33 saves and 46 goals against.
Bucknell women's lacrosse is ranked 9th in the NCAA in assists per game (8.80), 6th in points per game (25.20), 6th in scoring offense (16.40 goals per game), 4th in shot percentage (.554), 34th in caused turnovers per game (9.60), 31st in clearing percentage (.920), 14th in ground balls per game (18.20), 17th in scoring margin (5.00), 37th in shots per game (29.60), shots on goal per game (23.60), tied for 49th in turnovers per game (13.20) and tied for 18th in win percentage (.800).
Jess Leon was named to the 2026 Preseason All-Patriot League Team after a strong 2025 campaign.
The 2026 women's lacrosse captains are Katie Browne, Cat Dineen, Megan Krestinski and Caroline Sheridan.
Bucknell welcomed two new assistant coaches in the offseason; Emily Mitarotonda and Emma Telatovich.
The Bison also welcomed 12 freshmen this season, the largest class amongst the team.
Bucknell returned 26 players from the 2025 roster including 2025 All-Patriot League Second Team players Megan Krestinski and Jess Leon.
Bucknell lost top offensive powerhouses Allie Boyce and Taylor McClain to graduation.
In 2025, Bucknell went 6-10 overall and 2-7 in Patriot League play with its two conference wins coming against American and Lehigh.

Bucknell's Last Time Out

Bucknell women's lacrosse used its strong second quarter scoring to take a lead that it would carry throughout the game as it defeated Rider 21-7 on Wednesday afternoon in Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. With the win, the Bison remain undefeated at home and move to 4-1 overall on the season. This is Bucknell's second 20+ goal game of 2026.
The first quarter was close as the teams were tied at two apiece with 4:12 remaining before Katie Browne ended the stanza with a man-up goal to give the Bison the lead. Bucknell then dominated the second quarter out-scoring Rider 8-2 to take a seven goal lead at halftime. The third quarter was close throughout with the Bison narrowly out-scoring the Broncs 4-3 to maintain its lead. Bucknell dominated the final ten-minutes of play as it blanked the Broncs while putting up five goals to take the 21-7 win.
Bucknell out-shot Rider 39-21 in the contest and edged out the Broncs in draw controls having 15 to Rider's 13. The Bison created a lot of their offense off of caused turnovers as they recorded 13 to the Broncs four. Bucknell also generated offense off of successful clears as they went 13-for-15 compared to Rider's 9-for-14. The Bison dominated the ground balls as well as they had 21 to the Broncs nine.
Bison sticks were hot as seven Bucknell student-athletes found goals in the game. Megan Krestinski and Katie Browne paced the team in goals with five apiece. Krestinski also notched two assists, two ground balls, one draw control and one caused turnover. Browne added one ground ball, four draw controls and one caused turnover.
Caroline Sheridan was next up in scoring with four goals and she paced the team in assists with five. The attacker also had two ground balls and one caused turnover. Caleigh Cummiskey ended the game with a hat-trick and four assists. She also recorded two ground balls and one caused turnover.
Gigi Abernethy recorded her first collegiate goal in the contest as she led the team in draw controls with six and notched two ground balls and one caused turnover. Alex Macutek scored two goals and had one assist, one draw control and one caused turnover. Alex Nesbitt rounded out the Bison scoring with one goal, one assist, one ground ball and one caused turnover.
Eleven Bison notched caused turnovers in the contest with Nesbitt and Jess Leon leading the bunch with two each. Leon also led the team in ground balls with four.

Arizona State at a Glance

Arizona State enters the game 3-3 overall after defeating Niagara 17-7 at home.
The Sun Devils are now on a one-game winning streak as the previous contest resulted in a 16-14 loss to USC at home.
In its win over Niagara, Arizona State's senior attacker Teagan Ng became the program's all-time leading goal scorer and junior midfielder Anna Viglione set the program's single-game draw control record with 21. ASU outdrew Niagara 23-2 en route to a season-high 43 shots while holding the visitors to just 23 shots of their own. The Sun Devils -- who had come into the game with a top-16 scoring offense averaging 14.8 goals per game -- put up 17 goals behind nine different scorers to secure the victory at Sun Devil Lacrosse Stadium.
Teegan Ng leads the Sun Devils in goals with 21.
Jordyn Behar leads Arizona State in assists with 18 and total points with 33 as she has 15 goals on the season.
Keely Cleland leads the team in ground balls with 11 and Jordyn Behar follows closely behind with 10. Teagan Ng and Sierra Ryan each have nine.
Helen Park leads Arizona State in caused turnovers with six. Keeley Cleland and Averie Cage each have five.
Anna Vigilone is the main draw control winner for the Sun Devils as she has 78 draw controls so far on the season.
Arizona State has started two goalies over its first six games. Regan Spichiger has started in four games this season and has a .367 save percentage and 11.41 goals against average. Gabriella Henry has started in two games in the back of the net for the Sun Devils and has a .385 save percentage and a 13.85 goals against average.

The Bucknell / Arizona StateSeries

This will be the first time Bucknell and Arizona State meet in program history.

Up Next

Bucknell women's lacrosse will begin Patriot League play as it travels to Annapolis to take on Navy in its conference opener on Saturday, March 14 at noon.