Saturday Meeting with Canisius Awaits Women's Lacrosse

QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (3-7, 0-2 MAAC) at CANISIUS GOLDEN GRIFFINS (0-10, 0-2 MAAC)
Date: Saturday, March 30, 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Location: Demske Sports Complex - Buffalo, New York
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team travels to Buffalo, New York on Saturday in search of its first conference victory of 2019 when it squares off against the winless Canisius College Golden Griffins. Opening draw at the Demske Athletic Complex is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT – L, 9-8 vs. Fairfield
For the second straight game, Quinnipiac scored twice in the final three minutes of regulation but fell one goal short in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action. The Bobcats dropped Wednesday afternoon's contest, 9-8, to defending MAAC champion Fairfield. Junior Megan Szawlowski recorded her third hat trick of the season and added an assist to complete a four-point day in the loss.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS
The Golden Griffins scored a season-best 16 goals in a 17-16 overtime loss to Siena Wednesday afternoon. Canisius senior Jourdan Roemer tallied a game-high eight points on five goals and three assists to pace the Golden Griffins offense that scored a season-high 16 goals. Sophomore Marissa Malvaso found the back of the net four times, three of which came on free-position attempts. Graduate-students Jen Reininger and Rachel Heidenreich, as well as freshman Megan Hoffman tallied two goals apiece in the loss. Sophomore Lauren Gilbert started her third game of the season, making 11 stops in-between the pipes.

HEARTBREAKERS
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 three of Quinnipiac's last four conference wins have been by one goal as well.

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 18th in Division I with 46.6 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 21 goals and ten assists in her first ten games as a Bobcat. The Central Connecticut State transfer has taken 49 shots, won 16 draw controls, and currently ranks 42nd in career points per game among all active Division I players.

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 144 points (105 goals, 39 assists) midway through her senior year. Her 36 points (26 goals, 10 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 18th in the nation in shots and 20th in 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 9.03 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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