Lindsey Frank led a Richmond offense featuring eight different scorers on Sunday, as the Spiders upset top-seeded UMass 20-13 to steal the Atlantic 10 tournament crown.
The win gives Richmond its first A-10 tournament title since beating UMass in overtime in 2019 and avenges a 22-12 regular-season loss to the Minutewomen on March 11.
Arden Tierney tallied three goals, three ground balls, five draw controls and one caused turnover. Colleen Quinn also scored a hat trick. Amy Moreau and Kylee Bowen netted three goals apiece for UMass, which saw its 15-game winning streak end. The Minutewomen now seek an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament.
Richmond jumped out to a 3-0 lead in less than five minutes on goals from Kendall Duffy, Sophia DiCenso and Quinn.
UMass, which entered the weekend sixth nationally in scoring offense, wasn’t shaken. Six different Minutewomen scored during a 6-2 run, capped when Fiona McGowan found Bowen for a goal that gave UMass its first lead of the day, 6-5, at 10:16 of the second quarter.
Arden Tierney evened the score at 6 with an unassisted tally at 6:37. The teams traded goals, and UMass took an 8-7 edge with 1:25 on the clock. But DiCenso and Quinn scored in the final minute to give the Spiders the 9-8 halftime lead.
Hoping to gain momentum, UMass made a goalie change to start the second half, bringing in Catrina Tobin to relieve second-team all-conference goalie Gina Carroll.