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Women's Lacrosse Hosts Brown Tuesday At 2:30 PM
Tuesday, March 8,
2011 - 2:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University
Bobcats (0-2, 0-0 NEC) vs.
Brown University
Bears (2-1, 1-0 Ivy League)
Quinnipiac Field Hockey & Lacrosse Turf Field - Hamden, Conn.
Non-Conference
Action
The Quinnipiac
women's lacrosse team (0-2, 0-0 NEC) hosts non-conference opponent
Brown (2-1, 1-0 Ivy League) on Tuesday, Mar. 8 at 2:30
p.m.
Live
Stats
Live Stats and
Live Audio for Tuesday's game can be accessed by clicking on the
appropriate links on the women's lacrosse schedule at
quinnipiacbobcats.com.
About Brown
Brown comes to
Hamden following a 14-5 victory over Ivy League opponent Columbia
on Saturday, Mar. 5. The Bears were led by junior Kaela McGilloway
(three goals, four assists) and senior Alexa Caldwell (three goals)
on the afternoon. Five other players scored for Brown, which
cruised to its first Ivy League victory of the season. Isabel
Harvey earned the victory in net for the Bears, making four saves
in the contest. On the season overall, McGilloway leads the squad
in total points (10 goals, four assists), while freshman Bre
Hudgins (seven goals, one assist) and senior Paris Waterman (six
goals, two assists) are tied for second with eight points. Freshman
Grace Healy leads the team with 10 draw controls, while freshman
Sidney Jacobs leads the team lead in ground balls with six. Harvey
has played the majority of minutes in net, accumulating a 10.91
goals against average and a .344 save percentage.
All-Time Against The
Bears
Tuesday's game
will be the fourth time the two sides face each other, as Brown
holds a 2-1 all-time series lead. In their last meeting on Sunday,
Mar. 7, Brown defeated Quinnipiac 13-10. Sophomore Marissa
Caroleo (North Babylon, N.Y.) scored a then season-high four
goals in the contest, while junior Christine Sinnigen (Sudbury,
Mass.) contributed three goals of her own. Freshman Sarah Allen led
all players with four assists in the contest. Sophomore Noelle
Martello (Westbury, N.Y.) made a then season-high 13 saves in net
for the Bobcats.
Last
Time Out
Quinnipiac fell to
Connecticut, 17-12, in its season home-opener on Sunday, Feb. 27.
Senior Lauren
Matuszczak (East Longmeadow, Mass.) led the Bobcats with three
goals scored, while freshman Michaela
Tinsley (Shrewsbury, Mass.), senior Laura Iannotti (Rocky
Point, N.Y.), and Caroleo each netted two goals. Caroleo led the
team with three ground balls and sophomore Chelsea
Guerrera (Wantagh, N.Y.) led the squad with three draw
controls. Junior Noelle
Martello made 13 saves in net for the Bobcats, tying her
second-most single-game save total of her career.
Off
To A Fast Start
Junior attacker Marissa
Caroleo (North Babylon, N.Y.) had another solid game for the
Bobcats on Sunday, Feb. 27 against Connecticut, contributing two
goals and one assist in defeat. Overall, the junior collected eight
goals and one assist in Quinnipiac's season-opening weekend and
emerged as the team leader in overall points. Despite playing in
only nine games in 2010, Caroleo finished fourth on the team in
points, 29, with 25 goals and four assists.
Marvelous
Matuszczak
The senior
midfielder scored a team-high three goals on Sunday Feb. 27 against
Connecticut, her first three goals of the season. Matuszczak also
collected an assist on Friday, Feb. 25 against Fairfield, giving
her four points on the season. She is currently second on the team
with four draw controls.
Rookie
Contributions
Freshman attack Michaela
Tinsley (Shrewsbury, Mass.) leads all Quinnipiac rookies with
three goals and one assist on the season. She collected two goals
and one assist on Sunday, Feb. 27 against Connecticut.
A
Nose For The Ball
Junior midfielder
Devon
Gibney (Hopkinton, Mass.) leads the team in both draw controls
(seven) and caused turnovers (four). Her five draw controls on
Friday against Fairfield matched her career-high, with its last
occurrence coming on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 against Central
Connecticut. In 2010, the junior finished third on the squad in
draw controls (35).
Senior Scoring
Threat
Senior attacker Laura
Iannotti (Rocky Point, N.Y.) collected two goals and one assist
on Friday, Feb. 25 against Fairfield, figuring in three of the
final five goals of the game for Quinnipiac. The assist for
Iannotti was the first of her career. She scored two more goals on
Sunday, Feb. 27 against Connecticut to give her five points on the
season, good for second on the team.
Next
Time Out
Quinnipiac returns
to the field on Sunday, Mar. 13 when the team travels to
Burlington, Vt. to face Vermont at 12 p.m









