Pictured Above: Senior Attacker Olivia Streilein (photo by Brice York)

Smithfield, RI – The defending Northeast Conference (NEC) champion Wagner women's lacrosse team jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but top-seeded Bryant answered with a 5-0 run and went on to post a 16-7 win as the Bulldogs earn the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Championships.
 
After graduating 10 seniors from their 2016 NEC title team, the Seahawks, under second-year head coach Katie Rowan, closed the 2017 campaign by winning four of their final five regular season games in earning the No. 3 seed in the NEC Tournament. On Friday, Wagner knocked off No. 2 seed Robert Morris, 12-10, and got off to a great start today but Bryant proved to be too much as the Bulldogs earn their third NCAA berth in the last four years.
 
With the win, Bryant enter the NCAA's with a 13-4 record while the Seahawks finish the 2017 campaign with a mark of 7-12.
 
Senior co-captain Olivia Streilein (Mt. Laurel, NJ / Lenape) capped her sensational career with a hat trick while All-NEC Second-Team sophomore attacker Anna Belle Reilly (Paradise Valley, AZ / Notre Dame Prep) added two goals for the Seahawks. Also finding the net for Wagner were junior midfielder Lauren Ednie (Verona, NJ / Verona) and freshman attacker Talia Bouzakis (Mullica Hill, NJ / Clearview Regional). Sophomore defender Madeline Courtney (Columbia, MD / Marriots Ridge) paced the Green & White in caused turnovers with four. 

In her final game as a Seahawk, defender Amanda Rey (Turnersville, NJ / Washington Township, NJ), a 2017 First-Team All-NEC choice after earning Second-Team honors in each of the last two seasons, had another across the board productive day. The senior,  who was named to the All-Tournament Team, led the Seahawks with four draw controls, tied for team-high honors with four groundballs, in addition to coming up with one caused turnover. 
 
Bryant's 5-0 run was part of a 7-1 spree that carried the Bulldogs to an 8-5 halftime lead. The Bulldogs then opened the second half with three unanswered goals to go up 11-5 and never looked back.
 
For Bryant, Caitlin Breglia led all scorers with four goals while Jess DeMeo and Emily Columbus added three goals apiece. In goal, Samantha Santeramo delivered a top performance, coming up with 17 saves between the pipes in earning the win. 
 
Statistically, the Seahawks outshot Bryant 36-25 and held a 15-10 edge in draw controls while the teams were tied 15-15 in groundballs.The Bulldogs, however, took full advantage on their free position shot opportunities, sinking 7-of-9 of their FPS chances while the Seahawks were just 1-of-4 in this category. 
 
Junior Kelsey Fee (White Plains, NY / White Plains / Ithaca) recorded five saves in 47:58 of action while junior Lucy Darlington (Timonium, MD / Notre Dame Preparatory) saw 12:02 of action early in the second half.


















NEC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Margaret Jent, WAG
Amanda Rey, WAG
Heidi Colford, WAG
Caitlin Delaney, SHU
Liana Doyle, SHU
Katelyn Miller. RMU
Annie Sachs, RMU
Samantha Santeramo, BRY
Molly Martin, BRY
Jess DeMeo, BRY
Shannon Sullivan, BRY


SEAHAWKS IN THE RECORD BOOK
 
CAREER
 
Assists
1. Shea Gegan (2013-16)..........  76
2. Kelly Blundin (2006-09).......... 69
3. Lauren Petrik (2009-12)......... 58
4. Olivia Streilein (2014-pres.).....57
5. Cara Gonzalez (2006-09)....... 56
6. Jessica Mills (2012-15).......... 54
7. Leann Matta (2002-05)........... 48
     Kim Thompson (2000-03)...... 48
9. Kelly McVeigh (2000-03)........ 39
10.Krissie Fischer (1998-2001)… 37
 
Draw Controls
1. Cara Gonzalez (2006-09).....  181
2. Krissie Fischer (98-2001)..... 166
3. Shea Gegan (2013-16)........  159
4. Erika Bulken (2010-2013)....  150
5. Amanda Rey (2014-pres.).....135
6. Darby Biggart (2003-06)....... 123
7. Janet Sobieski (97-2000).....  113    
8. Heather George (2003-06)..   112
9. Carolyn Clark (2009-12)....... 108
10.Jill Pyzik (2001-2004)...........98
 
SINGLE-SEASON
 
Goals
1. Heather George (2006)........ 59
2. Heather George (2004)........ 56
3. Carolyn Clark (2012)............52
4. Leann Matta (2005).............48
5. Heather George (2005)........ 44
6. Marjorie Dehm (2017).........42
    Janet Sobieski (2000)..........42
8. Shea Gegan (2015)............. 41
9. Heather George (2003)........ 40     
10. Sam Morin (2012)..............39
       Jill Pyzik (2002)...............39
       Janet Sobieski (1997).......39     

Assists
1. Heidi Colford (2017) ........................35
    Jessica Mills (2013) ........................35
3. Lauren Petrik (2012)....................... 28
4. Shea Gegan (2016)........................ 27
5. Shea Gegan (2015)........................ 25
6. Lauren Petrik (20011)..................... 24
7. Kelly Blundin (2008)........................22
8. Olivia Streilein (2014-pres.)..........   21
9. Kelly Blundin (2009)........................21
    Leann Matta (2005).........................21
   Cara Gonzalez (2007) .....................21
 
Shots
1. Heather George (2006)..       127
2. Carolyn Clark (2012)........... 123
3. Jessica Richmond (2006)...  121
4. Stephanie Peterson (2014).. 120
5. Heather George (2005)......   112
6. Marjorie Dehm (2017).........  101 
7. Heather George (2003)........   98
8. Lauren Ednie (2017).........    97
    Kelly Blundin (2008).............97
10.Janet Sobieski (1997)..........90
 
Points
1. Leann Matta (2005).............. 69
2. Heidi Colford (2017)...........    68
     Shea Gegan (2016).............. 68
4. Heather George (2006)........   63
5. Anna Belle Reilly (2017).....  61
    Shea Gegan (2015).............. 61
7. Carolyn Clark (2012)............. 60
    Heather George (2004)......... 60
9. Jessica Mills (2013)..............59
     Kelly Blundin (2008).............59
 
Ground Balls
1. Shea Gegan (2015).............. 81
2. Natosha Davis (2000)........... 67
3. Shea Gegan (2014).............. 61
     Nicole Cipollone (2005)........ 61
4. Amanda Rey (2017)............  60
5. Stacy Murphy (1998)............ 56
6. Nicole Cipollone (2006)........  52
7. Megan Anderson (2002)....... 51
    Marcy Latino (2000)..............51
    Carly Lyster (2011)............... 51
10.Lindsay Hashmall (2007)...... 48
 
Draw Controls
1. Erika Bulken (2012).............. 83
2. Cara Gonzalez (2007)........... 57
3. Cara Gonzalez (2008)........... 53
4. Amanda Rey (2017)............  52
5. Krissie Fischer (1998).......... 51
6. Shea Gegan (2015).............. 49
7. Darby Biggart (2005)............ 47
    Jill Pyzik (2003)...................47
9. Janet Sobieski (1999)........... 45
10.Shea Gegan (2016)............. 44
      Erika Bulken (2010)............44
      Krissie Fischer (2000)........ 44
 
Caused Turnovers
1. Shea Gegan (2015).............. 66
2. Shea Gegan (2014).............. 65
3.  Shea Gegan (2016)............. 62
4. Shea Gegan (2013).............. 42
5. Amanda Rey (2017)............  33
   Stacy Murphy (1998)............ 33
7. Madeline Courtney (2017)....  32
    Marcy Latino (2000)............. 32
9. Monica Capabianco (2001)... 30
    Lauren Ednie (2017)............ 30


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