Saturday, April 1 | Stonehill | Loretto, Pa. | DeGol Field | 1 p.m. | LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

CAREER HIGHS

OPENING DRAW 
Saturday's match between Saint Francis and Stonehill marks the first-ever meeting in the all-time series. The Skyhawks are in their first year of the Northeast Conference and are in the first year of transitioning from NCAA Division II.

THE WORD ON STONEHILL
The Skyhawks, who are winners of two of their last three matches, come into the contest 2-6 overall and 2-1 in NEC play after defeating Merrimack 13-4 on Wednesday. Lydia Rudden leads the team with 12 goals and 26 assists for 38 points. Emma Sullivan is second on the team with 20 goals and three assists for 23 points, while Molly Mae Hughes is third on the squad with 11 tallies and eight assists for 19 points. Sullivan also leads the team in caused turnovers (8) and third in both ground balls (10) and draw controls (27). Sarah Faley has played the most minutes in between pipes with 35 saves, a .302 goals against average and a 15.47 goals against average.

LAST TIME OUT
Saint Francis had 11 different players score a goal to lift Saint Francis past Howard 19-2 on Wednesday. Autumn McHenry had three goals and one assist to move within one goal of becoming the sixth player in program history with 100 tallies for her career. The graduate student added five draw controls to go into the game on Saturday needing five draws for 200 in her career. Danielle Hernandez tallied a career-high four goals and two assists in the winning effort. Elyssa Enrique turned away eight shots and allowed a career-low two goals in 60 minutes of work. She needs 16 saves to reach 500 stops in her career. The two goals allowed tied the program record for fewest goals in a game allowed, tying a match against Delaware State on March 17, 2013.

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis heads to Merrimack on April 8 before returning home to host first-year program FDU on April 12.

IN THE NEC AND THE NATION
Graduate student Elyssa Enrique leads the NEC in goals against average (9.94), save percentage (.567) and saves per game (12.56). Through play on March 28, the graduate student also led NCAA Division I in save percentage while ranking second in saves per game, fourth in saves (113) and 19th in the nation in goals against average

Graduate student Autumn McHenry is sixth in the NEC in goals per game (2.33), sixth in assists per game (1.00), third in points per game (3.33), sixth in shots per game (5.22), third in draw controls per game (4.56) and eighth in caused turnovers per game (1.22). Junior Danielle Hernandez is fourth in assists per game (1.11). Senior Kelly Dickson ranks ninth in the league in assists per game (0.89), and sophomore Colleen Roche is 10th in assists per game (0.88). Sophomore Chyler Espino sits fifth in ground balls per game (2.50). Freshman Bella Fisher is seventh in goals per game (2.22) and third in shots per game (6.33).

As a team, the Red Flash leads the NEC in ground balls per game (17.78), saves per game (13.44) and save percentage (.563). In the nation, the team leads the nation in save percentage and ranks 37th in scoring defense (goals against average).

NEC HONORS
Saint Francis has earned a major award for four of the five weeks it has been playing this season and have earned five major awards after receiving a program-record seven honors last season. It is the third time in program history the squad has won two of the three awards in a single week.

After her second career five-goal performance, Saint Francis freshman Bella Fisher was named the NEC Co-Rookie of the Week for the week of March 20-26.

Graduate student Autumn McHenry was named an NEC Prime Performer for the week of March 13-20 after posting seven goals and one assist for eight points along with 15 draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in the week.

McHenry was honored for the second time this season with a major award and her first career NEC Defensive Player of the Week honor for the week of March 6-12. Fisher was named the NEC Rookie of the Week, while senior Kelly Dickson joined the duo as Prime Performers. McHenry registered three assists, six draw controls, five ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 12-9 win against Kent State. Fisher registered five goals in the win against Kent State, including four of the first seven Red Flash goals. Dickson tallied a career-high three goals and an assist for four points, along with three ground balls and two caused turnovers.

The Red Flash swept the NEC weekly awards for the first time in program history for the week of February 27-March 5. Junior Danielle Hernandez was named the NEC Player of the Week, graduate student Elyssa Enrique was tabbed as the NEC Defensive Player of the Week and freshman Julia Givens was selected as the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of February 27-March 5. Hernandez and Enrique were also named NEC Prime Performers along with McHenry. Hernandez registered four goals and an assist in a 2-0 week for the Red Flash and was pivotal in both wins, while Enrique had 24 saves, a 6.42 goals against average and a .667 save percentage in the two games in 111:12 minutes of work. Givens posted four goals and an assist and was the catalyst to a pair of wins for the Red Flash in the week and McHenry had a pair of goals in both games.

McHenry was named the NEC Player of the Week for the week of February 20-26 after registering six goals and two assists for eight points, four draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers. McHenry and Dickson were also named NEC Prime Performers. Dickson registered two goals and three assists for five points and added four ground balls, four caused turnovers and three draw controls. 

MILESTONE ALERT
Graduate student Autumn McHenry has moved into third place in program history in draw controls (195) and needs five to cross the 200-draw control mark. McHenry moved into second place by herself in career assists with 67 helpers thanks to three helpers against Kent State on March 10 and needs nine assists to tie the program record. The redshirt senior is third in points (166) and can move into second place with 30 points.She also currently sits in sixth place with 99 tallies. She can become the sixth player in team history with 100 markers with one tally. She can join the Top-5 in the category with 13 goals. McHenry has also cracked the Top-10 in caused turnovers and ground balls. The graduate student is seventh in caused turnovers with 49 and can move into the Top-5 with one caused turnover, while she sits eighth in ground balls (91) and can move up a spot with three ground balls.

Graduate student Elyssa Enrique ranks third in program history in saves with 484. The graduate student became the third player to reach 400 saves with her third save in the first quarter against Delaware State on March 5. Samantha Morgan is in second place on the all-time list with 578 saves. The graduate student also tied the single-game program record with 24 saves against Stetson on March 14 and had the fifth-most saves in a game with 19 stops against Sacred Heart on March 25.

Senior Kelly Dickson needs four caused turnovers to move into 10th place on the program's all-time career caused miscue list. 

Freshman Bella Fisher has scored 20 goals this season to sit seventh on the program's freshman list for goals in her first season. She can move into sixth place with one goal (21), fifth place with four goals (24) and fourth place with nine goals.

HATTIES
Freshman Bella Fisher notched a career-high five goals against Kent State on March 10 after registering four goals against Delaware State on March 5. She then notched her third hat trick and second five-goal game against Sacred Heart on March 25. Fisher finished the game one off the program record for goals in a game for freshmen with her five tallies on Friday. Chelsea Kent holds the freshman record with six scores against Niagara (March 12, 2009) and against Howard (March 18, 2009), which also sits tied for ninth on the single-game charts. Bella Fisher is the first freshman with a handful of goals since Emileigh Scott registered five markers against Robert Morris on April 13, 2018. Bella Fisher is the third player to score five times in a game under head coach Tracy Coyne, joining Scott (five times) and Amanda Heidt (four times). 

Graduate student Autumn McHenry also had a four-goal game against Longwood in the season opener on February 22 and then a career-best five tallies against Stetson on March 14. The graduate student has three hat tricks this season. Freshman Julia Givens and junior Danielle Hernandez each have two hat tricks this season. Givens registered a career-high four markers against Stetson and Hernandez had a career-best four scores against Howard on March 29, while senior Kelly Dickson and freshman Brooke Lacey also have a hat tricks this season. McHenry leads the team with nine hat tricks, while Hernandez, Lizzie Fisher and Givens each have a hat trick of hat tricks. Bella Fisher has a pair of hatties, while Dickson notched her first career three-goal game against Kent State.

COLLEGIATE DEBUT
Freshmen Bella Fisher, Bella Burke and Julia Givens each made their collegiate debut in the starting lineup against Longwood on February 22. Brooke Lacey and Mak Patten both made their first collegiate appearance. Fisher (two goals), Givens (three goals) and Patten (one assist) each had their first collegiate point in the match against the Lancers. CeCe Newman made her collegiate debut against Lehigh on February 25 and made six saves.

AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN
Graduate student Autumn McHenry and senior Kelly Dickinson have been named captains for the 2023 season. McHenry was also a captain in 2022.

Senior Bella Barnard, senior Lizzie Fisher, sophomore Chyler Espino and junior Holly Jones have been named to the lacrosse leadership council.

RETURNING ALL-NEC PERFORMERS
Redshirt senior Autumn McHenry returns after nabbing her first All-NEC first-team honor in 2022. She was also selected to the 2021 All-NEC second team and the 2018 All-Rookie team. Junior Danielle Hernandez was named to the All-NEC Rookie team in 2021.

WELCOME TO THE LO'
Saint Francis women's lacrosse head coach Tracy Coyne has added six freshmen to the 2023 roster. CeCe Newman, Mak Patten, Bella Fisher, Brooke Lacey, Bella Burke and Julia Givens all joined the team this season. In addition, assistant coach Morgan Gott comes to Loretto after serving as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan.

FROM THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
Saint Francis has three players that hail from Canada in sophomores Olivia Baldini (Hamilton, Ontario) and Taylor Coughlin (Hespeler, Ontario) and freshman Mak Patten (Welland, 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.

ABOUT THE COACH
Head coach Tracy Coyne enters her fourth season at Saint Francis and her 34th campaign in her legendary career. She holds a 307-216 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, 2022. 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.