WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> Saint Francis women's lacrosse will make its first-ever Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament appearance on Thursday at Sacred Heart.
>> The Red Flash honored its seven seniors on Saturday prior to its final regular season game of the season against Wagner.
>> Lizzie Fisher (Hagerstown, Md.) paced the Red Flash with three goals and three assists.
>> Autumn McHenry (Branford, Conn.) registered three goals, six draw controls and three ground balls. With her three tallies, the graduate student established a new single-season goals record with 52 goals.
>> Freshman Bella Burke (East Moriches, N.Y.) tied the single-game program record with six caused turnovers, while adding a career-high seven ground balls. The freshman also set new freshmen standards in a single season in ground balls (36) and caused turnovers (26).
>> Elyssa Enrique (North Canton, Ohio) turned away 18 shots in her final game at DeGol Field.

TURNING POINT OF THE GAME
After the Red Flash scored back-to-back goals including McHenry breaking Danielle Conwell's single-season record of 50 goals with 4:56 left in the second quarter to tie the game at 4, the Seahawks rolled off the next three scores to take the lead it would not relinquish.
 
Saint Francis would score consecutive goals to cut the margin to 8-6 thank to McHenry and Lizzie Fisher tallies, but the Seahawks posted nine of the final 12 goals to earn the 17-9 win.

FLASH QUOTES
"Wagner played a great game today. It gave us a few things to work on before the NEC tournament starts on Thursday. Other than that we are putting this game in our rear view mirror. The new season starts when we leave for Fairfield on Tuesday.," - head coach Tracy Coyne on the game

"We can't thank our seniors enough for all they have given to the lacrosse program and to the broader SFU community. It's through their commitment and leadership we have been able to have this amazing season. They will always hold a special place in our hearts." - Coyne on the senior class

FLASH MOMENTS
Bella Fisher (Duxbury, Mass.) scored the first tally of the game for the Red Flash off a pass from Danielle Hernandez (New Fairfield, Conn.) with 6:29 left in the first quarter. With that score, Fisher moved into the Top-10 for goals in a season after already owning the record for goals and points in a season by a freshman.
 
McHenry tied the single-season standard off a pass from Lizzie Fisher at 9:36 in the second quarter. Brooke Lacey (Bethel, Conn.) picked up a loose ball and found the twine at 6:09 before McHenry evened the match at 4 at 4:56 off Lizzie Fisher's second helper of the afternoon. McHenry sent the game into halftime with her third score of the quarter off a Lacey feeder with 17 seconds left in the second quarter.
 
Lizzie Fisher cut the margin to 7-6 with 12:07 left in the third quarter off Hernandez's second assist of the afternoon.
 
Lizzie Fisher then had a hand in the next two goals for Saint Francis, dishing out an assist to Nancy Alden (New Lyme, Conn.) at 12:53 and twinkling the twine off a Kelly Dickson (Blue Bell, Pa.) pass at 11:28. Lizzie Fisher then registered the final goal of the day off a Colleen Roche (Miami, Fla.) assist with 23 seconds remaining.

FLASH NUGGETS
Saint Francis will make its first-ever NEC Tournament appearance on Thursday when the Red Flash battle top-seed and host Sacred Heart. The squad had a chance to move up to the No. 2 seed with a win, but with the loss and coupled with LIU's win against FDU on Saturday the squad will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament.
 
Lizzie Fisher registered her fourth hat trick of the season and registered her second career three-assist performance. The last time the senior had three goals and three assists in a game was her last game of 2022 against Howard on March 30, 2022. It is the fourth time in her career that she has dished out multiple helpers in game.
 
Along with becoming the single-season leader in goals, McHenry has moved into second place on the single-season chart with 68 points. The graduate student also tied the single-game program record for goals and points in a match in her final season in Loretto. McHenry has registered at least a hat trick in each of her last seven games and has grabbed at least six draw controls in five of her last six tilts.
 
Burke tied Peyton LeConte's single-game record for caused turnovers with her six caused miscues on Saturday. It is the third time in team history a player has had six caused turnovers in a game after LeConte turned the trick twice in her career. Burke's seven ground balls are also the ninth most in single-game program history. In addition, Burke broke Lindsay Ingram's (23, 2013) freshmen caused turnover record with 26 caused turnovers, while her 36 ground balls also set a new freshmen standard breaking Katy Green's (34, 2002) mark.
 
With her two assists, Hernandez has now dished out the second most assist in program single-game history and she is two feeders away from tying the record. She also moved into seventh place on the single-season chart with 57 points thanks to her 32 goals and 25 assists this season.

The loss snapped a program-long six-game winning streak. The squad finished the regular season with a program record in overall wins (10) and conference wins (5).
 
Prior to the game, Saint Francis honored seniors Dickson, Lizzie Fisher, Enrique, McHenry, Bella Barnard (Milwaukee, Wisc.), Erika Ellison (Everett, Wash.) and Julea Jamison (Pittsburgh, Pa.). All seven players were in the starting lineup. It was the final home game for all of the players, but Lizzie Fisher and Ellison are returning for one more season in 2024.

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis will make its first NEC Tournament appearance in the 22-year history in the league on Thursday against top-seeded Sacred Heart. Game time is 1 p.m.