LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 6, 2023) - Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse returns to action later this week as their opening road trip rolls on.
Opponent
Millersville (1-1, 0-0 PSAC)
Where
Millersville, PA
When
Tuesday, March 7 - 4 p.m.
How to Watch
• Tuesday's game will be available on Millersville's portal of the PSAC Sports Digital Network. Live stats are also available on gculions.com
Previously vs. Millersville
• The Lions and Millersville have met six times previously.
• The Marauders are one of the most frequent non-conference opponents of GCU.
• Over their history, the Marauders hold a 4-2 edge.
• In Lakewood in 2021, Georgian Court picked up a 12-10 win.
• Last year though, also in Lakewood, Millersville came away with a 19-7 victory.
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Riley O'Connor scored a pair of goals for GCU.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court last played nearly a week ago. They took on a pair of ranked opponents from the state of Florida.
• The Lions fell on the road at St. Leo, 14-6, Wednesday, March 1.
• With the game tied at one, St. Leo closed the first scoring six straight and never looked back.
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Alyssa Wahl scored twice and caused a turnover.
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Riley O'Connor scored two second-half goals.
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Isabel Raimondi added two points, a goal and an assist. She also scooped two grounders.
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Caitlin Petrellese led GCU position players with three ground balls and caused a turnover.
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Remi Reinhardt and
Jade Rivera controlled two draws.
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Alexis Hahn stopped 13 shots in goal.
Individual Milestones
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Jade Rivera needs one more goal to reach 20 and one ground ball to get to 25.
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Riley O'Connor needs two assists to get to 25.
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Remi Reinhardt is closing in on 20 goals needing one more. She's also one draw controls from 75.
• One more ground ball will get
Isabel Raimondi to 20.
Who's Hot?
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Alexis Hahn has 10+ saves in back-to-back games.
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Alyssa Wahl has at least two goals in each game this season.
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Riley O'Connor has also scored in all four games.
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Caitlin Petrellese has seven ground balls in the last two games.
Lions in the CACC (statistic minimums set by NCAA)
• The Lions lead the league with an 84.7% clearing percentage.
• GCU has the fewest turnovers per game in the CACC and is 18th in the nation losing the ball just 13.5 times per game.
• With 16 points,
Alyssa Wahl is second in the league. She's second in goals and fourth in assists.
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Alexis Hahn's 37 saves are best in the CACC and rank 12th in the nation.
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Riley O'Connor ranks third in the CACC with five goals scored.
About the Opponents
Millersville Marauders
• Millersville is 1-1 this season ahead of their March 4 game vs. Slippery Rock.
• Their year got started with a 12-11 overtime loss to fellow CACC member Jefferson.
• They got their first win of the season against Holy Family.
• The Marauders were picked to finish fourth among the seven-team PSAC East Division.
• This is the first season at the helm for coach Kaitlyn Hafdell.
• Millersville has 19 return from a squad that went 12-6 and advanced to the PSAC Tournament.
• In just two games, Millersville is averaging 14 goals per game. Hayden Corcoran and Ella Linthicum each have five goals.
• Ashlyn Simonetti leads the team with eight points, four goals and four assists.
• Morgan Scott has played every minute in goal and sports a .444 save percentage allowing 12.1 goals against average.