Wednesday, April 19 | St. Bonaventure | Loretto, Pa. | DeGol Field | 3 p.m. | LIVE STATS

CAREER HIGHS

OPENING DRAW 
Wednesday's match between Saint Francis and St. Bonaventure marks the third meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 2016 season. The two teams have split the two previous meeting with the home team taking each contest. The Red Flash defeated the Bonnies 16-14 in the last meeting in 2016.

THE WORD ON ST. BONAVENTURE
St. Bonaventure comes into the contest 5-9 after defeating George Mason 18-6 on Saturday. Fiona McGovern leads the Bonnies with 37 goals and 16 assists for 53 points. Jessica Notaro is second on the squad with 33 goals and five assists for 38 points, while Abby Hiltz is third with 19 tallies and 15 assists for 34 points. Brit Colangelo paces the team in ground balls (31) and caused turnovers (20), while Brooke Piper leads the team in draw controls (38). Ashley Herrick has 126 saves, a 13.58 goals against average and a .419 save percentage.

LAST TIME WE MET
After a furious comeback by St. Bonaventure to tie the game at 14 thanks to eight-straight goals, Holly Lawrence scored the game-winning goal with 4:09 left in the game to give Saint Francis a 16-14 win on March 26, 2016. Sarah Mahon powered the Red Flash with four goals and two assists, while Jessica Fischetti had three goals and two assists and Katie Schaaf registered a hat trick. Mikayla Place paced the Bonnies with three goals and five assists, while Rachel Perla, Taylor Fallon an d Maddison Appel each found the twine twice. Morgan Conroy made seven saves for St. Bonaventure, while Heather McKee had five stops for the Loretto program. 

LAST TIME OUT
Saint Francis women's lacrosse made history on Saturday by clinching its first-ever berth in NEC Tournament thanks to a 23-11 win against CCSU on Saturday. The Red Flash will make its first-ever tournament appearance when the tournament commences on May 4 at the home of the regular season champion. After tying the single-game program record for points in a game, graduate student Autumn McHenry tied the single-game program record for goals in a game with nine against the Blue Devils. She now has a share of the single-game program records for points, goals and assists. Freshman Bella Fisher scored a career-high six goals to establish a new Saint Francis freshmen record for goals in a season with 34 tallies. Danielle Hernandez added three goals and an assist. With her assist, the junior moved into the program's Top-10 for career assists with 30 helpers and moved into fifth place on the single-season chart with 21 feeders. The 23 goals scored in a game tie the program record for goals in a single game after defeating Radford 23-2 on February 20, 2016. The victory also clinches the team's first-ever winning season in team history and extends its program record winning streak to five games.

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis will wrap up the regular season in 10 days at home against Wagner. Game time is 12 p.m. The Red Flash will honor the senior class prior to the start of the competition.

NEC DANCING
Saint Francis has clinched its first-ever tournament berth in the Northeast Conference Tournament. The tournament is May 4 and 6 at the regular season champion. The squad has established a program record for overall wins in a season (9) and conference wins (5). The team is also riding a program-record five-game winning streak. The Red Flash is currently tied for third place with LIU, but can move up to as high as second place with an LIU loss and if Saint Francis defeats Wagner in the regular season finale. 

IN THE NEC AND THE NATION
Graduate student Elyssa Enrique leads the NEC in save percentage (.542) and saves per game (11.54) and ranks fourth in goals against average (10.50). Through play on April 13, the graduate student also ranks second in NCAA Division I in save percentage, third in saves per game, fourth in saves (151) and 27th in the nation in goals against average

Graduate student Autumn McHenry leads the NEC in goals per game (3.31), and ranks seventh in assists per game (1.15), second in points per game (4.46), fourth in shots per game (6.15), second in draw controls per game (5.31) and third in caused turnovers per game (1.62). McHenry has moved into 17th place in goals per game in the nation and 28th in goals (43).

Junior Danielle Hernandez is eighth in goals per game (2.15), third in assists per game (1.62) and fourth in points per game (3.77). The junior is 53rd in the nation in assists per game and 58th in NCAA Division I in assists (20).

Sophomore Chyler Espino sits fourth in ground balls per game (2.75) and 10th in caused turnovers (1.33). Freshman Bella Fisher is third in goals per game (2.62), sixth in points per game (3.08) and second in shots per game (6.54). Freshman Bella Burke is eighth in ground balls (2.00).

As a team, the Red Flash leads the NEC in goals per game (13.85), ground balls per game (18.85), points per game (20.38), saves per game (12.23), save percentage (.534) and shots on goal (23.33). In the nation, the team ranks second in save percentage ranks eighth in ground balls per game, 22nd in assists per game, 25th in points per game, 28th in scoring offense (goals per game) and 38th in scoring defense (goals against average).

NEC HONORS
Saint Francis has won a major award in the seven of the eight weeks it has been playing this season and have established a new program record with 13 major weekly awards in 2023 to surpass last year's mark of seven major weekly awards.

Graduate student Autumn McHenry had a record-breaking week for the Saint Francis women's lacrosse team and she can add being named the NEC Player of the Week for the third time in her career for the week of April 10-16. She is the fifth player in program history to win the honor twice in one season, but the first to be a three-time award winner in her career. McHenry tied two single-game individual program-records in the week to help the Red Flash clinch its first-ever NEC Tournament berth, most wins in the conference and the season in program history and extend the program-long five-game winning streak after posting 15 goals, four assists, 19 points, five ground balls, six caused turnovers and 15 draw controls in two wins.
 
Freshman Bella Fisher also had a record-setting performance on the field that turned into a record-setting NEC Rookie of the Week recognition after receiving the honor for the fourth time this season. Christina Roncarati held the previous mark with three honors last season. Fisher posted nine goals and one assist for 10 points along with two ground balls and three draw controls.

McHenry, Fisher, freshman Bella Burke and junior Danielle Hernandez were also named NEC Prime Performers for the week of April 10-16. Burke registered seven caused turnovers, six ground balls and four draw controls, while Hernandez posted seven goals and four assists for 11 points along with seven draw controls, two ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Burke was named the NEC Defensive Player of the Week for the week of April 3-9, while and Fisher was tabbed as the NEC Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.Burke registered a career-high five ground balls and four caused turnovers to help the Red Flash tie the program record for wins in a season with seven victories and register its second three-game win streak in 2023. Fisher stuffed the stat sheet in her return to her home state with four goals, two assists, six points, three ground balls and two caused turnovers in the win against the Warriors.

For the second time this season, Hernandez was named the NEC Player of the Week and freshman Julia Givens has been tabbed as the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of March 27-April 2. The duo first won the same honors for the week of February 27-April 5. In addition, Hernandez, Givens and graduate student McHenry were named NEC Prime Performers. Hernandez registered eight goals and seven assists for 15 points in a 2-0 week for the Red Flash. Givens registered a career-high five goals and six points against Stonehill, including scoring the eventual game-winner with 1:13 left in the fourth quarter against Stonehill, while McHenry registered seven goals and three assists for 10 points along with 15 draw controls, five ground balls and four caused turnovers in the week. 

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

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. Hernandez was named the NEC Player of the Week, graduate student Elyssa Enrique was tabbed as the NEC Defensive Player of the Week and 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 (224). McHenry moved into second place by herself in career assists with 73 helpers and needs three assists to tie the program record and four helpers to hold the record exclusively. The graduate student is third in points (194) and can move into second place with two points and become the second player in program history with 200 points with six points. She also currently sits in fourth place with 121 tallies and became the sixth player in team history with 100 goals with her first score against Stonehill on April 1. She can move into third place with 24 tallies. McHenry has also cracked the Top-10 in caused turnovers and ground balls. The graduate student is third in caused turnovers with 60 and can move into second place with two caused turnovers, while she sits fifth in ground balls (99) and can become the fifth player in program history with 100 ground balls with three more ground balls. If she reaches 100 ground balls, she would become only the second player in program history with 100 goals, 200 draw controls and 100 ground balls. 

McHenry also sits fourth on the single-season chart with 69 draw controls with her mark of 74 from last season next on the list. She also moved into eighth place for points in a season with 58, needing three points to surpass her total from last season, five points to move into third place (63) and nine points to move into second place (67). She also sits in seventh place for goals in a season with 43, needing one goal for fourth place, three goals for third place, six goals for second place and eight goals to become the all-time single-season leader in the category.

McHenry also tied the program record for points in a game with 10 points thanks to six goals and four assists against FDU on April 12 and then three days later tied the program record for goals in a game with nine against CCSU on April 15. She also is tied for the program record for assists in a game, which she has accomplished twice.

Graduate student Elyssa Enrique ranks third in program history in saves with 519. 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 and joined the 500-stop club with her fourth save against Merrimack on April 8. 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. The 153 saves this season are the fifth most on the single-season chart and can move into fourth place with six stops and third place with 21 saves.

Senior Kelly Dickson has moved into 10th place on the career caused turnover list with 43 caused miscues and can move into ninth place with three caused turnovers (46), eighth with four caused turnovers (47) and sixth place with seven caused turnovers (50).

Junior Danielle Hernandez currently sits with 30 assists to to crack the Top-10 for her career helpers and can move into ninth place with three assists (33). The 21 assists this season is is the fifth most in a single season and can move into second with three assists (24) and can tie the single-season mark with six helpers (27).

Freshman Bella Fisher became the program's all-time leader for goals by a freshman after scoring six times against CCSU. She has now twinkled the twine 34 times this season. The freshman is also tied for second place for points in a season by a freshmen and needs six points to become the all-time leader in that category. She also sits in eighth place for draw controls as a freshman with 33, needing one draw for seventh place (34), three draws for fifth place (36) and five draws for fifth place (38). Fellow freshman Julia Givens now sits eighth in goals for a freshmen with 20 and can move into seventh place with one tally (21) and sixth place with four scores (24).

Freshman Bella Burke has moved into fourth place with 17 caused turnovers as a freshmen. She needs three caused turnovers for third place (20), four caused turnovers for second place (21) and seven caused turnovers to set a new freshmen standard in the category. Burke also moved into eighth place for ground balls as a freshmen with 25 to currently sit in eighth place, one ground balls from sixth place (26), three ground balls from third place (28), six ground balls from second place (31), while 34 is the freshmen record in the category.

HATTIES
Graduate student Autumn McHenry registered a career-high nine goals against CCSU on April 15 after posting a then career-best six tallies against FDU on April 12. She has registered six games with at least four goals this season and has 13 hat tricks in her career. Senior Lizzie Fisher has three hat tricks this season, including a career-high tying four goal performance against FDU and six hat tricks in her career. Freshman Bella Fisher has six games with at least three goals including a career-high six scores at CCSU. Junior Danielle Hernandez also has six games with at least three goals including three four-goal performances. Freshman Julia Givens has four games with a hat trick including a career-best five goals against Stonehill. Senior Kelly Dickson and freshman Brooke Lacey also have a three-goal performance this season.

Fisher and Givens each missed the freshman record for goals in a game by one tally with their five-goal performances. 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.

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 311-216 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.