Battle Of The Flash: Saint Francis Women's Lacrosse Welcomes Kent State To Loretto On Saturday

Kent State University (2-7) at Saint Francis University (2-4)
Date \| Time	Saturday, March 19, 2022 \| 1 p.m.
Location	Loretto, Pa. \| DeGol Field \| Digital Program
Television	Trent Dunn (play-by-play) \| NEC Front Row
Live Stats	Side Arm
Stats	Saint Francis \| SFU Career Highs \| Kent State \| Northeast Conference
Social Media	@RedFlashLax \| @RedFlashLax \| Facebook

GAME NOTES VS. KENT STATE

opening draw

Saturday's game between Saint Francis and Kent State marks the third meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 2019 season.
The Red Flash has won both meetings in the series, including an 18-13 decision on Ohio in what turned out to be the final game of the 2020 season before the athletic world closed down due to the pandemic.

about the golden flashes

Kent State comes into the contest 2-8 after falling 21-20 to Youngstown State on Thursday.
Jackie Wofford leads the Golden Flashes in goals (21), points (23) and caused turnovers (10), and also ranks third in draw controls (18).
Kenzie Skiar is second on the team with 20 goals and two assists for 22 points, while Abby Jones powers the team in assists (eight) and draw controls (32), and ranks third in points (18).
Jordan Zablo leads the squad with 20 ground balls.
Madison Flannigan has 86 saves, a 14.26 goals against average and a .432 save percentage.

last time we met

Emileigh Scott scored seven times to power Saint Francis past Kent State 17-13 on Mar. 10, 2020.
Autumn McHenry added four tallies and Makenna Luzier had four assists, while Livia Baker added a hat trick.
Abby Jones registered four goals and two assists to power the Flashes. Madison Rapier had three markers and an assist, and Megan Kozar also had three scores.
Elyssa Enrique had five saves for the Red Flash and Madison Flannigan turned away six shots for Kent State.

last time out

Amanda Heidt posted four goals and an assist, including the go-ahead goal with 80 seconds left in the third quarter to power Saint Francis past Kent State 10-7 on Tuesday.
Autumn McHenry tallied two markers and an assist and Christina Roncarati had a pair of goals in the winning effort.
Elyssa Enrique made 15 saves for the Red Flash.

next time out

Saint Francis momentarily halts its time in Loretto to travel to Delaware State on Wednesday.
The squad returns to Loretto to open up league play against LIU (Mar. 26) and Howard (Mar. 30).

20th anniversary celebration

This season marks the 20th Anniversary of the first season of women's lacrosse at Saint Francis.
Saint Francis is inviting all women's lacrosse alumnae back to celebrate 20 years of women's lacrosse on Saturday, April 23 against Central Connecticut State.
A brunch for all alumnae will take place from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in DeGol Field House and all women's lacrosse alumnae will be honored at halftime of the game.
Registration for Women's Lacrosse Celebraton | CLICK HERE

prime performers

Christina Roncarati was named the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of Feb. 28-Mar. 6. The freshman registered two goals against Central Michigan on Mar. 4
Elyssa Enrique and Autumn McHenry were named NEC Prime Performers for the week of Feb. 21-27. Enrique registered 23 saves in the week and held Akron to six goals in a 10-6 win on Feb. 27. The senior anchored a defense and made 16 saves in the win against the Zips. McHenry posted six goals, seven draw controls, a ground ball and a caused turnover in the week. The senior scored three of her four goals in an 8-0 run in the second half against Akron including the tally that gave the Red Flash the lead for good at 10:17 in the third quarter. McHenry added two goals and three draw controls in the home opener against Canisius on Feb. 23.
McHenry was named an NEC Prime Performer for the week of Feb. 14-20. She registered two goals, four draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Youngstown State on Feb. 18.

career afternoons

Autumn McHenry notched her second career four-goal performance of her career and her first since she registered four scores against Kent State on March 10, 2020 against Akron on February 27.
Lizzie Fisher also registered her first career hat trick against the Zips.
Christina Roncarati notched a career-high four goals against Canisius on Feb. 23. She is the third player on the team to register a four-goal performance.

collegiate firsts

Freshmen Chyler Espino and Christina Roncarati both made their collegiate debut in the starting lineup against Youngstown State on Feb. 18.
Roncarati notched her first collegiate tally in the game against Youngstown State.
All eight freshmen saw action in the season opener against Youngstown State.
Nancy Alden registered her first career start and goal against Canisius on Feb. 23.

milestone watch

Autumn McHenry became the fifth player in program history to grab 100 draw controls in her career after hauling in three draw controls against Longwood on Mar. 13.
She ranks fifth in the category and can move into fourth place with 19 draw controls. The senior is also fifth on the all-time program list in assists with 40 helpers and needs 13 assists to jump into fourth place. McHenry also sits at 89 points and can become the 11th player in team history with 100 points with 11 points, and she can also move into the Top-10 with 19 points.
Graduate student Amanda Heidt has 65 goals and can move into the program's Top-10 in goals with 14 tallies.

aye, aye, captain

Graduate student Amanda Heidt and senior Autumn McHenry have been named team captains.
In addition, junior Kelly Dickson and sophomores Danielle Hernandez and Kateri Hernandez have been named to the lacrosse leadership council.

returning all-nec performers

Senior Autumn McHenry returns after earning All-NEC second-team honors in 2021.
McHenry was also selected to the All-NEC Rookie team in 2018.
Sophomore Danielle Hernandez was selected to the All-NEC Rookie team last season.

welcome to the lo'

Saint Francis head coach Tracy Coyne has added eight players to the team for the 2022 season.
Nancy Alden, Olivia Baldini, Taylor Coughlin, Chyler Espino, Makayla Murray, Sophia Mellis, Colleen Roche, Christina Roncarati all joined the team this season.
In addition, assistant coach Sophia Thomas comes to Loretto after playing at Arizona State in the Pac-12.

from the great white north

Saint Francis has two players that hail from Canada in Olivia Baldini (Hamilton, Ontario) and Taylor Coughlin (Hespeler, Ontario) on its roster.
Head coach Tracy Coyne also spend some time as the Canadian National Team head coach from 1999-2005 and earned fourth-place standings in the 2001 and 2005 World Cups.

community service honors

Saint Francis received the IWLCA Community Service Award in 2021. Saint Francis was selected as the winner of the award out of 118 Division I programs.
The Red Flash remained active throughout a unique year for community service in 2020-21, beginning in August with "Flash Packs with Love" to collect, organize, and distribute back-to-school supplies to local elementary schools.
The team spearheaded a diversity and inclusion initiative which featured sales of a t-shirt they designed to benefit the Black Student Union.
Other team activities included a Thanksgiving food basket drive, adopting a local family over the holidays to provide Christmas presents, the Make-a-Wish Walk, the "Minis4Many" fundraiser for a local shelter, collecting donations for the Soles4Souls organization, a Paper Bridges letter writing campaign for orphans, and a Gameday Hair Havoc awareness game to raise money for the HeadStrong Foundation.

about the coach

Head coach Tracy Coyne enters her third season at Saint Francis and her 33rd campaign in her legendary career.
She holds a 301-207 career record to be one of 27 coaches in the NCAA with at least 250 wins, and became one of 20 coaches to reach 300 wins with the 10-6 win at Akron on February 27.
She has led 12 teams to the NCAA Tournament between the NCAA DI and DIII levels with six conference championships and several NCAA Final Four appearances.

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