BOX SCORE » Lizzie Fisher (Hagerstown, Md.) and Autumn McHenry (Branford, Conn.) each scored twice to lead Saint Francis University women's lacrosse team in the 20th season opener in program history against Youngstown State University on Friday.
» Amanda Heidt (Erie, Pa.) and Christina Roncarati (East Long Meadow, Mass.) also found the twine for the Red Flash.
» C.C. Courter (Verona, N.Y.) paced the defense with four ground balls, and two caused turnovers, while McHenry registered two ground balls, two caused turnovers and four draw controls.
» Roncarati and Chyler Espino (San Francisco, Calif.) made their collegiate debut in the starting lineup, while the other six newcomers also made their collegiate debuts on the afternoon.
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
Heidt tied the game at 1 at 11:03 into the first quarter, but then the Penguins rolled off the next eight goals. Youngstown State went into the locker room with an 11-3 lead at halftime en route to a 19-6 win.
FLASH QUOTES
"Clearly we have some work to do. We knew going in that Youngstown was a high scoring team so that wasn't a surprise. What was a surprise was our lack of execution of fundamental skills. It just wasn't up to par. The preseason was challenging because so many players were out with Covid. Now that we are full strength, we should see a big improvement in our play over the next few weeks." - head coach Tracy Coyne
FLASH MOMENTS
McHenry scored her first goal of the afternoon unassisted at 5:31 in the second quarter. Fisher closed out the scoring in the first half with a tally with 20 seconds left in the half.
Roncarati notched her first collegiate score at 12:40 in the third quarter.
Fisher and McHenry both capped their first multi-goal performance of the year with tallies in the fourth frame. Fisher scored with 13:54 on the clock and McHenry twinkled the twine at 5:12.
FLASH NUGGETS
McHenry, an All-Northeast Conference second-team performer in 2021, registered her 11th multi-goal performance of her career. She also grabbed four draw controls for the 10th time in her career and for the fourth-straight game dating back to last season.
Fisher notched her second two-goal performance of her career and first since her freshman campaign.
Courter registered at least two caused turnovers in a match for the ninth time in her career.
Kelly Dickson (Blue Bell, Pa.) added two ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover. Dickson came into the match with three career draw controls
Elyssa Enrique (North Canton, Ohio) made nine saves in 46:47 minutes of action, while
Taylor Coughlin (Hespeler, Canada) had one stop in 13:13 minutes of play in her collegiate debut.
UP NEXT
Saint Francis returns to action on Wednesday when the squad makes its 2022 DeGol Arena debut against Canisius. Match time is 3 p.m.
