UTICA, NY – The Utica College women's lacrosse team travels to SUNY Poly on Wednesday for a non-conference matchup. The game is scheduled to start at 5 p.m.
Last Time Out: Utica won its Empire 8 Conference opener 16-8 against visiting Elmira College on Saturday … The Pioneers scored the first five goals of the contest and took an 11-3 lead in the first half … Utica would give up five goals in the second half but would score five goals as well to hold the lead …
Rebecca Plunkett (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) had a team high four goals while
Brooke Miller (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) had two goals and two assists.
Taking A Look At The Record Book: Plunkett now has 95 career goals which is eighth in the College's all-time record book … She passed Casey Pelletier '08 and only needs three goals to move into seventh on the list … She is also fourth all-time in draw controls (131) and needs just seven more to move into the third spot … Senior
Courtney Wheeler (Ava, NY/Rome Free Academy) is 10
th on the all-time list in goals (80), eighth in assists (36), ninth in groundballs (136), and ninth in caused turnovers (55).
Leading The Way: Utica has four players with 10 or more points on the year … Plunkett leads the team with 26 points off of a team-high 25 goals and one assist … She extended her point scoring streak to 16 games dating back to last season … She is second in the conference in draw controls per game (5.13) and fifth in the conference in goals per game (3.13) … Wheeler is second on the team with 18 points off of 15 goals and three assists … She is sixth in the conference in draw controls per game (3.00) … Miller is third on the team with 15 points off of six goals and a team high nine assists while freshman
Katlyn Scarpinella (South Setauket, NY/Ward Melville) is fourth on the team with 12 points off of nine goals and three assists … Miller is seventh in the conference in assists per game (1.13).
Helping Out: Freshman
Mary Stuhlman (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) has seven points off of six goals and one assist while senior
Colleen Dowling (Fairport, NY/Fairport) has seven points off of five goals and two assists …
Sara Hennessey (East Syracuse, NY/East Syracuse Minoa) and
Amanda Chruscicki (Utica, NY/Whitesboro) each have six points off of three goals and three assists.
Strong Defense: Maggie Notter (Clifton Springs, NY/Midlakes) leads the team with 21 caused turnovers while
Briana Estabrook (Tully, NY/Tully ) is second with 16 … Notter is second on the team with 26 groundballs while Estabrook is third with 25 … Wheeler is third in the conference in groundballs per game (4.00) while Notter is sixth (3.25) and Estabrook is seventh (3.13) … Notter is second in the conference in caused turnovers per game (2.63) while Estabrook is seventh (2.00).
In The Net: Kells Casey (Sandwich, MA/Kimball Union Academy) is fifth in the conference in goals against average (8.83), she is sixth in the conference in save percentage (.456), and she is third in the conference in saves per game (6.83) … Casey is 4-2 on the year while
Amanda Lupo (Auburn, NY/Skaneateles) is 1-0 and
Erin Jacobson (Staten Island, NY/Curtis) is 0-1.
Against SUNY Poly: Utica is 4-0 against the Wildcats with a 2-0 home record and a 2-0 away record … UC has scored 16 or more goals in each game while holding SUNY Poly to five or less goals in all four contests … Last year the Pioneers beat the Wildcats 18-3.
Scouting The Wildcats: SUNY Poly is 3-0 overall with a 2-0 record at home and a 1-0 record on the road … The Wildcats are coming off of a 18-2 victory over Maritime (N.Y.) … SUNY Poly is led by Mari Ames (19 points off of nine goals and 10 assists) and Krysta Beha (14 points off of 12 goals and two assists) … In the net for the Wildcats is Megan Will (20 saves, .606 save percentage, and a 4.33 goals against average).
Social Media: Make sure to follow live updates of the game on the Pioneers official Twitter feed: @UCPioneers… If you are at the game and on Twitter, or talking about the game on Twitter, make sure to use #UCMoose… You can also "Like" the Pioneers on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UCpioneers ... Fans can also follow the Pioneers on Instagram: UCPioneers.
Get Live Stats: To get live stats of the game click on the link:
http://wildcats.sunyit.edu/sports/wlax/2015-16/boxscores/20160330_mjgm.xml .
Looking Ahead: The Pioneers return to action when they host St. John Fisher in conference play on Saturday ... The game is scheduled for 1 p.m.
