LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 5, 2024) - Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse is back home Wednesday afternoon for the first of two games this week.
Opponent
Bloomsburg Huskies (2-0, 0-0 PSAC)
Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Track and Field Complex
When
Wednesday, March 6 - 2 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. Bloomsburg
• The Lions are yet to defeat the Huskies in four previous matchups.
• The most recent came in 2022, a 16-14 loss in Bloomsburg. Three of the four games have come in Bloomsburg.
• Bloomsburg led by five in the fourth before the Lions attempted a miracle comeback. They scored three straight in 2:36 to cut the lead down to two with 2:03 left to play.
• The Huskies held firm though winning by that two-goal margin.
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Riley O'Connor led GCU with four points scoring three goals.
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Remi Reinhardt scored twice and added an assist.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court battled hard with the No. 1 team in the country, Pace, Saturday afternoon, but came up short to the Setters, 18-10.
• Up a goal, 3-2, Pace extended their lead scoring four straight and going up 7-2.
• The Setters only outscored the Lions by one in the second half, 7-6.
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Riley O'Connor and
Remi Reinhardt each collected four points. Reinhardt also won nine draw controls.
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Natalie Moradian made 16 saves in the loss.
CACC Leaders
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Isabel Raimondi is third in the CACC with 23 points and
Riley O'Connor sits fourth with 22. O'Connors 16 goals are second and Raimondi's 11 assists third.
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Remi Reinhardt leads the league with 7.8 draw controls per game.
• With 45 saves
Natalie Moradian leads the league.
• Georgian Court as a team has more ground balls than anyone else in the CACC. They are second in draw controls and caused turnovers.
• The Lions 20.20 points per game are the second-most in the league.
Who's Hot?
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Remi Reinhardt has at least two goals in each of her last four games. She's also caused nine turnovers in her last four.
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Riley O'Connor scored four goals against Pace and matched a season-high with three draw controls.
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Caitlin Petrellese dished out a season-high two assists and won two draws at Pace.
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Natalie Moradian made a career-high 16 saves against the Setters.
Individual Milestones
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Riley O'Connor needs six points to get to 200 and one point will more her into sixth all-time at GCU.
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Caitlin Petrellese needs one ground ball to get to 30.
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Isabel Raimondi is four ground balls short of 50. Four assists will also move her into fourth place in GCU history.
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Remi Reinhardt will get to 30 assists with one more.
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Madison Battle is three caused turnovers away from 20.
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Kelsey Naclerio can move up to ninth in Lions history with two caused turnovers.
About the Opponents
Bloomsburg Huskies
• Bloomsburg got their season started last week and are yet to be defeated.
• The Huskies took down CACC foe Holy Family in their opener 20-4. They then won against Gannon, 15-9.
• In the PSAC East Preseason Coaches Poll, Bloomsburg was picked to finish fifth.
• The Huskies return their lone All-PSAC performer from a year ago, Amanda Stoll. The now-senior won 84 draws last season with 23 caused turnovers and 32 ground balls. She also helped out offensively with 25 goals. In two games this season, Stoll has a team-best eight draw controls and six caused turnovers along with three goals and three assists.
• The 2023 Huskies leading scorer Kate Roberts is also back in 2024. She scored 32 goals and 39 points a year ago.
• Starting goaltender Lauren Foley returns after putting up a .433 save percentage and 13.60 goals against average in 2023. She's off to a strong start in 2024 with a .536 save percentage and 6.50 goals against average.
• Julia Cote is leading the Huskies with six goals and four assists. She's taken 10 shots, put eight on net and scored six times.
• Bloomsburg is actually in the black in draw controls, winning 26 and losing 27. They have caused 41 turnovers though and opponents have turned it over 51 times in two games.