Women's Soccer AMCC First-Round Preview:
No. 5 La Roche (2-3-2 AMCC) at No. 4 Hilbert (3-4 AMCC)
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Hawk Field | Hamburg, NY
2:30 pm  |  Live Stats  |  Live Video 

The AMCC postseason returns to to Hawk Field on Saturday as Hilbert earned the right to host the second home playoff game in program history after finishing fourth in the conference in the regular season. The Hawks will host the AMCC's fifth seed, the La Roche University Redhawks.

Regular Season Meeting
The teams met on October 13 in Pittsburgh, where La Roche held off Hilbert for a 2-1 victory. The Redhawks scored in the second minute and added a second-half goal before the Hawks responded in the 60th minute when Evin Stauffer scored to cut the deficit in half. Hilbert continued to push for an equalizer and finished with 12 shots and seven shots on goal in one of its strongest offensive performances of conference play.

Ja'Lynn Sanders led the Hawks with four shots and two shots on goal in the first meeting, while Keira McFarland made five saves.

Leading the Way
The Hilbert attack is led by Ja'Lynn Sanders, who finished the regular season with a team-high nine goals and 21 points. She scored four goals in conference play, all in a record-setting performance against Mount Aloysius.

Joining Sanders with three assists on the year are Evin Stauffer and Valentina Hauser. Stauffer adds three goals, including the team's lone goal against La Roche, to her trio of assists, while Hauser buried her first career goal in the team's final regular season game of the year, a 4-2 victory over Pitt-Bradford.

Acadia Evans is third in the team with seven points on the year on three goals and an assist, including a perfect 2/2 on penalty kicks.

Alex Frydelhas started all 16 games for the Hawks at center back, anchoring the backline, while Michaela Olson, Kendall Shetter and Haley Karaszewski have each also made 16 starts for Hilbert.

In goal, Keira McFarland has stopped 145 shots this season, which ranks her top ten in all of Division III. McFarland has backstopped all five of the Hawks' wins this fall and has tallied a pair of shutouts.

The Opponent
La Roche is led by freshmen Emma Cameron and Mackenzie Mars who have three goals each in their rookie campaigns.

Four players, Mackenzie Mohrbacher, Grace Motuk, Kiki Nemcek, and Kayla Mull, have started all 14 of the Redhawks' contests, while goalkeeper Danielle Dominick has made 13 starts, making 82 saves.

Team Comparison/Matchup History
The Hawks hold an 11-4 advantage in goals scored in conference play while the teams have each allowed 19 goals throughout the AMCC season.

Hilbert finished the regular season fourth in the AMCC with 81 shots, 27 better than La Roche, who ended the year eighth with 54 total shots.

The Redhawks own a 10-1-5 record over the Hawks all-time, with this year's 2-1 La Roche victory ending a streak of three ties in a row between the two sides.

Hilbert earned its' first win over La Roche in 2022, 2-1 at home.

Saturday's contest will be the first postseason meeting between the Hawks and Redhawks.