Lakewood, NJ (Feb. 28, 2025) - Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse is back on the field Saturday for another Battle with a PSAC rival.
Opponent
Bloomsburg Huskies (2-0, 0-0 PSAC)
Where
Bloomsburg, PA - Steph Pettit Stadium
When
Saturday, March 1 – 1 pm
How to Watch
• Saturday's game is available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Bloomsburg portal of the PSAC Digital Network powered by HUDL. Live stats are also available at gculions.com.
Previously vs. Bloomsburg
• These teams have a pretty extensive history, but not a great one for Georgian Court.
• The Lions are 0-5 all-time against the Huskies, 0-3 in Bloomsburg.
• Their last two games have been decided by a total of three goals, including an 11-10 loss last year in Lakewood.
• GCU was up 7-6 late in the second, but gave up two goals to trail 8-7 at the break.
• Not much scoring in the second half, and Bloomsburg did just enough to hang on to the one-goal win.
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Isabel Raimondi scored three goals.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court was on the road at Shippensburg earlier in the week and were doubled-up 16-8.
• GCU struck first with
Isabel Raimondi scoring, but the Raiders scored three straight.
Jill Konschak tied the game at three with two seconds to play in the first quarter.
• Things fell apart for the Lions in the second quarter. They were outscored 5-1 in the period and the Raiders led the rest of the way.
• Raimondi scored four times and
Caitlin Petrellese twice.
• GCU won 15-28 draw controls, but turned the ball over 22 times.
Individual Milestones
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Caitlin Petrellese is one caused turnover away from 25 in her career.
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Brielle U'Selis' next game will be her 20th career played.
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Isabel Raimondi needs one assist to move to sole possession of second all-time.
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Cadence Gentile is two wins shy of ten wins in her career.
Who's Hot?
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Caitlin Petrellese has scored in all four games this season.
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Nena Menard was last week's CACC Rookie of the Week. She began this week with four ground balls and five draw controls.
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Isabel Raimondi has 17 points through four games with at least three points in three.
CACC Leaders
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Isabel Raimondi's nine assists lead the CACC.
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Caitlin Petrellese is second in total goals. She's also in the top-five in draw controls.
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Cadence Gentile's 34 saves lead the league and she's third in save percentage.
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Jill Konschak is in the top-10 in caused turnovers per game.
• As a team, the Lions are third in the CACC in save percentage.
• GCU is fourth in the league in draw control percentage.
About the Opponent
Shippensburg Raiders
• Bloomsburg is off to a 2-0 start with a pair of close wins.
• Their season opener was a 10-9 win over Frostburg State. They then won 15-13 over CACC foe Jefferson.
• In the PSAC Preseason Poll, the Huskies were picked to finish fourth in the East.
• In 2024, Bloomsburg had the PSAC Freshman of the Year in Kayla Stressman.
• The Huskies also return senior goalkeeper Lauren Foley. She has a 52.2% save percentage through two games this year.
• Bloomsburg has been selective in their shot taking, while opponents have more total shots. The Huskies have a 51% shot percentage and 83.7% shot on goal percentage.
• The Huskies have had a difficult time clearing the ball at just 69%. They have 54 turnovers in two games.
• Tori Bruno and Marykate Sitko lead the team with 10 points each, Sitko has seven goals while Bruno has six assists.