MOUNT ST. MARY'S (4-9, 2-1 NEC) at SACRED HEART (5-6, 1-2 NEC)
Sunday, April 17, 1 p.m.
Fairfield, Conn. | Campus Field
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MOUNT UPDATE
The Mount claimed a 15-14 overtime win over LIU Brooklyn on Friday to move into playoff position in the NEC with a 2-1 record in conference play. The victory was the second straight for the Mountaineers as they've now beaten Central Connecticut and LIU in back-to-back matches.
Kelly Maloney scored with 2:06 remaining in overtime off a feed from Sammie Knapp to lift Mount St. Mary's to the overtime win over the Blackbirds. The Mount trailed 14-12 with just under five minutes left in regulation before Knapp tallied two straight goals to propel the Mountaineer comeback and send the game into overtime.
Molly Morris led all scorers with seven points on five goals and two assists, and Knapp (3g, 1a) and Nicole Snyder (2g, 1a) chipped in with a combined seven points. Nicole Lantuh and Maloney each added two goals as five Mountaineers total tallied multi-goal performances. Senior Steph Rurkowski collected her fourth win of the season in goal for the Mount.
TEAM LEADERS
Goals: Molly Morris (27), Nicole Lantuh (26), Sammie Knapp (22)
Assists: Morris (14), Lantuh (7), Maloney (6)
Points: Morris (41), Lantuh (33), Maloney (27)
Ground balls: Steph Rurkowski (38), Knapp (25), Emily Davis (19)
Draw controls: Jannel Daufenbach (41), Knapp (34), Maloney (21)
Caused turnovers: Davis (14), Maloney (10), Knapp (9), Alex Carhart (9)
OVERTIME WINNERS
Mount St. Mary's has now won both of its overtime matches this season after topping LIU Brooklyn in extra time on Friday. Back in mid-March, the Mount topped Manhattan, 8-7, on Knapp's overtime goal with just one second remaining in the period.
UWLX FIRST OVERALL SELECTION
Mount St. Mary's Assistant Coach Katie Schwarzmann was selected first overall by the Baltimore Ride in the inaugural United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) draft on Wednesday night. The UWLX is the first professional women's lacrosse league in the world, beginning its first season this May.
Schwarzmann is one of the most decorated collegiate lacrosse players of all time, as she's one of only three women's lacrosse players to win back-to-back Tewaaraton Awards. Schwarzmann, a World Cup champion on the United Stated National Team, was a four-time All-American at Maryland, where she led the Terrapins to a 2010 NCAA National Championship along with title game appearances in 2011 and 2013.
ABOUT SACRED HEART
The Pioneers have dropped two straight games to Robert Morris (6-5) and Wagner (8-6), and currently sit in a tie for fifth place in the NEC with a 1-2 conference mark. Sacred Heart's lone league win came against Saint Francis U. (14-10) in the team's conference opener. Junior middie Caitlin Delaney has paced the Pioneer attack with a team-high 44 points on 29 goals and 15 assists. Sophomore goalie Paige Hammick owns a 10.15 goals against average and .405 save percentage in nine starts.
ALL-TIME SERIES
The Mountaineers enter Sunday's matchup having won six straight over Sacred Heart as they own a 16-5 advantage overall in the all-time series. In the matchup between the two teams a season ago, Mount St. Mary's edged the Pioneers, 7-6, in Emmitsburg behind four goals from Nicole Lantuh and a pair from Sammie Knapp.
UP NEXT
The Mount wraps up its three-game road swing at Wagner on Saturday, April 23, with opening draw set for 4 p.m.
