By: by Joe Guster, Sports Information Director
LIVE STATS THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (April 10, 2014) – The Maritime women's lacrosse team will welcome in St. Joseph's College for Skyline Conference action at Reinhart Field. The opening draw is set for 7 p.m. The Privateers will take the field with their original jerseys from when the program began back in 2007 for "Throwback Thursday."
If you can't make it to campus for the action, live stats will available by visiting
http://www.sidearmstats.com/maritime/wlax/xlive.htm. THREE PRIVATEERS STILL AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS Freshman
Jane Quinn (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) continues to rank first in the nation among DIII players with 6.14 groundballs per game, while her 3.86 caused turnovers per game ranks second. Sophomore
Leanne Lavelle (New Windsor, N.Y./Washingtonville) is also ranked high among the national leaders, as her 5.56 GBs per game are good for seventh and her 2.89 CTs per game are tied for 15th. Rounding out the bunch, sophomore goalie
Meghin Paczkowski (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside) ranks 32nd in Division III with 10.56 saves per game.
INSIDE THE SERIES The all-time series only goes back two years, as St. Joseph's just began its women's lacrosse program in 2012. The Privateers have yet to beat the Golden Eagles, losing the first matchup 16-8 at Reinhart Field and last year's meeting, 17-2, out in Patchogue.
In that game last year, Lavelle scored the Maritime's first goal and then-sophomore
Charlotte Acklin (Lewes, Del./West Broward (Fla.)) added the second, while Paczkowski made six saves in the losing effort.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES St. Joseph's enters Thursday action with a 10-3 overall record, while also compiling a perfect 4-0 mark in Skyline Conference action under third-year head coach Robert Vlahakis. The Golden Eagles are currently riding a four-game winning streak dating back to March 28.
Two players are tied for the team-lead in points, as sophomores Heather Ferchland and Tori Gregson both have 45 points. Ferchland has a team-best 38 goals with seven assists and Gregson has 16 goals and has also contributed to the offense with a team-high 16 assists. Junior Nicole Lyman leads the squad with 44 groundballs and 47 caused turnovers, while Ferchland has gobbled up 39 draw controls to lead the team.
In goal, freshman Courtney Wickline has a 9-3 overall record with a 7.87 goals against average and a .447 save percentage.
HEAD-TO-HEAD PHOTO GALLERIES STILL AVAILABLE FROM HOME GAMES There are two photo galleries available on MaritimeAthletics.com for the Privateers' home games against Elms and Wilkes from March. For the photo gallery from the Elms game,
click here. To access the Wilkes photo gallery,
follow this link. The photos are available for purchase. If you're interested in purchasing any more photos of a particular student-athlete, please e-mail us at
jguster@sunymaritime.edu.