ANNE ARUNDEL, Md. - The Harford women's lacrosse team earned the No. 1 seed in the 2015 NJCAA Region XX Championships, to be held at Anne Arundel CC this weekend. The Fighting Owls will face No. 4 Potomac State on Saturday at noon.

Head coach Nikki Murphy and the MD JUCO Co-Champions defeated the Catamounts 24-7 in the season opener this year, scoring 13 unanswered goals after intermission to run away with the win. Freshman Natalie Decker netted a career-high eight goals in her first collegiate lacrosse game and All-American Karley Bush scored five times in the win. Lacy Underhill dished out five assists and goalie Allie Storke made seven saves as the defense forced 22 turnovers and caused 17.

No. 2 Howard and No. 3 Nassau will face off in the other semifinal and the winners will sqaure off for the Region XX Championship on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both semifinal winners will also advance to the NJCAA National Tournament, held at Onondaga CC in Syracuse, N.Y. on May 9-10. The Fighting Owls have reached the NJCAA Tournament in both of the last two seasons.