Cabrini University Cavaliers (2-2, 0-0 CSAC) vs. Marywood University Pacers (3-2, 0-0 CSAC)
Saturday, March 18, noon
Edith Robb Dixon Field
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What's at stake?
In the Colonial States opener, both teams will try to get an early leg up in the league standings.
Cabrini, the preseason CSAC favorite, is riding a 40 game conference win streak, one that dates back to a 16-5 loss to Marywood on March 17, 2012.
Last Meeting: Cabrini 15, Marywood 7 (3/19/16, Scranton, PA)
The Cavaliers scored the first six goals of the game and cruised to a 15-7 road win. Marywood recorded four goals in the final 6:19 of the opening stanza to pull within 7-4 at the break, but the Blue and White opened the second half as it did the first, posting eight unanswered goals to pull away.
Senior
Allie Vallen and junior
Jackie Neary scored four goals each, while senior
Jess Breuning and juniors
Sasha Wozniak and
Emily Crouse scored twice. Breuning added seven draw controls and five ground balls, while Neary chipped in with three caused turnovers.
Junior Katrina Kelly and sophomore Ashley Valway scored three goals each for the Pacers. Senior Natalie Burke and junior Caitlin Watson anchored the defensive effort with three ground balls, four draw controls and four caused turnovers each.
Cabrini Last Time Out: Defeated Widener 16-7 (3/16/17, Radnor, PA)
After a nine day layoff, Cabrini was rested and invigorated, as it ran to an 11-3 halftime lead en route to a 16-7 win over Widener at Edith Robb Dixon Field. With the score tied 2-2, the Blue and White went on a 12-1 run over the two halves, as it outshot the Pride 47-17.
Wozniak led the Cavaliers with five goals, while sophomore
Avery Murphy tallied five points on three goals and two assists to go with eight draw controls, five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
Fellow sophomore
Liz Hoeffner added three goals and an assist, while Breuning stuffed the stat sheet with two goals, an assist, seven ground balls, five caused turnovers and three draw controls.
The Blue and White also forced a season high 17 turnovers and secured a season high 30 ground balls. The quartet of sophomores
Emma Rodner-Tims and
Katie Kucia, Crouse and junior
Megan McLoughlin caused two turnovers each, while 13 different Cavaliers recorded at least one ground ball.
Marywood Last Time Out: Defeated Lycoming 12-10 (3/13/17, Scranton, PA)
The Pacers scored three goal in a span of 2:40 late in the second half to build a four goal cushion with four minutes to play, before holding on for a 12-10 win over Lycoming on Monday. Neither team led by two goals until junior Sam Bussinelli's goal began the spurt with just under seven minutes to play.
The junior's fifth goal of the day proved to be the eventual game-winner, while Valway and freshman Gwyneth Gleason combined for five goals and five assists.
Gleason added a team high three draw controls, while Burke corralled four ground balls. Senior goaltender Lauren Smith recorded 11 save sin the victory.
5 Factors for Cabrini
- Newcomers Murphy and Hoeffner have made an immediate impact for the Cavaliers, as the duo leads the club with 15 and 13 points, respectively.
- Wozniak has scored at least one goal in her last 17 games and recorded a point in 40 of her 43 career games.
- Twelve Cavaliers have caused at least one turnover, while 14 have secured at least one ground ball through Cabrini's four games.
- Cabrini has won its CSAC/PAC opener in each of the last 20 years.
- The Cavaliers lead the CSAC with 32.75 shots per game, with 24 of those shots on target.
5 Factors for Marywood
- The Pacers boast the CSAC's top scoring offense with 63 goals through five games and are the league's only team with a positive scoring average margin.
- The Pacers have scored double figure goals, with Valway's 17 leading the CSAC. Gleason ad Businelli have also marked the scoring column 11 times.
- Statistically, Smith ranks as the conference's top goaltender, as her 8.60 goal against average and .527 save percentage lead the CSAC.
- Marywood has posted the conference's largest offensive outputs of the season, as the Pacers scored 19 goals and recorded 29 points in wins over both Alvernia and Mt. St. Mary.
- Four Pacers have scooped at least 11 ground balls on the season, with freshman Molly Yelencscics leading the way with 17.
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TALE OF THE TAPE |
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| Cabrini |
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Marywood |
| 2-2 (0-0 CSAC) |
Record |
3-2 (0-0 CSAC) |
| 46 |
Goals |
63 |
| 13 |
Assists |
|
| 131 |
Shots |
433 |
| 51 |
Draw Controls |
58 |
| 84 |
Ground Balls |
119 |
| 45 |
Caused Turnovers |
56 |
| .519 |
Free Position Percentage |
.364 |
| .301 |
Save Percentage |
.527 |
