ST. BONAVENTURE (7-8, 3-4 A-10) at DAVIDSON (8-6, 5-2 A-10) 
Saturday, April 20 – 1:00 p.m. 
Davidson, N.C.
TV: ESPN+
 
The St. Bonaventure women's lacrosse team readies for its final road contest of the regular season at Davidson on Saturday. Opening draw is set for 1:00 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Bonnies fell to George Mason last Saturday in Virginia. After a back-and-forth first half, the Patriots took control in the third quarter and came away with the 13-10 victory. Bona's redshirt sophomore Jessica Notaro led the way offensively with her third hat trick of the season while Ashley Herrick made 11 saves in the contest. 
 
NOTABLES

• Megan Schillinger has 56 draw controls this season and is nine away from breaking the St. Bonaventure season-best of 64 set by Courtney Gibbons in 2005. Second on the list is current head coach LeighAnn Stauffer, '17, who had 58 in 2015. 
• Brit Colangelo has posted 31 caused turnovers this season. Her mark matches Jalen Middlebrooks' total from 2017 and is the fifth-most in a season from an SBU player. 
• Goalie Ashley Herrick is on pace to have one of her best seasons in cage. With a .444 save percentage, the graduate student is set to finish with the best season save percentage of her career when starting five or more games. She has also had a career-low goals against average at 11.36. 
• Fiona McGovern has been phenomenal on free position opportunities, leading the conference and ranking 18^thin the country in free position goals per game at 0.93. The junior has 14 free position goals in 15 games played. Last year, she set a program record with 24 free position goals.

 
PLAYOFF PUSH
The Bonnies look to make the Atlantic 10 tournament for the second consecutive year for the first time since the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Currently, they are in a three-way tie for fifth place with George Mason and VCU. The top-six teams in the the conference make the Atlantic 10 Tournament. 
 
LONG HAUL
The Bonnies make their longest trip to face a conference opponent this week with the distance between campuses coming out to over 600 miles. 
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Wildcats lead the all-time series, 7-2, and have won the previous seven contests. In last year's meeting, the Bonnies fell one goal short at home, dropping the mid-March contest by an 11-10 final. 
 
ABOUT DAVIDSON

• Davidson comes into Saturday's contest with a 5-2 conference record and is 8-6 overall. 
• The Wildcats were picked to finish fourth in the A-10 preseason poll.
• Freshman Jenna Skibbe has been named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for the fifth time this season following a hat trick in the Wildcats' win over Saint Joseph's. She has recorded 37 goals in her first collegiate season.  
• Davidson is third in the A-10 in goals per game, averaging 13.87 per contest.
• Davidson's defense has been one of the best in the league with a 10.20 goals against average, the second-best in the A-10. Paige Doyle and Kayla Joyce have split minutes in cage with freshman Joyce starting the last six games. 

 
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