WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> Autumn McHenry (Branford, Conn.) registered four goals and two assists to power Saint Francis past Longwood 16-6 in the women's lacrosse season opener for the Red Flash on Wednesday.
>> Kelly Dickson (Blue Bell, Pa.) registered a career-high two goals and three assists, while Christina Roncarati (East Longmeadow, Mass.) added a pair of goals.
>> Freshmen Julia Givens (Elverson, Pa.) (three goals), Bella Fisher (Duxbury, Mass.) (two goals) and Mak Patten (Welland, Ontario) (one assist) each registered their first collegiate point in the winning effort.
>> Goalkeeper Elyssa Enrique (North Canton, Ohio) turned away 12 shots.
>> Saint Francis opened the season with a win for the second time in program history and the first since the 2016 campaign.

TURNING POINT OF THE GAME
Saint Francis scored nine times in the first half to take the lead it would not relinquish. Bella Fisher got the scoring started when she found the back of the net on a free position shot 31 seconds into the first match of the season for the Flash. First goal of the season, first collegiate goal of her career, what a way to start!
 
McHenry gave the Red Flash a 2-0 lead at 9:04 and then after a Lancers score Roncarati (2:03), Danielle Hernandez (New Fairfield, Conn.) (1:21) and Dickson (0:23) finished the first quarter with three-straight goals in the final 2:03 of the period.
 
McHenry (14:48, 10:21), Givens (12:04) and Bella Fisher (11:25) posted the first four goals of the second quarter and continued the Saint Francis string of seven unanswered goals for a 9-1 advantage. Longwood halted the run, but Roncarati found the second time at 4:39 to give the Red Flash a 9-2 lead going into the locker room.

FLASH QUOTES
"What a great team win today! It was a fun game because both ends of the field played so well. The defense was in shut down mode & did an awesome job stifling Longwood's attack. That gave our offense so much confidence & allowed us to play free. To have 10 different players involved in scoring made our attack very dangerous today." - head coach Tracy Coyne on the game

FLASH MOMENTS
Saint Francis started quick off the draw in the second half when Chyler Espino (San Francisco, Calif.) got the draw control and found Lizzy Fisher (Hagerstown, Md.) wide open 12 seconds into the final 30 minutes.
 
Givens added two more scores to complete her first career hat trick at 10:39 in the fourth quarter. Dickson, McHenry and Tori Petrie (Whitney Point, N.Y.) all found the back of the cage in the final two minutes to seal the 16-6 win. Patten registered the assist on Petrie's goal with 20 seconds left in the match.

FLASH NUGGETS
McHenry, who posted a career-high four markers for the sixth time in her career, has registered four goals and two assists for the third-straight game dating back to her last two games last season. With her two assists, McHenry has moved into second place on the program's all-time career assist list with 60 assists, tying Katie Simmons (2009-12) and Danielle Conwell (2010-14). She also moved into sixth place on the career points list with 142 points and moved into ninth place on the career goal list with 92 tallies. McHenry, who also sits third in program history in career draw controls with 157, added two ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers.
 
Dickson, who came into the season opener with a goal and two assists in her career, notched her first multi-goal, assist and point performances of her career. The team captain also had two draw controls, two caused turnovers and a ground ball.
 
Bella Fisher hauled in a team-high five draw controls, while Espino had a team-best five ground balls, three caused turnovers along with four draw controls. It was Espino's second career assist, while she matched her career high in both ground balls and caused turnovers.
 
Enrique turned away 12 shots or more for the eighth time in her career. It was also the third time in her career that she has allowed a career-low six goals. Enrique sits in fourth place in program history with 376 career saves.
 
Petrie notched her second career goal after notching her first collegiate goal against Merrimack in her freshman campaign.
 
Bella Fisher, Givens, and Bella Burke (East Moriches, N.Y.) all made their collegiate debuts in the starting lineup, while Patten and Brooke Lacey (Bethel, Conn.) saw their first collegiate action off the bench.
 
It marked the 19th time in program history the team has allowed six or fewer goals in a game in program history and the lowest total in a season opener. It was the second time in team history the squad has opened the season with a win after defeating Radford 23-8 in Loretto in 2016.

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis, who will play three of its first four games at DeGol Field, hits the road for the first time in 2023 at Lehigh on Saturday. Game time is 12 p.m.