Women's Lacrosse 4/22/2022 9:34:00 AM

Saint Francis Women's Lacrosse Hosts An Eventful Day Against CCSU On Saturday

Central Connecticut State University (2-9, 1-4 NEC) at Saint Francis University (4-10, 1-5 NEC)
Date \| Time	Saturday, April 23, 2022 \| 1 p.m.
Location	Loretto, Pa. \| DeGol Field
Television	Trent Dunn (Play-by-Play) \| NEC Front Row
Live Stats	Sidearm
Stats	Saint Francis \| SFU Career Highs \| CCSU \| Northeast Conference
Social Media	@RedFlashLax \| @RedFlashLax \| Facebook

GAME NOTES VS. CCSU

opening draw

Saturday's game between Saint Francis University and Central Connecticut State University marks the 19th meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 2002 season.
The Red Flash has won three-straight in the series including a 17-6 win last season in Loretto.
The game will serve as the senior game for five Saint Francis seniors, a 20th Anniversary Celebration and One Love Education.

thank you, seniors

Saint Francis would like to thank seniors C.C. Courter, Elyssa Enrique, Amanda Heidt, Autumn McHenry and Catherine Russo for their hard work and dedication to Saint Francis University and the women's lacrosse program during their time in Loretto.

about the blue devils

Central Connecticut State comes into the contest 2-9 overall and 1-4 in league play after falling 14-7 to LIU on Wednesday.
Olivia Gianakos leads the team with 19 goals and three assists for 22 points.
Lauren Valluzzi is second on the team with 12 tallies and four assists for 16 points.
Gaby Melendez powers the defense with nine caused turnovers and 21 ground balls, while Talie Richardson has a team-high 20 draw controls.
Kya Risher has 142 saves and a .481 save percentage.

last time we met

Emileigh Scott posted five goals and an assist, while Autumn McHenry tied the program record with six assists in a game for the first time in her career in a 17-6 win against CCSU on Mar. 20, 2021.
McHenry also found the twine twice, while Livia Baker and Amanda Heidt each registered a hat trick for the Red Flash.
Morgan Sinton paced the Blue Devils with two tallies.
Elyssa Enrique had nine saves for Saint Francis, while Cooper Cowdin had four saves.

last time out

Saint Francis lost to Bryant on April 15.
Amanda Heidt and Autumn McHenry each had two goals for the Red Flash.

next time out

The Red Flash wrap up the regular season at Sacred Heart on Apr. 30.
Saint Francis has been eliminated from postseason contention.

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.

prime performers

Christina Roncarati was named the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of Apr. 11-17 to become the first player in program history to earn three weekly honors in the same season. She also became just the second player in team history to earn back-to-back weekly honors. It was the sixth award for the team to tie the 2017 team with the most honors in one campaign. Roncarati tallied three goals for three points, along with five draw controls and two ground balls.
Roncarati was named the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of Apr. 4-10. Autumn McHenry was named a Prime Performer for the sixth time out of eight weeks. Roncarati registered a goal, three draw controls and two ground balls for the Red Flash against Merrimack, while McHenry had four goals, an assist and four draw controls against the Warriors.
McHenry was named the NEC Player of the Week for the week of Mar. 28-Apr. 3. McHenry and Amanda Heidt were also selected as NEC Prime Performers for their standout performances. McHenry earned her first major league weekly award after posting eight goals and six assists for 14 points along with 14 draw controls, five ground balls and five caused turnovers for the Red Flash in a 1-1 week. Heidt, who was the last Red Flash player to earn NEC Player of the Week honors on Apr. 5, 2021, posted seven goals and an assist for eight points for the Red Flash in the two matches.
Elyssa Enrique was named the NEC Defensive Player of the Week and Chyler Espino was selected as the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of Mar. 21-27. Enrique and McHenry were also named NEC Prime Performers. Enrique earns her first career NEC Defensive Player of the Week honor and her third Prime Performer recognition this season after registering 25 saves, a .581 save percentage and a 9.00 goals against average in a 1-1 week for the Red Flash. Espino nabs her first NEC Rookie of the Week honor after helping to anchor the Red Flash defense that allowed 9.00 goals against average in the week. Statistically she had a team-best five caused turnovers, four ground balls and two draw controls. McHenry tied the program record for assists in a single game and finished the week with two goals and six assists for eight points, while adding nine draw controls, five ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Enrique, 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.
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
Enrique and 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. She then tied her career high and the program record for assists in a game with six against Delaware State on Mar. 23
Lizzie Fisher (four goals, two assists, six points) and Nancy Alden (two goals) each established new career bests at Delaware State. Fisher matched her career point total and set a new assist personal best with three helpers against Howard on Mar. 30, while Alden dished out a career-best three assists on the day.
Julea Jamison registered a career-high three goals against Howard, while Catherine Russo posted a hat trick against Howard for the second time in her career.
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.
The Red Flash as a team set a new program record with fewest goals allowed in a league game with five against Howard. It was the 11th time the squad has held an NEC opponent to single digits and the fourth time in the last two seasons.

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. She had her first career assist against Delaware State on Mar. 30.
Espino and Sophia Mellis each notched their first collegiate assist against Merrimack on Apr. 9.

career 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.
McHenry has moved into third place in program history in draw controls (145) and needs 55 to cross the 200 draw control mark. The senior is fourth in career assists with 54 and can move into second place with six helpers.
McHenry became the 11th player in team history to reach 100 points in her career with her score against LIU on Mar. 26, and moved into the Top-10 against Howard on Mar. 30. Currently standing at 124 points in eighth place, she can move into seventh place with seven points.
Amanda Heidt has 86 goals to sit in eighth place after she cracked the Top-10 with five goals against Howard. She can move into seventh place with six scores. Heidt is also one point away from 100 for her career.
Elyssa Enrique reached 300 saves in her career against Wagner. She now has 326 saves and can move into fourth place in team history with two stops.

season milestone watch

Senior Autumn McHenry has put her assault on the career record books and is starting to crack into the all-time season lists in program history. She already sits in third place with her 66 draw controls and will probably end the season in that standing since she needs 30 draws to move into second place.
McHenry also moved into 10th place for points in a season with 48 points and can move into seventh place with four points and fifth place with nine points. The senior also needs six goals to move into the Top-10 on the single-season chart, currently sitting at 33 tallies. Currently with 15 assists, McHenry is also just two assists away from the Top-10 in assists in a season for 2022 after joining that list last season after dishing out 20 assists in 2021.
Amanda Heidt also have sights on the points (48) and goals (37) season Top-10. Heidt has 30 tallies and 38 points this season.

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 303-212 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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