Long Island (0-8, 0-1 NEC) at Mount St. Mary's (3-7, 2-0 NEC)
WHEN: Fri, Apr. 1, 2011, 4 p.m.
WHERE: Waldron Family Stadium, Emmitsburg, Md.

SERIES INFORMATION: Mount leads 7-1
LAST MEETING: Mount (18-10) 4-18-10
FIRST MEETING: Mount (10-6) 4-25-03
LAST LONG ISLAND WIN: (9-8) 4-21-06

opening draw... Friday's Northeast Conference home opener between Mount St. Mary's and Long Island marks the ninth meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 2003 season. The Mount has won the last four matches in the series to take a 7-1 lead. The Mountaineers defeated the Blackbirds 18-10 last season in Brooklyn while Long Island's last win in the series was a 9-8 decision in 2006.

the word about the blackbirds... Long Island comes into the contest 0-8 overall and 0-1 in Northeast Conference play after falling 22-11 to UC Davis on Sunday. Senior M/A Annie Kalata leads the team with 15 goals and one assist for 16 points. Freshman A Katie Williams is second on the squad with 12 tallies and three assists for 15 points while freshman A Shakoya Smith has nine goals and one helper for 10 points. Senior M Sara LaNoir fuels the defense with 14 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers while ranking second on the team with 12 draw controls. Junior GK Jacqueline Simonian has 56 saves, a 16.96 goals against average and a .309 save percentage.

last time we met... Ashley Johnson posted two goals in a decisive 6-0 run to lead Mount St. Mary's past Long Island 18-10 on Apr. 18. Johnson tied the game at 2-all at 9:47 and start a 6-0 run and then capped the run she started with a tally at 32:49. Esther Rufolo tied a career-high with four goals Lucy Pompa recorded three tallies and an assist for the Mount while Alexis Salerno posted her second career hat trick and Jordan Certeza tallied two goals and two assists in the winning effort. Claire Ranney fueled the Blackbirds with three markers, and Christie Wienckowski chipped in two goals and an assist in the loss.

last time out... Nicole Price scored back-to-back goals midway through the second half to cap a career-high four goal performance and lift Mount St. Mary's past Central Connecticut State 13-8 on Sunday. Price broke a 7-all tie with a free-position goal at 44:04 and an unassisted goal at 46:52 to give the Mount the lead it would not relinquish. The senior scored twice in the first half and added an assist for her first career five-point performance. Jen Semler registered her second-straight four-goal game and has posted three goals in four of her last six games. Kaitlyn Larrimore added two goals and Alexis Salerno chipped in a goal and an assist while Brigid McTavish made 10 saves in the winning effort.

next on tap... The Mount remains at home for the next two games against Wagner on Sunday before hosting Monmouth under the lights on Apr. 8.

the natural way... Junior Jen Semler notched a natural hat trick in the second half against Bryant on Mar. 25. It was the first time a Mount player turned the trick since Ashley Johnson against George Washington last season. Semler notched a career-best four goals in the contest against the Bulldogs. The junior has posted 17 goals and four assists for 21 points in her last six games.

first head coaching victory... With the 12-11 win against Longwood on Mar. 8, head coach B.J. Lucey picked up her first career win as a head coach. Lucey earned her second win and first league win with a 9-5 decision against Bryant on Mar. 25. Lucey is the fourth coach in program history to win the league opener with a 9-5 win against Bryant on Mar. 25.

collegiate firsts... Freshman Mary MacAdam posted her first collegiate goal against Johns Hopkins on Feb. 23 and finished with two tallies. Fellow freshman Lindsay Diaz notched her first collegiate score against Temple on Feb. 27 and also finished with two goals on the afternoon.

the new class of scorers... Senior Nicole Price, junior Jen Semler and sophomore Kaitlyn Larrimore have combined for 42 goals and 10 assists for 53 points in 2011 after totally 16 goals and three assists for 19 points in their career coming into the season. Price ranks second on the Mount with 18 goals and four assists for 22 points in her senior campaign. The senior took the year off last year to attend snowboarding school after tallying six goals and one assist for seven points in her first year with the team in 2009. Semler paces the team with 18 tallies and five assists for 23 points after posting four goals and one assist for five points in each of her first two seasons in Emmitsburg. Larrimore is fourth on the team with six markers and one assist for seven points. The sophomore had two goals in six games before an injury cut her season short after six games last year.

nice return... Senior Nicole Price returned to the women's lacrosse team after taking the 2010 season off to go to snowboarding school. Price scored the Mount's first two goals of the season against Navy on Feb. 9. Price recorded six goals and one assist in the 2009 season. In her freshman year, Price was a member of the Mount women's basketball team and appeared in six games with two points and one rebound. The senior scored a career-high four goals against Longwood on Mar. 8 and ranks second on the squad with 18 markers and four assists for 21 points.

in the month... The Mount is 72-58 all-time in the month of April. The squad is 39-20 at home, but just 33-38 away from home.

the first in the nation... The Mount St. Mary's-Navy season opener was also the first game on the women's lacrosse slate for the 2011 season. The match started an hour before George Mason at UMBC and Notre Dame at California. Esther Rufolo won the opening draw to kick start the 2011 women's lacrosse season.

preseason poll... The Mount St. Mary's women's lacrosse team has been picked fourth in the Northeast Conference (NEC) Preseason Coaches Poll. Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart finished tied for the top spot in the poll to share the honor of preseason favorite. The Bobcats picked up three first-place votes while the defending regular season and tournament champion Pioneers grabbed two first-place nods. Monmouth picked up the most first-place votes with five, but finished third in the poll while the Mount and Robert Morris were tied for fourth. Wagner, Bryant, Saint Francis (Pa.), Long Island and Central Connecticut State rounded out the 10-team poll.

aly is all defense... Senior Aly Jost has been named to the All-Northeast Conference first team in her first three campaigns and was named the NEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2009. The senior has 153 ground balls in her career and can move into the Top-10 in ground balls with three ground balls. Jost recorded two caused turnovers against High Point on Mar. 5 to move into the Top-10 with 75 caused miscues. Next on the list are Jacqui Ricca (78, 2004-07) and Michelle Coates (78, 1999-02) in eighth place.

pompa pumps up the jam... Senior Lucy Pompa is making her move in the all-time career draw controls list. The senior currently stands in fourth place with 110 draws, needing 10 draws to pass former teammate Katelyn Catanese (119, 2006-09) for third place. Pompa ranked in the Top-4 in ground balls, caused turnovers and draw controls on the team in her sophomore and junior campaigns.

rufolo's a big draw... Junior Esther Rufolo posted the fourth-most draw controls in a single season with 47 draw controls last season. Rufolo currently sits in ninth place in program history with 92 career draws, eight behind Kim Keene (100, 2001-04).

mctavish on the move in the net... Junior Brigid McTavish ranks fifth in program history for career saves with 319 stops. Next on the list is Jane Karger (412, 2005-08). She also ranks third in minutes played with 2350.59. Next up is Jane Karger (2405:45, 2005-08) in second place. The junior also sits in fourth for wins as a goalkeeper with 16 and can move ahead of Karger (17) with three victories.

about the coach... B.J. Lucey begins her first season as head coach at Mount St. Mary's in 2011. Lucey comes to the Mount after serving as an assistant coach her alma mater, Penn State, from 2006-10. While at Penn State, she was involved in all aspects of the program, including recruiting, working with both the offense and defense, scouting and film breakdown. Lucey began her coaching career as an assistant coach at the College of New Jersey, helping lead the team to the Division III National Championship game in 2004. She was an assistant coach at Temple for two seasons (2004-05), helping the Owls win the Atlantic 10 regular season title in 2005. A 2003 graduate of Penn State, Lucey was earned Regional All-American honors in 2000 and 2001 as a midfielder with the Nittany Lions.

local rivalry... Once again this season, the Mount schedule will have a local feel to it when the Mountaineers play four teams from the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. The squad opened the season on Feb. 11 with its first-ever meeting against Navy before traveling to Johns Hopkins on Feb. 23. Mount St. Mary's also hosted UMBC on Mar. 19 and George Washington on Mar. 21.

conference honors... The Mount returns two players that received All-Northeast Conference recognition last season. Senior Aly Jost earned her third-straight All-NEC first-team selection in 2010 after being named the NEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2009. Junior Esther Rufolo earned a spot on the All-NEC second team in 2010 while senior Lucy Pompa was an All-NEC second-teamer in 2009.

the mount royal blood line... Junior goalkeeper Brigid McTavish is related to one of the best Mount St. Mary's men's basketball player in program history. McTavish's grandfather is the late Jack Sullivan, the Mount's men's basketball all-time leading scorer with 2,672 career points. Sullivan passed away in the fall of 2010.

the local crew... Mount St. Mary's has three players on its roster from Carroll County. Junior Meaghan Conlon (Eldersburg, Md.), junior Brigid McTavish (Mount Airy, Md.) and freshman Gabe Little (Hampstead, Md.) all hail from the neighboring country.

new to the mountain... Along with first-year head coach B.J. Lucey, freshmen Maggie Bathon, Annie Battista, Lindsay Diaz, Gabe Little, Shelby Lyles, Mary MacAdam, Bridget McGann, Lily O'Beirne and Aubrey Rubino join the team in 2011. Senior Nicole Price rejoins the squad after not playing last season.

home sweet home, emmitsburg... Mount St. Mary's is 77-54 at home in its 15 seasons. In the past five campaigns, the Mount is 45-22 in Emmitsburg, including 29-3 against league opponents in that stretch. The Mount moved into the Waldron Family Stadium in 2006 and the squad is 23-18 in its new home.

all-time mark... Mount St. Mary's is 134-134 all-time in 16 seasons, including 78-54 at home, 53-70 on the road and 3-9 at a neutral site. The Mount is also 61-26 in the Northeast Conference play. The squad also boasts a 14-0 mark in the MAAC after winning the league in 1997 and 1998.