Women's Lacrosse And LIU Square Off Wednesday In Battle For Conference Tournament Seeding

Wagner College Women's Lacrosse Game Information
Game #10	Wagner College Seahawks (5-4; 5-3 NEC) at Long Island University Sharks (9-2; 7-2 NEC)
Date \| Time	Wednesday, April 20, 2021 \| 1:00 PM
Location	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium \| Brookville, NY
Where To View	WATCH LIVE LIVE STATS
Social Media	Twitter: @WagnerWLax, @WagnerAthletics \| Instagram: @seahawkswlax

Brookville, NY – The Wagner College women's lacrosse team continues Northeast Conference (NEC) play Wednesday, April 21 from Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium at 1:00 p.m. against the Long Island University (LIU) Sharks in a game that will go a long way in determining conference tournament seeding.

Wagner-LIU History:
Wagner won the first-ever match-up between the teams on March 10, 14-3. Senior Erin Kerstetter scored four goals as part of a seven-point afternoon. Classmate Victoria Tucci added a hat trick, and the trio of juniors Kasey Dorney and Maria Henwood, as well as sophomore Megan Greco, all scored twice.

Dorney, Kerstetter and Henwood each caused at least two turnovers, as did junior Aileen Hannan and freshman Ryan Murphy. In net, junior Lauren DiStefano stopped a season-best 12 shots, posting a career-best .800 save percentage

Last Time Out For Wagner:
The Seahawks dropped a Northeast Conference (NEC) match-up to Mount St. Mary's, 15-9, Saturday afternoon.

Kerstetter recorded a hat trick to lead the Seahawks. Junior Ally Turner scored a career-high two goals, adding an assist. Dorney scored twice, dished out an assist, scooped four ground balls, caused two turnovers, and added a career-high 12 draw controls, earning NEC Prime Performer recognition. Henwood and Greco each added a goal to round out the Wagner scoring. DiStefano stopped eight shots between the pipes.

About LIU:
The Sharks enter Wednesday 9-2 on the season and 7-2 in conference play, including back-to-back one-goal wins.

Francesca Vasile-Cozzo has 16 assists in her last five games, 26 on the season, and leads the team with 32 points. Paige Sherlock is second on the team with 27 points and leads the Sharks with 23 goals, one of seven players with 10 or more goals on the season.

Hailey Duchnowski has started every game and played all but 12:54 in net this season. She comes into Wednesday with a 9.35 goals against average and a .485 save percentage.

What's at Stake:
A win for LIU would net them a split of the season series and put them 2.5 games up on the Seahawks. A Wagner win would give them a sweep of the season series and pull them within a half-game of second with three games left on their regular season schedule.

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