Saint Francis Women's Lacrosse Wraps Up Non-Conference Slate At Delaware State On Wednesday

Saint Francis University (2-5) at Delaware State University (1-6)
Date \| Time	Wednesday, March 23, 2022 \| 2 p.m.
Location	Dover, Del. \| Alumni Stadium
Television	TBA
Live Stats	TBA
Stats	Saint Francis \| SFU Career Highs \| Delaware State \| Northeast Conference
Social Media	@RedFlashLax \| @RedFlashLax \| Facebook

GAME NOTES VS. DELAWARE STATE

opening draw

Wednesday's match between Saint Francis and Delaware State marks the fifth meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 2013 season.
The Red Flash has won all four meetings in the series from 2013 to 2016 with a pair of wins in Loretto and Dover each.
Saint Francis won the last meeting 20-6 on the road in 2016.

about the hornets

Delaware State comes into contest 1-6 after defeating Howard 17-8 on Friday.
Emmy McGill leads the Hornets with eight goals and two assists for 10 points and also had a team-best 13 ground balls.
India Rosiere is second on the team with seven tallies and two assists for nine points. She also has a team-best five caused turnovers and is second with 10 ground balls.
Rossella Nardi leads the team with three assists and is tied with Rosiere with nine points after also registering six markers.
Moe Brown leads the team with 54 saves, a 15.57 goals against average and a .435 save percentage.

last time we met

Jessica Mazzur posted four goals and two assists to lead Saint Francis past Delaware State 20-6 on March 20, 2016.
Holly Lawrence also found the twine four times, while Sarah Mahon registered three goals and two assists and Jessica Fischetti had two markers and three helpers.
Katie Schaaf dished out five assists and Morgan Day had a hat trick.
Kayla Yurkanin posted two goals and Tai Galmore posted a goal and an assist.
Heather McKee had eight saves for the Red Flash, and Rhian Sellers turned away nine shots for the Hornets.

last time out

Amanda Heidt registered five goals and an assist for Saint Francis in a 17-14 loss to Kent State on Saturday.
Autumn McHenry added a hat trick, while Lizzie Fisher and Danielle Hernandez each tallied two goals and two assists.
Elyssa Enrique made 10 saves in 47:25 of action.

next time out

Saint Francis resumes its home schedule and opens Northeast Conference play against LIU on Saturday.
The squad wraps up its stretch of four home games in a five-game span against Howard on March 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

Enrique, Amanda Heidt and McHenry were named NEC Prime Performers for the week of Mar. 14-20. Enrique registered 25 saves in the two games. Heidt registered nine goals and an assist, while McHenry had five goals and an assist.
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. McHenry posted six goals, seven draw controls, a ground ball and a caused turnover in the week.
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

Junior Julea Jamison notched her first career goal and assist against Kent State on Mar. 19.
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 12 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 92 points and can become the 11th player in team history with 100 points with eight points, and she can also move into the Top-10 with 12 points.
Graduate student Amanda Heidt has 70 goals and can move into the program's Top-10 in goals with nine 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 301-208 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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