NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's lacrosse team will play its final game of the 2014 season at home against No. 10 nationally-ranked SUNY Geneseo on Saturday, April 26 at 1 p.m. Prior to the contest, the Hawks will be honoring their four seniors: attackers
Talia Tesler and
Mariam Ismail, and defenders
Maggie Rose Melito and
Allison Smalley.
RECORDS: New Paltz enters Saturday's game with a 4-8, 1-6 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) record... Geneseo is currently 13-1, 5-1 SUNYAC…Geneseo faces The College at Brockport on Friday, April 25, before traveling to New Paltz.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (4-8, 1-6 SUNYAC): New Paltz lost to SUNY Oswego, 16-10, on Tuesday at the Turf Field… Trailing 9-4 at halftime, the Hawks were able to close the gap to 10-8 with 20 minutes to play, but were not successful in holding back the Oswego offense… In the game, four Hawks tallied two goals each -- junior midfielders
Carissa Citro and
Lianne Valdivia, junior attack Kelsey Heal and Tesler.
STATISTICAL LEADERS: Tesler leads the team and ranks fourth in the SUNYAC in goals with 42… Healy and Valdivia follow behind with 30 and 29 goals… Citro ranks fourth in the conference with 22 assists…Tesler and Citro have 52 and 51 points, placing them in second and third in the SUNYAC.
TEAM STATISTICS: Offensively the Hawks sit fifth in the SUNYAC in goals per game (12.25), fifth in assists per game (5.17), sixth in points per game (17.42) and fourth in shots on goal per game (21.50)... Defensively, New Paltz is third in the SUNYAC in ground balls per game (22.67) and first in saves per game (10.33).
SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS (13-1, 5-1 SUNYAC): Geneseo defeated Buffalo State, 21-10, on Tuesday afternoon… Junior attack Katey Hart had five goals and two assists, while senior midfielder Emily Haggerty added five goals and one assist... Against Buffalo State, Geneseo scored a season-high 21 goals and earned its seventh straight victory... The Blue Devils face The College at Brockport on Friday, April 25.STATISTICAL LEADERS: Senior attack Caroline Buonocore leads the team and ranks fifth in the SUNYAC in goals with 42, while Hart and Haggerty follow with 39 and 37…Haggerty leads the team with 16 assists.
TEAM STATISTICS: Geneseo averages 13 goals a game, third best in the SUNYAC... The team averages 5.57 assists per game, fourth best in the SUNYAC… Defensively, Geneseo leads the conference in caused turnovers per game with 11.93.
LAST MEETING: New Paltz fell to Geneseo, 21-3, on April 27, 2013 at Geneseo.
GAME RECAP:April 27, 2013WHAT'S NEXT: Saturday's game will be New Paltz's last for the 2014 season…The Knights will next compete in the 2014 SUNYAC championship on Tuesday, April 29.
COACHES: New Paltz is headed by Liz Student in her third year as head coach… Geneseo is led by head coach Carly Ritchlin, in her 11th season.
