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Preseason VideoPictured Above: Sophomore midfielder Gretchen Fay (Photo by Rich Formica)Easton, PA – The Wagner women's lacrosse team, which reached the Northeast Conference (NEC) Championship Game for the first time in program history last season under the direction of head coach
Liz Frisoli, and was voted second in the 2015 NEC Preseason Poll, searches for its second straight win when the Seahawks travel to Lafayette for a 4:30 p.m. contest today.
The matchup between the Seahawks and Leopards was
originally scheduled to be played at 7:35 p.m. tonight at Fisher Field but was moved to Rappolt Field due to weather.
After opening the season with losses to Patriot League foes Bucknell and American, the Seahawks recorded their first win of the season on Saturday,
knocking off Manhattan College of the MAAC, 10-6, on a snowy, wind-swept afternoon in Riverdale, NY.
In the victory over the Jaspers, freshman midfielder
Lauren Ednie (Verona, NJ/Verona) tallied three goals, sophomore midfielder
Olivia Streilein (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) supplied two goals and one assist and seven different players found the net. Junior goalie
Katie Ferraro (Owings Mill, MD/McDonogh) spearheaded the Seahawk defensive effort with nine saves.
In attempting to even their season record at 2-2 today, Wagner will facing their third Patriot League opponent of the season in Lafayette. Like Wagner, the Leopards are also seeking their first winning streak of the 2015 campaign as both teams enter the contest at 1-2 overall this year.
Last time out for Lafayette, sophomores Kirsten Wilhelmsen and Amanda Case tallied four goals apiece in a 14-12 victory over UC Davis on Sunday while freshman Anna Raymond made six saves for the Leopards in the victory. Lafayette was picked to finish seventh out of nine Patriot League teams in the 2015 Patriot League Preseason Poll.
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