Women's Lacrosse Looks for Second MAAC Win at Iona

QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (4-7, 1-2 MAAC) at IONA GAELS (1-10, 0-2 MAAC)
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: Mazzella Field - New Rochelle, New York
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Following one of the most exciting wins in program history, the Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team returns to action at Iona on Wednesday afternoon. The Bobcats will travel to New Rochelle in search of their second conference victory of the season in a 3:00 midday matinee.

LAST TIME OUT – W, 14-13 at Canisius (2OT)
Despite trailing 9-4 at the end of the first half, the Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team scored nine second half goals and earned a 14-13 victory in double overtime at Canisius on Saturday. Junior Megan Szawlowski and senior Allison Kuhn each posted six points in the win, while goalkeepers Allie Kelsey and Sami Walter combined to make eight saves.

SCOUTING THE GAELS
Iona trailed at halftime by just one score, but Monmouth ran away in the second half against the Gaels Wednesday at Mazzella Field, falling to the Hawks 13-8. The Gaels were once again led by the newcomers, with seven of their scores coming from freshmen, including the first two collegiate goals by Gabrielle Thornton. Emma Rippon added two tallies, and Kati Paavola added a score her to giver her sole possession of the team-lead.

HEARTBREAKERS, DREAM MAKERS
The Bobcats have become familiar with tight contests, especially in MAAC play, over the last two seasons. All four combined losses to Marist and Fairfield in 2018 and 2019 have been one goal games, while four of Quinnipiac's last five conference wins have been by one goal as well, including last weekend's win at Canisius.

NEW NEWS
Saturday's victory over Canisius was the first for Quinnipiac over the Golden Griffins since joining the MAAC. The last Bobcats' win over Canisius came in 2002.

THAT'S OFFENSIVE!
Quinnipiac's 19 goals against Hartford was the highest single-game total for the Bobcats since a 20-11 win over LIU Brooklyn on April 5, 2013.

FREEDOM!
Quinnipiac is one of the best teams in the nation when it comes to converting free position opportunities, ranking 17th in Division I with a 46.8 percent conversion rate. The Bobcats scored eight free position goals in the win over Hartford, the most in a game in the program's Division I history.

GET SWAZZY WITH IT
Junior Megan Szawlowski has tallied 24 goals and 13 assists in her first 11 games as a Bobcat. The Central Connecticut State transfer has taken 55 shots, won 17 draw controls, and currently ranks 39th in career points per game among all active Division I players with 3.35 points per contest.

KUHN JOINS CENTURY CLUB
Senior attack Allison Kuhn became only the ninth player in school history to record 100 career goals with her two-goal outing at Hartford. She recorded her 100th career point against Canisius last season and now has 151 points (108 goals, 43 assists) midway through her senior year. Her 42 points (28 goals, 14 assists) this season moved her into 10^th place on the Bobcats' all-time points list, sixth all-time in goals, and ninth all-time in assists. She currently ranks 21st in the nation in shots and shots on goal per game.

ATTACKING THE MAAC
Kuhn and graduate student Sami Walters both earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors for their performances at Stetson. Kuhn was named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week after scoring five goals, including a double-overtime game-winner. She also added an assist, two draw controls, and a ground ball to her stat line. Walters, a transfer from UMass, was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week after making a career-high nine saves in the win. After entering the game at halftime, the graduate student also picked up six ground balls in her Quinnipiac debut.

MAN DOWN BUT NOT OUT
Quinnipiac played man-down for 14 minutes in this season's game at Brown. In that time span, the Bobcats scored a shorthanded goal and did not allow Brown a single tally.

STELLAR SAMI
Transfer graduate student goalkeeper Sami Walters ranks fourth among all active Division I women's lacrosse goalkeepers with an 8.87 goals against average in her career.

ALLIE KELSEY, HOMECOMING WARRIOR
Playing in her home state, junior goalkeeper Allie Kelsey made eight saves against Brown, three shy of her career-best. She added eight ground balls and five caused turnovers, one ground ball short of tying Quinnipiac's program record.

MOVIN' ON UP
The Bobcats are one of just six of the 115 NCAA D1 Women's Lacrosse teams in the nation have increased their win total in each of the last four seasons.

TRENDING UPWARDS
Head Coach Tanya Kotowicz's squad has tallied more combined wins over the last two seasons than any two-year span since 2013.

UP TO THE CHALLENGE
The 16-game regular-season slate runs from February to April, and will feature two opponents that reached the 2018 NCAA Tournament. In addition, seven of Quinnipiac's opponents won at least nine games each a year ago. The program's seven regular season home competitions feature non-conference matchups with Brown, LIU Brooklyn, and defending Northeast Conference Champion Wagner College, who won a first round game in last year's NCAA Tournament.

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