Utica, NY (3/13/15)- The Utica College women's lacrosse team looks to get back on track Saturday as it hosts SUNY Potsdam.  The non-conference contest is set to begin at 12 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT: The Pioneers are coming off a 10-7 loss at Skidmore on Wednesday… UC gave up five unanswered goals to drop to 1-2 on the season… Seniors Megan Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) and Patricia Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) combined for four goals, while junior Courtney Wheeler (Ava, NY/Rome Free Academy) and sophomore Tewasherake Barnes (Akwesasne, NY/Salmon River) had one goal apiece and freshman Brooke Miller (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) netted her first collegiate goal to pace the Pioneers… Senior Morgan DuPont (Wynantskill, NY/Averill Park) extended her season-opening scoring streak to three games as she tallied a team-high two assists, and Kells Casey (Sandwich, MA/Kimball Union Academy) made eight saves in net. 
 
LEADING THE WAY: Senior Megan Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) leads the Pioneers with 12 points (10 goals, two assists) through the first three games… She is currently tied with 2011 graduate Julianne Schultiess for seventh on the College's career scoring list with 132 points… Kane has scored at least one point in 37 of her last 39 games, dating back to her freshman year. 
 
FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET: Eight different players have scored at least one goal on the season… Sophomore Rebecca Plunkett (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) is second on the squad with five goals, while junior Courtney Wheeler (Ava, NY/Rome Free Academy) has netted three tallies on the year… Tewasherake Barnes (Akwesasne, NY/Salmon River), Brooke Miller (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), Xiomara Rodriguez (Bay Shore, NY/Brentwood), and Patricia Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) have also scored for the Pioneers. 
 
DISHING IT OUT: Senior Morgan DuPont (Wynantskill, NY/Averill Park) is picking up right where she left off last season… She currently has four points (two goals and two assists) on the season… DuPont holds both the single-season record for assists (44) and the career record for assists (76)… She has also recorded one or more points in 36 of her last 38 games, dating back to April 21, 2012.
 
SCOUTING POTSDAM: The Bears are 1-3 on the season and they are coming off a 13-12 double overtime loss to Clarkson on Thursday… Potsdam is led by junior Bri McClusky and senior Bailey Weigel… McClusky leads the team with 19 points, while Weigel has a team-best 13 goals… UC is 3-2 against Potsdam in the last five years… Last year, the Pioneers topped the Bears 7-6… Rebecca Plunkett (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) had a hand in all seven Utica goals as she scored six and assisted on Megan Kane (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville)'s game-winner with just eight seconds remaining in regulation.
 
LOOKING AHEAD: Utica will travel to Reading, PA next Saturday as it faces Albright College… Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 


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