Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Lacrosse team plays its fourth home game of the season Saturday afternoon when it welcomes non-conference foe Keuka to Kaplan Field. Live Stats will be available for those who cannot attend the 3:00 p.m. contest.
At A Glance: The Knights enter Saturday's tilt at 0-3 overall and are coming off a 20-7 loss to visiting Kean on Tuesday night. Senior
Katie Gattoni (Old Tappan, N.J.) led the scoring attack with three goals and five points and equaled the team-high, along with
Amanda Clemens (Baldwin, N.Y.), in draw controls with four.
Amanda Picillo (Valley Stream, N.Y.) made her third start of the season in goal and made nine saves in the first half.
Carolyn Smith (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) came on to make four second half saves for the Knights.
Heading into the weekend, Gattoni leads the Mount in goals (10), assists (4), points (14) and draw controls (7).
Kayla Gilligan (Amityville, N.Y.) has found the back of net three times, while
Mikaela Rios (Mastic, N.Y.) has recorded a pair of tallies.
Maggie Pedersen (Glasco, N.Y.) and
Morgan Cordes (Sound Beach, N.Y.) are tied for the team lead in groundballs with seven with Clemens leading the Knights with six caused turnovers.
Picillo has started all three contests for the Knights and has played a 119:40 of a possible 180:00. She has made 30 saves and a holds a .429 save percentage to go along with five groundballs. Smith has appeared in all three games and played 60:20, making six stops.
Gattoni enters the weekend ranked fourth in the Skyline Conference in assists per game (1.3) and sixth in both goals per game (3.3) and points per game (4.7). Clemens ranks ninth in caused turnovers per game (1.7) and Picillo leads the league in saves per game (10.0).
A Look At The Wolves: Keuka comes to town at 0-1 overall after falling to Hartwick on Wednesday in its season opener by a score of 17-4. Vera Freda scored twice to lead the Wolves with Abigail Wood leading the team with four groundballs and three caused turnovers. Kendall Neuberger finished the day with five draw controls for the Wolves.
Ally Thayer made the start in the season opener in goal for Keuka and made 19 saves in her season debut to go along with three groundballs.
Recent History: Saturday's game will mark the first meeting between the two programs.
What's Next: The Knights open Skyline Conference play on Tuesday when they travel to Sage. Opening Draw with the Gators at ACP Athletic Complex in Albany, N.Y. is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.