LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 21, 2023) - After spending the first four weeks of the season on the road, Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse played their home opener Saturday and are gearing up to get back on the road this week.
Opponent
Holy Family Tigers (2-6, 1-0 CACC)
Where
Philadelphia, Pa. (Tiger Field)
When
Wednesday, March 22 - 7 p.m.
How to Watch
• Wednesday's game is available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal of the CACC Digital Network powered by HUDL. Live stats are also available at gculions.com.
Previously vs. Holy Family
• The rivalry between Georgian Court and Holy Family is the closest among the Lions' CACC foes.
• No team has more wins against GCU than the Tiger's nine.
• All-time GCU leads the series 13-9.
• Last season in Lakewood, the Lions gave the Tigers an 18-3 drubbing.
• GCU led 12-0 at the half.
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Sabrina Chandler scored the first three goals of the game and finished with five.
• In total seven Lions scored a goal.
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Alexis Hahn played all 60 minutes allowing three goals and making seven saves.
Last Time Out
• In a final score that more closely resembled a football game, Georgian Court defeated Felician 21-3.
• GCU led 13-0 at the half.
• Eight different Lions scored led by
Isabel Raimondi's six goals.
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Riley O'Connor scored five and
Alyssa Wahl added four with five assists.
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Alexis Hahn was perfect in net stopping all six shots in the first 30 minutes before coming out at halftime.
Individual Milestones
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Jade Rivera is one ground balls away from 30.
• Three more assists will get
Isabel Raimondi to 50.
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Riley O'Connor is two assists shy of 25 and six goals from 100.
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Kasha Elzinga needs one point to get to 25.
• One more goal will get
Remi Reinhardt to 25. She's also eight draw controls away from 100.
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Alyssa Wahl's next game will be her 40th. She needs four goals to reach 50.
Who's Hot?
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Riley O'Connor has scored in every game this season and has 15 goals in her last three games.
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Remi Reinhardt has at least five draw control's in three straight games.
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Alyssa Wahl has scored in each game this season and put up a season-best nine points against Felician.
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Isabel Raimondi set a career-best with six goals against Felician. She's scored in four straight.
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Kelsey Naclerio has two ground balls in back-to-back games and has caused at least one turnover in three straight.
Lions in the CACC (statistic minimums set by NCAA)
• The Lions lead the league with an 86.7% clearing percentage.
• GCU has the third fewest turnovers per game in the CACC losing the ball just 14.7 times per game
• With 23 goals,
Riley O'Connor is fourth in the conference.
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Alexis Hahn's 64 saves are fourth in the CACC.
About the Opponents
Holy Family Tigers
• Holy Family is 2-6 to start the season. They picked up a 19-11 win against Post in their conference opener last Saturday.
• Rianna Shields leads the team with 35 points scoring 31 goals and has fired a CACC-high 77 shots.
• The Tigers are scoring 11.38 goals per game while allowing 15.13.
• Holy Family's draw control numbers are even grabbing 114 with opponents at 120.
• HFU have lost the ball 151 times in eight games.
• Emma Hurley has played every minute in net. She's made 73 saves with a 37.6% save percentage.