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Staten Island, NY - The Wagner women's lacrosse team is set to open Northeast Conference (NEC) play on Saturday when they welcome Central Connecticut State to Hameline Field.
Last Time Out
The Seahawks fell to Siena, 15-8, on Wednesday afternoon at Hameline Field.
Wagner opened the scoring 1:47 into the contest when junior
Megan Greco scored her first of three goals in the contest off a feed from graduate student
Victoria Tucci. After Siena leveled the score less than a minute later,
Victoria Tucci found the back of the net to give Wagner a 2-1 lead. The Saints ended the first quarter on a 2-0 run and took a 3-2 lead into the second quarter.
The Saints put a stamp on the contest in the second quarter as they outscored the Seahawks 5-1 behind fifth-year senior Nicole McNeely who tallied two goals in the frame. Graduate student
Madeline Seims scored the lone goal for Wagner in the second quarter as Siena took an 8-3 lead into the half.
Victoria Tucci opened the scoring in the second half with her second goal of the contest off a man-up free position chance. Following the goal from Tucci, the Saints closed the third quarter on a 4-1 run as senior
Kasey Dorney scored the other goal for Wagner in the third.
While trailing 14-5 in the final stanza, the Green & White launched a 3-0 run behind two goals from
Megan Greco and one goal from freshman
Katie Siverson. The late comeback wasn't enough as the Seahawks fell to the Saints, 15-8.
To go along with her hat trick,
Megan Greco scooped two ground balls, had one caused turnover, and one draw control.
Victoria Tucci scored twice while dishing out two assists on six shots while tallying three ground balls. In her first career start in between the pipes, freshman
Bryn Bockstie stopped six out of 13 shots faced.
Up To Date Stats
Through eight games played this season, senior
Kasey Dorney leads the Seahawks with 16 goals and 26 draw controls and is tied for the team lead in points with graduate student
Madeline Seims as they both have 18. Seims is second on the team with 14 goals while
Victoria Tucci leads the Green & White with six assists and is third on the team with 15 points.
Megan Greco checks in third in goals with 10 while senior
Aileen Hannan leads Wagner with 25 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers.
NEC Leaders
As a team, the Seahawks currently rank tops amongst NEC teams with 19.62 ground balls per game, 81 caused turnovers and 10.12 caused turnovers per contest.
Aileen Hannan ranks second in the NEC with 1.75 caused turnovers per game and ranks third in the conference with 3.12 ground balls per contest.
About Central Connecticut
The Blue Devils enter Hameline Field with a 1-5 record after falling to Brown, 22-2 on Thursday, March 17 and will also look to snap a five-game losing streak against Wagner.
Junior Olivia Gianakos leads the Blue Devils with eight goals and is tied for the team lead in points with sophomore Lauren Valluzzi with nine points. Sophomore Kya Risher has started all six contests in between the pipes for the Blue Devils.
About One Love
One Love educates young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better. The One Love foundation was founded to honor the tragic death of Yeardley Love by engaging young people through compelling, relatable films and honest conversations around healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors. Through the One Love workshops and peer-to-peer discussions, One Love offers a framework that helps students spread our message online and in their communities.
Both Wagner lacrosse teams participated in the One Love workshop and peer-to-peer discussions on Thursday, March 24 in the Spiro Sports Center. The teams learned about the foundation and identified how to pick up on how to avoid abuse.
For more information, visit
https://www.joinonelove.org/
What's Next For The Seahawks
Following the conference opener, The Seahawks will continue NEC play on Wednesday, March 30 at LIU before welcoming Saint Francis U to Hameline Field on Saturday, April 2.
