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Vestal, N.Y. - The Saint Francis lacrosse team rolls into Vestal, N.Y. riding a program-best three game win streak to take on Binghamton. The game, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been moved to Friday, Mar. 10, at 2 p.m.
Scouting Binghamton
The Bearcats are 1-5 but have lost four of its five games by four goals or less. Rebecca Golderman leads the team with 19 goals. Jacqueline Kennedy has recorded 12 goals and four assists and Tiffany Ryan has added 10 goals and six assists. Binghamton has had issues starting games as it has been outscored 50-26 in first halves. The Bearcats have outscored their opponents 39-37 in second halves.
NUMBER ONE
The Red Flash continue to lead the country in ground balls per game at a clip of 27.50 per contest. Junior
Jessica Mazzur (Dallastown, Pa./York Catholic) (Dallastown, Pa.) ranks second in the country in ground balls per game (5.0 per game).
All Hail Holly Lawrence (Damascus, Md./Damascus)
Senior midfielder
Holly Lawrence (Damascus, Md./Damascus) has won the NEC Player of the Week in two of the season's first three weeks. Her team-high 15 goals top the league and she ranks eighth in the country in goals per game (3.75 per game). Lawrence has been deadly on free position attempts, ranking tied for forth in the country in free position goals per game (1.50) and ranking fifth in free position percentage (.857).
It's Raining Goals
Lawrence has teamed up with junior
Sarah Mahon (Malverne, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) and freshman
Sydney Davis (Harwood, Md./Southern) to create a lethal Saint Francis attack. Davis leads the NEC in points per game (4.25) and assists per game (1.50). The Saint Francis attack tops the conference and ranks 11th nationally in goals per game (15.0). The Red Flash have scored double digit goals in all four of its games.
Second Half Shutouts
The Red Flash had never shutout an opponent in an entire half of a game in its program history entering the season, but has done so twice in its last two games. Saint Francis held Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb scoreless in the second halves of its dominating wins, outscoring them by a combined 13-0.
