Loretto, Pa – The Saint Francis lacrosse team (5-10, 1-4 NEC) will enjoy its final home stand of the 2018 season with games vs. LIU Brooklyn on Friday, Apr. 21, at 12 p.m and Sacred Heart on Sunday, Apr. 23, at noon. Sunday's meeting with the Pioneers will serve as senior day for a group of four Red Flash seniors.
Scouting LIU Brooklyn
LIU Brooklyn (3-11, 0-5 NEC) is looking for its first conference win this weekend. Leading scorer Amanda Masullo has tallied 26 goals, 10 assists, and has won 65 draw controls for the Blackbirds. Bianca Santucci and Rachel Masullo have added 26 and 25 goals respectively. LIU shares the ball well offensively, ranking first in the conference in assists per game (5.21) and third in points per game (16.07).
Scouting Sacred Heart
The Pioneers are 2-12 overall and 2-3 in conference play after dropping games to Mount Saint Mary's and Wagner last weekend. Junior Hannah Wise leads the team with 29 goals and two assists. Senior Alyssa Pearce, another 20+ goal scorer, is second on the team with 27 goals, four assists, and seven ground balls. Sacred Heart comes into the weekend ranked seventh in the NEC in goals per game (8.14) and in points per game (11.93).
Special Senior Class
The Red Flash will honor one of its most successful senior classes in program history on Sunday. The class, which consists of Kelly Aquino (Ellicott City, Md./Howard), Jessica Fischetti (Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge), Jessica Mazzur (Dallastown, Pa./York Catholic), and Sarah Mahon (Malverne, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial), has accumulated 18 wins over its four seasons. One win this weekend will push them past the 2013 class for the winningest class in program history.
Mazzur in Pursuit of Single-Season Goals Record
Senior Jessica Mazzur (Dallastown, Pa./York Catholic) has scored 42 goals through 15 games (2.8 goals per game) this season and needs eight to tie and nine to surpass the program record of 50 set by Holly Lawrence (Damascus, Md./Damascus) in 2017. Mazzur ranks fourth in Saint Francis career goals with 91.
Chasing History
Saint Francis is two wins away from setting the school record for wins in a season with seven. The record (six wins) was set in 2013 and was tied by the 2017 team.
