ST. BONAVENTURE (3-2) at STETSON (1-2)
Friday, February 29 – 6:00 p.m.
Deland, Fla.

ST. BONAVENTURE (3-2) at SOUTH FLORIDA (3-2)
Sunday, March 2 – 1:00 p.m.
Tampa, Fla.
TV: ESPN+

The St. Bonaventure women's lacrosse team wraps up non-conference action this weekend in Florida. The Bonnies meet with Stetson on Friday and USF on Sunday. It's the first meeting in program history with both teams. USF is in its inaugural season as a program.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Bonnies picked up a 10-6 win over reigning America East champions Binghamton on Tuesday at home. Brooke Piper led the way offensively, scoring four goals in the first half to give Bona's a 6-3 lead at the intermission. Fiona McGovern and Tori Nascimento added two apiece in the second half to lead the Bonnies to a 10-6 victory in the team's first meeting with the Bearcats since 2015.
 
RANKING NATIONALLY
Junior Megan Schillinger and sophomore Katelyn Hicks are rising up the national ranks. Following the team's Feb. 25 game, Schillinger is tied for seventh nationally in draw controls per game with 9.4. Only six players in Division I are averaging 10 or more draw controls per game. As a team, the Bonnies are 13th in draw control percentage (6.30).

Hicks is 10th among all D-I players in save percentage (.544), 19th in goals against average (8.07), and 20th in saves per game (9.80). She leads the Atlantic 10 in save percentage and saves per game.
 
100 CLUB
McGovern reached the centennial mark in career goals in Tuesday's game vs Binghamton. She is the 10th player in SBU history to reach the 100-goal mark.
 
RISING UP THE RANKS
McGovern, Piper, Brit Colangelo, and Schillinger are all rising the ranks in the Bona's program record book. McGovern is eighth in career points (163), tied for 8th in career goals (100), and fourth in career assists (63). Piper and Schillinger are currently tied for fourth in career draw controls with 125, while Colangelo is fifth in career caused turnovers with 65.
 
NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
The Bonnies sit at 3-2 in non-conference play with two games to go. If the Bonnies win out, they could have their best non-conference record (5-2) since 2020. In 2020, Bona's went 5-2 before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
ABOUT STETSON

• The Hatters are 1-2 to begin the season, picking up a neutral site win over Butler at Oregon before dropping a pair of games to Oregon (17-7) and No. 18 Clemson (26-6).
• Last season, Stetson finished with a 4-11 overall record and 1-5 mark in Atlantic Sun play. The Hatters were picked sixth out of the seven-team ASUN preseason poll rankings.
• Miya Scanlon has led the charge offensively for the Hatters. The Irving, N.Y. native has 12 points in three games, including a seven point game against Butler.
• Maddie Eckert has made all three starts in the cage for Stetson. She has a 17.08 goals against average and a .433 save percentage.

 
ABOUT USF

• The Bulls are in their inaugural season playing as a Division I team. USF announced the addition of women's lacrosse in 2021 and named Mindy McCord head coach in 2022. Prior to USF, McCord helped Jacksonville build their women's lacrosse program, boasting a 170-62 record over her 13-year tenure.
• USF started the season with a 3-2 record, winning the opening three games and dropping the next two. The Bulls won over Kennesaw State in their first game at the D-I level before beating Mercer and Lehigh and falling to Florida and Towson.
• Sofia Chepenik leads the team in points (20) and has three games with five or more points. Chepenik was named the American Conference Attacker of the Week after a two-game stretch with 10 goals and 11 points.
• Paige Pagano has started all five contests in the cage for the Bulls. She has a season save percentage of .485 and goals against average of 10.57. Pagano was named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week Feb. 17 after starting 3-0 and posting a career-high 17 saves vs Mercer.

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