NEW PALTZ, N.Y. - The State University of New York at New Paltz women's lacrosse team will host No.4 SUNY Cortland on Saturday, April 18 at 12:30 p.m. in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action at Old Turf Field.
RECORDS: New Paltz is 3-8, 1-4 in the SUNYAC… Cortland is 13-1, 6-0 in SUNYAC play.
SCOUTING NEW PALTZ (3-8, 1-4): The Hawks are coming off of an exciting 23-13 non-conference win against Mount Saint Mary College on Thursday afternoon... Senior
Carissa Citro reached the 100-goal milestone, while netting a program-record tying seven goals… Seven different Hawks found the back of the net during the game… Citro ended the game with seven goals, two assists, five ground balls and five draw controls… Senior
Kelsey Healy scored six goals… Seniors
Lianne Valdivia and
Julia Johnson both finished with three goals… Senior
Jackie Wilkom added two goals in the contest… Senior defender
Fatima Ismail and sophomore
Sara Daly each added one goal apiece…. Senior goalkeeper
Jackie Ulanoff made 15 stops, finishing with a save percentage greater than .500… The Hawks finished with a 42-32 edge on shots and went 15-of-17 on clear attempts… Ulanoff leads the SUNYAC in saves per game (12.00) and is second in save percentage (.477).
STATISTICAL LEADERSGoals: Citro (24), Healy (24), Valdivia (19)
Assists: Citro (10), Valdivia (10), Johnson (6)
Points: Citro (34), Valdivia (29), Healy (26)
Ground Balls: Valdivia (29), Ulanoff (27),
Nicole Gottschalk (24)
Caused Turnovers: Valdivia (18), Citro (10), Gottschalk (9)
Draw Controls: Citro (37), Valdivia (28), Healy (8)
Saves: Ulanoff (132)
TEAM STATISTICS: New Paltz leads the SUNYAC in saves per game (12.00)…The Hawks are second in the SUNYAC in saves percentage (.475)...New Paltz currently has a .781 shots-on-goal percentage.
SCOUTING CORTLAND (13-1, 6-0): The Red Dragons are fresh off a conference win against Brockport, 19-10, on Tuesday, April 14… Cortland was led by junior midfield Ashley Gentile who scored a career-high nine goals, the most by any Cortland player in 14 years… Senior midfielder Emma Hayes-Hurley and junior midfielder Tara Monaghan each netted three goals… Sophomore attack Kristen Ohberg recorded one goal and two assists, while junior midfielder Nicole Bello claimed one goal and one assists… Sophomore goalie Jaclyn Beshlian registered a career-high 11 saves for the Red Dragons… As a team, Cortland tallied 37 shots and had five ground balls… The Red Dragons had 17 draw controls and was 12-of-13 on clears.
STATISTICAL LEADERSGoals: Gentile (55), Hayes-Hurley (46), Monaghan (40)
Assists: Farrell (37), Ohberg (23), Elmer (14)
Points: Gentile (60), Hayes-Hurley (54), Monaghan (52)
Ground Balls: Hayes-Hurley (26), Monaghan (25), Gentile (22)
Caused Turnovers: Monaghan (19), Gentile (15), Bello (14)
Draw Controls: Hayes-Hurley (116), Gentile (48), Monaghan (40)
Saves: Beshlian (49)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Red Dragons are ranked fourth in the conference for caused turnovers (115) and fifth for ground balls (218)… Cortland leads in the SUNYAC for goals per game (16.79), assists per game (8.64), and points per game (25.43)… The Red Dragons are also first in the conference for shots on goal per game (24.00).
LAST MEETING: The Hawks fell at Cortland 22-5 when these two teams last met on April 19, 2014.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks will travel to SUNY Oneonta on Tuesday, April 21 at 4 p.m. ...The Red Dragons will visit Buffalo State in SUNYAC action on Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m.
