ST. BONAVENTURE (9-6, 5-3 A-10) vs MASSACHUSETTS (10-3, 8-0 A-10)
Saturday, April 19 – 12:00 p.m.
Marra Athletics Complex
TV: ESPN+
 
The St. Bonaventure women's lacrosse team is set to host Atlantic 10 leader Massachusetts Saturday for the final home Atlantic 10 contest of the season. The Bonnies look to bounce back from a 15-9 loss at Saint Joseph's last Saturday as they host the Minutewomen for their Breast Cancer and CJD Awareness game as well as Alumni Appreciation weekend.
 
TRIPLE THREAT
The Bonnies have three players with 50 or more points in a season for the first time since 2010. Tori Nascimento (56), Fiona McGovern (59), and Brooke Piper (66) have all surpassed the 50-point mark through the first 15 games of the year. The last and only trio to complete the feat for the Bonnies were Molly Hastrich, Christine Hanley, and Danielle Drabin 15 years ago.
 
Hastrich led the A-10 in points that season, recording 71, while Hanley contributed 57 and Drabin added 51.
 
Piper has 66 points (58G-8A) this season to lead the team and rank third in the A-10. She is 11 points away from Hastrich's program record for single-season points set in 2009 (77).  She is only four goals away from tying the single-season goals record also set by Hastrich in 2009 (62).
 
McGovern leads the Bonnies in assists this season with 33 and has added 26 goals for 59 points. The senior is seven assists away from matching the program's single-season assists record set by Brenna Houghton in 2007 (40).
 
Nascimento has tallied a career-high 56 points this season, tripling her previous career best of 18 set last season. Four of Nascimento's 46 goals this season were game-winners.
 
MAKING HISTORY
The Bonnies have matched their most-ever wins in conference play with five this season. The last time the Brown and White reached five conference wins was 2007 when they went 5-2 in Atlantic 10 contests and made the A-10 Tournament.
With one more win, the Bonnies would reach 10 wins on the season, their most since 2006 when they finished with their most wins in program history with 14.  
 
PIPER POWER
Coming into the week, Brooke Piper is second in the A-10 and 12^th in Division I in goals per game (3.87). She has the most goals by any player in the A-10 with 58 and has the fifth most in D-I.
 
BATTLING ON BOTH SIDES
The Bonnies are top three in the Atlantic 10 in scoring defense and scoring offense this season. Bona is allowing just 10.13 goals per game, which is 26^th among D-I teams and second in the A-10 behind Davidson (9.00). The Bonnies also have a high-powered offense, scoring 13.40 goals per game. That mark is third in the A-10 behind UMass (16.46) and Richmond (13.53).
 
BATTLE IN THE CIRCLE
The Bonnies and the Minutewomen have two of the best players at controlling the draw in the country. Massachusetts' Jordan Dean is fifth in D-I in draw controls per game, averaging 10.77, while Bona's Megan Schillinger is 12^th (8.93).
As a team, the Bonnies lead the A-10 and rank seventh in D-I in draw control percentage at .631. Massachusetts is second in the A-10 and 21^st in D-I, winning .565 of draw controls this season.
 
ATLANTIC 10 STANDINGS
The playoff race is heating up with two games remaining this season. The six teams with the best A-10 Conference records earn a spot in the postseason tournament.
Massachusetts is at the top of the Atlantic 10 standings with an unblemished 8-0 conference record. Saint Joseph's (7-1), Richmond (7-2), and Davidson (6-2) follow the Minutewomen in the standings, while St. Bonaventure (5-3) and VCU (4-4) round out the top six spots.

Rhode Island (3-5), George Washington (2-6), and Duquesne (2-7), along with George Mason (1-7) and La Salle (0-8) make up the bottom half of the standings.

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