LAKEWOOD, NJ (Feb. 16, 2023) - Your five-time defending CACC Championship women's lacrosse team begins the quest for a sixth this weekend. Georgian Court opens the 2023 campaign with a pair of games on the road.

Opponents (2022 Record)
No. 20 Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks (9-6, 4-1 ECC
D'Youville Saints (9-8, 3-3 ECC)

Where
at Roberts Wesleyan - Rochester, NY 
at D'Youville - Buffalo, NY - Dobson Field

When
at Roberts Wesleyan - Friday, Feb. 17 - 3 p.m.
at D'Youville - Sunday, Feb. 19 - 1 p.m.

How to Watch
• The Roberts Wesleyan game will be available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast via the ECC Network. Live stats are also available at GCULions.com.
• At D'Youville, there is no webstream but live stats are available. 

Previously vs. Roberts Wesleyan 
• The only other time these two teams met was in 2017. Roberts Wesleyan got the win 17-7.
• Samantha Fernandez scored five of the Lions seven goals.
• Arianna Quinlan and Kayanna Chandler added the other two. 
• Amber Neumann made nine saves in the loss. 

Previously vs. D'Youville
• This is the first ever meeting between these two teams.

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court is one of the few teams who can say they ended the season with a win. In fact they won their last 11 games of the 2022 season.
• The year ended with a 17-16 win over Dominican in the CACC Championship game. 
• Heather Devaney scored seven goals including the game winner.
• Riley O'Connor added four goals and Shaine Sauter tallied three. 

Individual Milestones
• Alyssa Wahl needs one more goal to reach 30 in her career. She's also three ground balls and three draw controls away from 25. 
• Two more ground balls and Jade Rivera will get to 20. 
• Isabel Raimondi needs two more goals to get to 25. 
• Riley O'Connor is four goals shy of 75 and needs seven points to get to 100. 
• With three more points, Remi Reinhardt will reach 30. She also needs one more ground ball for 25 in her career. 

Who's Back
• Georgian Court has nine seniors making up exactly half of the squad.
• Five Lions are back who scored at least 20 points in 2022. 
• Riley O'Connor returns the most goals on the team as she scored 39 last year. 
• Isabel Raimondi who led the team with 37 assists is back for her sophomore season.
• Alyssa Wahl and Jade Rivera each picked up 20 or more helpers last year. 
• Goaltendeer Alexis Hahn is back after starting all 19 games in net last season. She enters the season with a career record of 25-10. 
• The Lion defense is anchored by four-year seniors Danielle Crimeni, Talysa Jimenez and Kelsey Naclerio. 

New Faces
• The Lions have only four on their roster who did not play for them in 2022.
• Kate Clemente is the lone transfer. She enters as a junior having played previously at CACC foe Post.
• The Lions have a true freshman at three different levels. Gabrielle Battle is a freshman attack. Caitlin Petrellese is a freshman midfield/defender and Natalie Moradian is the Lions freshman goalkeeper. 

Streaks
• The Lions enter 2023 on a bunch of streaks. They closed 2022 winning 11 straight.
• Georgian Court has won 46 consecutive CACC regular season games dating back to April 16, 2016.
• That streak extends to 53 when including postseason games.

The Schedule
• The Lions will get their first chance to continue their conference winning streak March 18 against Felician.
• Georgian Court opens the year with six straight on the road and eight of their first nine. 
• The regular season will see the Lions suit up for 17 games including 10 CACC games now with the addition of Bridgeport to the league. 
• The conference tournament runs May 2-7 with the semifinals and finals hosted by Post in Waterbury, Conn. 

About the Opponents
Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks
• After finishing the year 9-6 with a trip to the ECC Finals, Roberts Wesleyan starts 2023 ranked 20th in the IWLCA top-25 preseason poll.
• The Redhawks lone ECC regular season loss was to Mercy as was their loss in the ECC finals. 
• Roberts Wesleyan is two years removed from winning the ECC Championship and advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight, where they fell to Lindenwood in round one, 12-9.
• This years team will be without All-American Madison Bell who led the Redhawks scoring 66 goals and 102 points.
• In addition to Bell, three of the Redhawks top-five point scorers departed. Alexis Grant, who tallied 42 goals and 52 points is the top scoring returner.
• Coming back for her fifth year though is goalkeeper Natalie Arieno. She's been the starter the last two season with a 26-9 record and .440 save percentage.

D'Youville Saints
• Last season D'Youville finished 9-8 overall and 3-3 in the ECC. Like Roberts Wesleyan, they lost to Mercy in the ECC Tournament.
• Two of the Saint four All-ECC honorees are back in 2023. Brinn Stworzydlak was the starting goalkeeper and earned All-Conference Second Team.
• Amanda Waliszewski was also named to the All-Conference Second Team as a defender racking up 41 ground balls.
• D'Youville has only one of their top-five scorers back. That's sophomore Sydney Gordon who totaled 32 points with 25 goals and seven assists.