NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's lacrosse team, fresh off a season-opening 16-9 victory over Mount Saint Mary College on Tuesday night, will look to upend Hartwick College on the road at Wright Stadium on Saturday, March 15 at 1 p.m. RECORDS: New Paltz enters the contest with a 1-0 record… Harwick, also known as the Hawks, has a 3-2 record.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (1-0): New Paltz began the 2014 season in auspicious fashion with a 16-9 victory over Mount Saint Mary on Tuesday night… The Hawks broke free from a narrow 4-3 lead at the 13-minute mark with four straight goals to lead 8-4 at halftime… The Knights closed within 8-5 early in the second half, but the Hawks scored five straight goals to surge ahead 13-5 and win going away 16-9… Led by junior midfielder
Lianne Valdivia and senior attack
Talia Tesler, who each scored six goals, Tesler's being a career-tying high, the Hawks outshot the Knights 38-24… Junior midfielder
Julia Johnson earned six ground balls… Junior goalie
Jackie Ulanoff earned the victory with a nine-save effort.
SCOUTING THE HARTWICK HAWKS (3-2): Despite the winter conditions that have affected the New Paltz schedule, Hartwick has played five games… In their last outing, the Hawks got a goal from junior midfielder Emily Jweld with 8:28 to play in defeating Misericordia University 12-11… Hartwick came back from a 4-1 first half deficit and tied the contest 11-11 on a goal by freshman attack Lauren Rosenburg with 10:31 to play and got the game-winner two minutes later... Hartwick has played two State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) teams this season, losing to Oneonta 17-6 on March 4 and Buffalo State 17-11 on March 7.
NEW PALTZ STATISTICS: Only one game's statistics thus far, which can be found at this
link. HARTWICK STATISTICS: Rosenberg leads the team in goals with 12 and has 15 points… Jweld has tallied eight goals and seven assists (15 points) and sophomore midfielder Kia Ference has eight goals and three assists for 11 points… In goal, junior goalie Steph Luce has made 53 saves on the season and sports an 11.80 goals against average.
LAST MEETING: In a game played at Wright Stadium on March 9, 2013, New Paltz defeated Hartwick 16-10…Valdivia's had four goals, Tesler and midfielder
Carissa Citro both had three goals. Details on the game are found at the link below.
GAME RECAP:March 9, 2013 WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks travel to Kean University for a 4 p.m. game on Wednesday, March 19… Hartwick hosts Cazenovia College on March 19 at 4 p.m.
COACHES: New Paltz is led by third-year head coach
Liz Student... Hartwick is coached by first-year head coach Jackie Rutkowski.
