LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Siena women's lacrosse team returns to the comfortable confines of Hickey Field on Friday afternoon, as they take on the Quinnipiac Bobcats at 2 PM.
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Joe Mixie and Adam Pascal will have the call game on ESPN3. Continuous in-game updates will be provided via the team's official twitter page @SienaWLax. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #MarchOn, #SienaSaints, and #MAACLAX.
Siena sits a perfect 2-0 at home this season with a pair of wins over the Canisius Golden Griffins in the season's opening weekend. Both sides meet for the 10
th time, with Siena holding the 5-4 advantage over the Bobcats. Siena has won five of the last six matchups between the two programs. Siena's largest margin of win came with a 14-6 victory back in 2016.
Last time out, the Saints went to battle with the Niagara Purple Eagles last Sunday afternoon, as both sides put out high-powered offense. Niagara would gain the advantage at the final whistle, topping the Saints by a score of 14-13. Siena was led by a trio of hat tricks, coming from
Annie Brennan,
Kerry Gerety, and
Kaitlyn Dowsett. Brennan and Dowsett also added an assist, giving them four-point days. Senior
Nicole McNeely and junior
Mary Soures also added a pair of goals on the day to complete the scoring for the Saints.
Quinnipiac enters their fifth season under Head Coach Tanya Kotowicz. Quinnipiac traveled to the Jersey shore for a two-game series with Monmouth last weekend. In the first game, the Bobcats fell to the Hawks, 21-8 on Friday afternoon in New Jersey. Monmouth scored 30 seconds into the game and never relinquished the lead en route to their third victory of the season. In the second game, the Bobcats had a back-and-forth battle with Monmouth on Sunday afternoon, but Monmouth scored the final two goals in the last seven minutes of action to come away with the 13-12 win at Kessler Stadium.
The last time the Saints were home, senior
Kerry Gerety became the all-time leader in career draw controls with a draw control to open the second half of their Sunday matchup with Canisius. She eclipsed Julia Sirianni's career mark of 227 draw controls, getting her the top spot as she finished with 12 total draw controls on the game. In the Saints next game at Manhattan, senior
Nicole McNeely joined the 100-point club.