Bobcats Return Home in Search of Third MAAC Win

QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (5-7, 2-2 MAAC) at NIAGARA PURPLE EAGLES (3-9, 0-3 MAAC)
Date: Saturday, April 6, 12:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium - Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. - Riding high after consecutive road victories, the Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team returns home on Saturday for a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) matchup with the Niagara Purple Eagles. Opening draw control in Hamden is scheduled for 12:00 p.m., immediately following Quinnipiac's Senior Day ceremony.

Fans wishing to be in attendance for the ceremony should plan to be in their seats by 11:30 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT – W, 17-14 at Iona
Graduate student goalkeeper Sami Walters made 11 saves and earned her fifth victory of the season as the Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team earned a 17-14 win at Iona on Wednesday afternoon. Junior Megan Szawlowski and freshman Maddie Deegan combined for seven points, eight ground balls, six draw controls, and six caused turnovers in the win.

SCOUTING THE PURPLE EAGLES
The Purple Eagles were taken down, 12-8, by Siena on April 3. Seven different players hit the scoresheet for Niagara, with Rachel MacCheyne tallying two goals. MacCheyne leads the team with 40 goals, 48 points, 88 shots, and 117 draw controls on the year. Caroline Crump's 13 assists are a team-high. She has also recorded five hat tricks this season, second only to MacCheyne's eight. Defensively, Lauren Paul's 35 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers are the most on the squad.

ROAD WARRIORS
Four of Quinnipiac's five wins this season have come in enemy territory (Stetson, Hartford, Canisius, Iona). The Bobcats have not won four road contests in the same season since winning five in the 2012 season. That year resulted in a 9-7 overall record and a trip to the NEC Semifinals.

MOVIN' ON UP
A win over Niagara on Saturday will give Quinnipiac six wins for the first time since finishing the 2013 season with a 7-9 record. 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 and will extend that streak to five season with one more victory.

NEW NEWS
Last 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.

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.

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 15th in Division I with a 47.3 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 27 goals and 14 assists in her first 12 games as a Bobcat. The Central Connecticut State transfer has taken 59 shots, won 20 draw controls, and currently ranks 36th in career points per game among all active Division I players with 3.37 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 156 points (112 goals, 44 assists) midway through her senior year. Her 42 points (32 goals, 15 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 24th in the nation in shots per game and 26th in shots on goal.

STELLAR SAMI
Transfer graduate student goalkeeper Sami Walters ranks fifth among all active Division I women's lacrosse goalkeepers with an 8.97 goals against average in her career. Walters has posted the third-best save percentage in the MAAC (.472) and fourth-best goals against average (10.90).

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.

KOTO-WINS
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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