Saturday, February 27
Bearcats Sports Complex - Vestal, NY
1:00 PM
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Bobcats Looking for First Win of 2016
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-2, 0-0 MAAC) at
Binghamton Bearcats (1-2, 0-0 America East)
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 – 1:00 PM
Bearcats Sports Complex – Vestal, NY
All-Time Series vs. Binghamton: 6-2
Last Meeting: L, 11-8 (Feb 28, 2015 – Hamden, CT)
The Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team continues its 2016 regular season on Saturday when the Bobcats travel to upstate New York for a matchup against Binghamton at 1 PM from the Bearcats Sports Complex. This marks the third straight season that Quinnipiac will matchup against the Bearcats. The Bobcats are looking to get back on the winning side as they defeated Binghamton in the first six meetings of the all-time series but have lost the last two to the Bearcats.
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST BINGHAMTON (6-2)
Quinnipiac and Binghamton have faced each other eight times in the all-time series dating back to the 2002 season. The Bobcats had taken the first six meetings by a combined score of 97-33, including a 23-0 shutout victory in their first all-time meeting back on March 27, 2002, but Binghamton has broken through with wins in the last two season including a 9-8 win in Vestal in 2014 followed by an 11-8 win in Hamden last season.
SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
Binghamton (1-2) posted a pair of impressive results in their first two games of 2015 as the Bearcats battled the No. 3 ranked team in the nation Syracuse to a 9-6 loss on the road followed by a thrilling 6-5 overtime home win over Niagara last Saturday. Those two early results were followed by a most-recent disappointing 15-7 loss at Lafayette on Wednesday. Goal scoring hasn't been one of the team strengths thus far in the season as Binghamton is averaging just 6.33 goals per game while they've also been held under eight goals in all three of their games so far in the season. Tiffany Ryan paces the Binghamton attack with a team-leading four goals in 2016 while Sophia Racciatti (two goals, two assists) also has four points while Callon Williams has tallied three goals. Goalkeeper Erin McNulty has been the team's best player so far in the year as she has compiled a .512 save percentage which ranks 19th in the nation and leads all America East keepers. She also owns an 8.49 goals against average which also leads the conference while posting 7.33 save per game. Allie Rodgers is also a player to watch on the defensive end for Binghamton as she ranks seventh in the nation averaging 3.33 caused turnovers per game.
FINDING THEIR IDENTITY
Coming off a disappointing 21-0 loss in the 2016 season opener, Quinnipiac certainly found their defensive identity in the second half at Yale (2/24) as the Bulldogs scored just three of their 11 goals in the final 30 minutes of play. The 11-goal total for the Bulldogs also easily stands as the fewest allowed by Quinnipiac in the series history as the previous fewest came in 2014 when Yale defeated the Bobcats, 15-8.
LARKIN LEADING THE WAY
Sophomore goalkeeper Kyle Larkin played the best game of her young career as she picked up a career-high 11 saves on 22 shots-on-goal (.500 save percentage) including eight in the second half alone at Yale (2/24). The double-digit save game is the second of her young career with just seven starts to her name. Larkin also added another career-high six ground balls in the defeat.
THAT'S MINE!
Sophomore Kiera Kelly filled the stat sheet with career highs in ground balls (eight) and caused turnovers (four) at Yale (2/24). After becoming the first freshman in program history to lead Quinnipiac in ground balls and caused turnovers last season, Kelly came one ground ball shy of matching the single-game program record (nine) which was compiled by Christy Smallman against Vermont on March 4, 2005.
AT THE TOP OF HER CRAFT
Kiera Kelly has seen a meteoric rise in her production through two games in 2016. Having compiled nine ground balls and seven caused turnovers, Kelly currently stands tied for sixth in the nation with 4.50 ground balls per game and tied for fourth in the nation with 3.50 caused turnovers. Kelly joins Harvard's Julia Glynn, Sacred Heart's Caitlin Delaney and Presbyterian's Maura Talvacchia as the only players to rank Top 10 in the nation in both statistical categories.
DEFENSIVE DOMINOS
Quinnipiac's defensive tandem of Leah Walter and Kiera Kelly each posted a solid outing in the season opener at UConn (2/17). Walter chipped in three ground balls and two caused turnovers while Kelly tallied a career high three caused turnovers in the loss.
CAPTAIN CAREY
Senior midfielder Aileen Carey was named team captain for the Bobcats in 2016. Carey has played in 42 career games, having started 38 of those games for the Bobcats. Over her three-year career, Carey has registered 35 goals and 14 assists for 49 total points, averaging more than a point per game over her 42 appearances for the Bobcats. She has also chipped in 45 ground balls, 37 draw controls and 19 caused turnovers at the midfield position. The 2015 campaign was a very successful one for Carey as she tallied new single-season career-highs in goals (16), assists (seven), points (23), shots (39) and shots-on-goal (28) in 13 games before missing the final three games of the season due to injury. Her 23 points led all Quinnipiac midfielders in 2015 while she will be the second-leading returning scorer for the Bobcats in 2016. Carey is a two-time MAAC All-Academic Team honoree.
SENIOR LEADER
Named 2015 QU Most Outstanding Attack Player, senior Kathleen DeVito returns for her final year after a breakthrough junior campaign that saw her rack up 40 points on 29 goals and 11 assists. DeVito ranked second on the team in all three scoring categories while she also put up 56 shots, 42 shots-on-goal, 11 ground balls, 11 draw controls and eight caused turnovers in 2015. She led the team in free position percentage, finishing with goals on 7-of-11 (63.6 percent) of her free position attempts in 2015. She finished with at least one point in 14-of-16 games (87.5 percent) while registering 10 multi-goal games in 2015. Finally, she had a hand either scoring or assisting on 30.8 percent (40-of-130) of the team's goals throughout the 16-game slate.
ALL-AROUND WEAPON
Senior defender Leah Walter enjoyed another solid all-around campaign as a junior in 2015 as she compiled two goals, one assist, 19 ground balls, 10 draw controls, eight caused turnovers and three shots on the season. She ranked fourth on the team with 19 ground balls while she shined in MAAC play, ranking third on the team with 17 ground balls in eight league games (2.13 per game). She enters her senior year as the team's active career leader in ground balls (47) and caused turnover (25).
SCOOPING UP THE GROUND BALLS
Quinnipiac did a masterful job of picked up ground balls throughout MAAC play in 2015 as the Bobcats finished second in conference-only games in ground balls per game (19.62). With single-game totals of 34 against Monmouth (4/1), 26 against Niagara (4/11) and 25 against Siena (4/18), Quinnipiac climbed up the leaderboard all throughout 2015. Quinnipiac also stood as the lone MAAC school with three players ranked in the Top 10 in ground balls per game. Kiera Kelly (3.00, tied 2nd MAAC), Samantha Tilts (2.38, 6th MAAC) and Leah Walter (2.12, 10th MAAC) all represented Quinnipiac in the ranking list.
THE BALL STOPS AT KIERA KELLY
As a freshman in 2015, Kiera Kelly was honored as one of four freshman in the MAAC to make the All-Rookie Team via unanimous selection. Kelly was stellar on the defensive end as she led the team with 41 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers. In the 18-year history of the women's lacrosse program, Kelly became the first freshman to lead the team in both statistical categories for a single-season. Prior to Kelly's 2015 campaign, the last time an underclassman led the team in ground balls was Kim Davis (Soph.) in 2010 with 44 and the last time a freshman led QU in ground balls was Tiffany Manzi in 2006 with 44. The last underclassman to lead the team in caused turnovers was Ashley Valentine (Soph.) in 2007 with 20. Kelly is the first freshman to lead the team in caused turnovers.
NATION TAKING NOTICE
The incredible freshman campaign for Kiera Kelly drew national attention as her numbers finished ranked high on the national leaderboard. In terms of caused turnovers, Kelly finished 2015 ranked sixth in the MAAC and 90th among all players in the country in caused turnovers per game (1.19). Kelly's success continued in ground balls as she finished third in the MAAC (first among all freshman) and 27th among all players in NCAA Div. I with 2.56 ground balls per game.
BUSTING THROUGH
Junior Devin Kelly enjoyed a breakout sophomore season in 2015, ranking fifth on the team with 12 points (seven goals, five assists). After seeing time in 13 games (one start) and finishing with four points as a freshman, Kelly racked up 12 points in 16 games (11 starts) for Quinnipiac. She finished with her first multi-goal game at Hofstra (3/8) and rode a career-high three-game point streak early in 2015.
UNDERCLASSMEN LEADING THE WAY
Three Bobcat underclassmen finished among the team leaders in two major categories last season as Kiera Kelly (then-freshman) owned the team-lead in both ground balls (41) and caused turnovers (19). Another underclassmen making waves was then-sophomore Carly Knowles who contributed 12 ground balls and seven caused turnovers in 11 games (all starts). Finally, then-freshman Kayla Murphy performed quite well in draw controls in 2015 as she ranked second on the Bobcats with 29.
VIVA LA ROCCA
Named the 2015 QU Most Improved Player, junior Danielle La Rocca appeared in 14 games as a sophomore last season as she racked up eight points on the strength of eight goals and two assists. Ranked sixth on the team in points last season, La Rocca finished as the second-leading underclassmen scorer for the Bobcats while she will be the fourth-leading returning scorer this season from the 2015 squad.
FINDING HER NICHE
Junior Audrey Samuelman transitioned into a regular starter on the defensive side of the field as a sophomore in 2015. She appeared in all 16 games including 10 starts last season, finishing with 17 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and two draw controls. After starting in one of the first six games of the season, Samuelman earned the starting nod in nine of the final 10 games of 2015.
LARKIN LEADING THE CHARGE IN NET
Sophomore Kyle Larkin expects to take over the starting reigns for the Bobcats in the net after the departure of Samantha Tilts '15 to graduation. Larkin appeared in 11 games (five starts) in 2015 and finished with a 1-4 record, 38 saves, .297 save percentage and 16.02 GAA in her 11 games. She posted a career-high 10 saves against Yale (2/25) and recorded her first career win registering four saves on nine shots in a 15-5 win at UMass Lowell (3/14).
TALKING NUMBERS
Kyra Ochwat was the go-to scorer for four years at Quinnipiac but her importance has taken a new meaning last season. Through 16 games, Ochwat either scored or assisted on 55 of the Bobcats' 130 goals (42.3 percent). An even more impressive number to consider is the duo of Ochwat and Kathleen DeVito (40 points) combined to have a hand in 91-of-130 (70 percent) Bobcat goals scored in 16 games in 2015.
RECORD-BREAKING CAREER
Quinnipiac will have to make up for the loss of offensive star Kyra Ochwat '15 who became the all-time leading scorer in Quinnipiac lacrosse history (men's or women's) with 215 career points. She passed Sarah Allen '13 (194) for first place on the all-time women's lacrosse record list at Quinnipiac, 55 points (40 goals, 15 assists) in 2015 and finished with 157 goals and 58 assists throughout 61 games in her four-year career.
Binghamton Bearcats (1-2, 0-0 America East)
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 – 1:00 PM
Bearcats Sports Complex – Vestal, NY
All-Time Series vs. Binghamton: 6-2
Last Meeting: L, 11-8 (Feb 28, 2015 – Hamden, CT)
The Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team continues its 2016 regular season on Saturday when the Bobcats travel to upstate New York for a matchup against Binghamton at 1 PM from the Bearcats Sports Complex. This marks the third straight season that Quinnipiac will matchup against the Bearcats. The Bobcats are looking to get back on the winning side as they defeated Binghamton in the first six meetings of the all-time series but have lost the last two to the Bearcats.
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST BINGHAMTON (6-2)
Quinnipiac and Binghamton have faced each other eight times in the all-time series dating back to the 2002 season. The Bobcats had taken the first six meetings by a combined score of 97-33, including a 23-0 shutout victory in their first all-time meeting back on March 27, 2002, but Binghamton has broken through with wins in the last two season including a 9-8 win in Vestal in 2014 followed by an 11-8 win in Hamden last season.
SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
Binghamton (1-2) posted a pair of impressive results in their first two games of 2015 as the Bearcats battled the No. 3 ranked team in the nation Syracuse to a 9-6 loss on the road followed by a thrilling 6-5 overtime home win over Niagara last Saturday. Those two early results were followed by a most-recent disappointing 15-7 loss at Lafayette on Wednesday. Goal scoring hasn't been one of the team strengths thus far in the season as Binghamton is averaging just 6.33 goals per game while they've also been held under eight goals in all three of their games so far in the season. Tiffany Ryan paces the Binghamton attack with a team-leading four goals in 2016 while Sophia Racciatti (two goals, two assists) also has four points while Callon Williams has tallied three goals. Goalkeeper Erin McNulty has been the team's best player so far in the year as she has compiled a .512 save percentage which ranks 19th in the nation and leads all America East keepers. She also owns an 8.49 goals against average which also leads the conference while posting 7.33 save per game. Allie Rodgers is also a player to watch on the defensive end for Binghamton as she ranks seventh in the nation averaging 3.33 caused turnovers per game.
FINDING THEIR IDENTITY
Coming off a disappointing 21-0 loss in the 2016 season opener, Quinnipiac certainly found their defensive identity in the second half at Yale (2/24) as the Bulldogs scored just three of their 11 goals in the final 30 minutes of play. The 11-goal total for the Bulldogs also easily stands as the fewest allowed by Quinnipiac in the series history as the previous fewest came in 2014 when Yale defeated the Bobcats, 15-8.
LARKIN LEADING THE WAY
Sophomore goalkeeper Kyle Larkin played the best game of her young career as she picked up a career-high 11 saves on 22 shots-on-goal (.500 save percentage) including eight in the second half alone at Yale (2/24). The double-digit save game is the second of her young career with just seven starts to her name. Larkin also added another career-high six ground balls in the defeat.
THAT'S MINE!
Sophomore Kiera Kelly filled the stat sheet with career highs in ground balls (eight) and caused turnovers (four) at Yale (2/24). After becoming the first freshman in program history to lead Quinnipiac in ground balls and caused turnovers last season, Kelly came one ground ball shy of matching the single-game program record (nine) which was compiled by Christy Smallman against Vermont on March 4, 2005.
AT THE TOP OF HER CRAFT
Kiera Kelly has seen a meteoric rise in her production through two games in 2016. Having compiled nine ground balls and seven caused turnovers, Kelly currently stands tied for sixth in the nation with 4.50 ground balls per game and tied for fourth in the nation with 3.50 caused turnovers. Kelly joins Harvard's Julia Glynn, Sacred Heart's Caitlin Delaney and Presbyterian's Maura Talvacchia as the only players to rank Top 10 in the nation in both statistical categories.
DEFENSIVE DOMINOS
Quinnipiac's defensive tandem of Leah Walter and Kiera Kelly each posted a solid outing in the season opener at UConn (2/17). Walter chipped in three ground balls and two caused turnovers while Kelly tallied a career high three caused turnovers in the loss.
CAPTAIN CAREY
Senior midfielder Aileen Carey was named team captain for the Bobcats in 2016. Carey has played in 42 career games, having started 38 of those games for the Bobcats. Over her three-year career, Carey has registered 35 goals and 14 assists for 49 total points, averaging more than a point per game over her 42 appearances for the Bobcats. She has also chipped in 45 ground balls, 37 draw controls and 19 caused turnovers at the midfield position. The 2015 campaign was a very successful one for Carey as she tallied new single-season career-highs in goals (16), assists (seven), points (23), shots (39) and shots-on-goal (28) in 13 games before missing the final three games of the season due to injury. Her 23 points led all Quinnipiac midfielders in 2015 while she will be the second-leading returning scorer for the Bobcats in 2016. Carey is a two-time MAAC All-Academic Team honoree.
SENIOR LEADER
Named 2015 QU Most Outstanding Attack Player, senior Kathleen DeVito returns for her final year after a breakthrough junior campaign that saw her rack up 40 points on 29 goals and 11 assists. DeVito ranked second on the team in all three scoring categories while she also put up 56 shots, 42 shots-on-goal, 11 ground balls, 11 draw controls and eight caused turnovers in 2015. She led the team in free position percentage, finishing with goals on 7-of-11 (63.6 percent) of her free position attempts in 2015. She finished with at least one point in 14-of-16 games (87.5 percent) while registering 10 multi-goal games in 2015. Finally, she had a hand either scoring or assisting on 30.8 percent (40-of-130) of the team's goals throughout the 16-game slate.
ALL-AROUND WEAPON
Senior defender Leah Walter enjoyed another solid all-around campaign as a junior in 2015 as she compiled two goals, one assist, 19 ground balls, 10 draw controls, eight caused turnovers and three shots on the season. She ranked fourth on the team with 19 ground balls while she shined in MAAC play, ranking third on the team with 17 ground balls in eight league games (2.13 per game). She enters her senior year as the team's active career leader in ground balls (47) and caused turnover (25).
SCOOPING UP THE GROUND BALLS
Quinnipiac did a masterful job of picked up ground balls throughout MAAC play in 2015 as the Bobcats finished second in conference-only games in ground balls per game (19.62). With single-game totals of 34 against Monmouth (4/1), 26 against Niagara (4/11) and 25 against Siena (4/18), Quinnipiac climbed up the leaderboard all throughout 2015. Quinnipiac also stood as the lone MAAC school with three players ranked in the Top 10 in ground balls per game. Kiera Kelly (3.00, tied 2nd MAAC), Samantha Tilts (2.38, 6th MAAC) and Leah Walter (2.12, 10th MAAC) all represented Quinnipiac in the ranking list.
THE BALL STOPS AT KIERA KELLY
As a freshman in 2015, Kiera Kelly was honored as one of four freshman in the MAAC to make the All-Rookie Team via unanimous selection. Kelly was stellar on the defensive end as she led the team with 41 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers. In the 18-year history of the women's lacrosse program, Kelly became the first freshman to lead the team in both statistical categories for a single-season. Prior to Kelly's 2015 campaign, the last time an underclassman led the team in ground balls was Kim Davis (Soph.) in 2010 with 44 and the last time a freshman led QU in ground balls was Tiffany Manzi in 2006 with 44. The last underclassman to lead the team in caused turnovers was Ashley Valentine (Soph.) in 2007 with 20. Kelly is the first freshman to lead the team in caused turnovers.
NATION TAKING NOTICE
The incredible freshman campaign for Kiera Kelly drew national attention as her numbers finished ranked high on the national leaderboard. In terms of caused turnovers, Kelly finished 2015 ranked sixth in the MAAC and 90th among all players in the country in caused turnovers per game (1.19). Kelly's success continued in ground balls as she finished third in the MAAC (first among all freshman) and 27th among all players in NCAA Div. I with 2.56 ground balls per game.
BUSTING THROUGH
Junior Devin Kelly enjoyed a breakout sophomore season in 2015, ranking fifth on the team with 12 points (seven goals, five assists). After seeing time in 13 games (one start) and finishing with four points as a freshman, Kelly racked up 12 points in 16 games (11 starts) for Quinnipiac. She finished with her first multi-goal game at Hofstra (3/8) and rode a career-high three-game point streak early in 2015.
UNDERCLASSMEN LEADING THE WAY
Three Bobcat underclassmen finished among the team leaders in two major categories last season as Kiera Kelly (then-freshman) owned the team-lead in both ground balls (41) and caused turnovers (19). Another underclassmen making waves was then-sophomore Carly Knowles who contributed 12 ground balls and seven caused turnovers in 11 games (all starts). Finally, then-freshman Kayla Murphy performed quite well in draw controls in 2015 as she ranked second on the Bobcats with 29.
VIVA LA ROCCA
Named the 2015 QU Most Improved Player, junior Danielle La Rocca appeared in 14 games as a sophomore last season as she racked up eight points on the strength of eight goals and two assists. Ranked sixth on the team in points last season, La Rocca finished as the second-leading underclassmen scorer for the Bobcats while she will be the fourth-leading returning scorer this season from the 2015 squad.
FINDING HER NICHE
Junior Audrey Samuelman transitioned into a regular starter on the defensive side of the field as a sophomore in 2015. She appeared in all 16 games including 10 starts last season, finishing with 17 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and two draw controls. After starting in one of the first six games of the season, Samuelman earned the starting nod in nine of the final 10 games of 2015.
LARKIN LEADING THE CHARGE IN NET
Sophomore Kyle Larkin expects to take over the starting reigns for the Bobcats in the net after the departure of Samantha Tilts '15 to graduation. Larkin appeared in 11 games (five starts) in 2015 and finished with a 1-4 record, 38 saves, .297 save percentage and 16.02 GAA in her 11 games. She posted a career-high 10 saves against Yale (2/25) and recorded her first career win registering four saves on nine shots in a 15-5 win at UMass Lowell (3/14).
TALKING NUMBERS
Kyra Ochwat was the go-to scorer for four years at Quinnipiac but her importance has taken a new meaning last season. Through 16 games, Ochwat either scored or assisted on 55 of the Bobcats' 130 goals (42.3 percent). An even more impressive number to consider is the duo of Ochwat and Kathleen DeVito (40 points) combined to have a hand in 91-of-130 (70 percent) Bobcat goals scored in 16 games in 2015.
RECORD-BREAKING CAREER
Quinnipiac will have to make up for the loss of offensive star Kyra Ochwat '15 who became the all-time leading scorer in Quinnipiac lacrosse history (men's or women's) with 215 career points. She passed Sarah Allen '13 (194) for first place on the all-time women's lacrosse record list at Quinnipiac, 55 points (40 goals, 15 assists) in 2015 and finished with 157 goals and 58 assists throughout 61 games in her four-year career.
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