NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's lacrosse team will finish off its regular season this week at home. New Paltz will host SUNY Oswego on Tuesday, April 22 at 3 p.m. in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play. RECORDS: New Paltz heads into Tuesday's game with a 4-7, 1-5 SUNYAC record while Oswego holds a 9-5, 2-4 SUNYAC record.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (4-7, 1-5 SUNYAC): New Paltz fell to No. 2 nationally ranked SUNY Cortland 22-5 on Saturday, April 19 in conference action… In a challenging game for the Hawks, junior midfielders
Lianne Valdivia and
Kelsey Healy each contributed two goals.
STATISTICAL LEADERS: Senior attack
Talia Tesler leads the team and ranks third in the SUNYAC in goals with 40…Healy and Valdivia follow behind with 28 and 27 goals…Junior midfielder
Carissa Citro ranks fourth in the conference averaging 2 assists per game…Citro and Tesler each have 48 points placing them in second in the SUNYAC.
TEAM STATISTICS: Offensively the Hawks sit third in the SUNYAC with goals per game (12.45), sixth in assists per game (5.18), fourth in points per game (17.64) and fourth in shots on goal per game (21.18)... Defensively, New Paltz is third in the SUNYAC in ground balls per game (22.64) and first in saves per game (10.27).
SCOUTING THE LAKERS (9-5, 2-4 SUNYAC): On Saturday, April 19 in a key game which broke the tie for fifth place in the conference, Oswego lost 12-10 in a close battle to nationally ranked the College at Brockport… Sophomore attack Esther Gabriel paced the team with three goals while senior midfielder Mackenzie Kjerstad had a three-point game off two goals and an assist. STATISTICAL LEADERS: Sophomore attack Erannan Shattuck leads the team with 28 goals while Gabriel leads the team and ranks 11th in the SUNYAC with 17 assists…Senior defender Megan McNulty leads the team with 36 groundballs.
TEAM STATISTICS: The Lakers average 9.85 goals per game and 4.86 assists per game with a .422 shot percentage... Oswego ranks third in the SUNYAC with 9.07 saves per game.
LAST MEETING: New Paltz fell to Oswego 12-7 at Oswego on April 23, 2013.
GAME RECAP:APRIL 23, 2O13 WHAT'S NEXT: New Paltz will host SUNY Geneseo in the Hawks' final game of the 2014 season on Saturday, April 26 at 1 p.m…. Oswego will visit Elmira, NY for a non-conference game against Elmira on Thursday, April 24 at 4 p.m.
COACHES: New Paltz is led by head coach
Liz Student in her third season while Oswego is headed by Brandi Lusk in her sixth season as he
