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DATE: March 31, 2021
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LOCATION: Motamed Field
Garden City, N.Y.
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THE LEAD
The No. 19 New Haven women's lacrosse team will play its second straight road contest Wednesday as they close out the month of March traveling to Long Island to take on No. 6/9 Adelphi University. Opening draw from Motamed Field in Garden City is now scheduled for 4:00 p.m. with all the action broadcast live on NE10 NOW and live stats available through NewHavenChargers.com.
SERIES HISTORY VS ADELPHI
In a series that dates back to just after the turn of the century, the Panthers have dominated, winning all but one meeting in the 20 year history between the two sides. The lone victory for the Chargers came during the 2015 season in a 10-5 win on the road. Since that New Haven win, the Panthers have scored seven straight wins, including three that came in Northeast-10 Championship or NCAA Championship play.
SCOUTING THE CHARGERS
The Chargers look to break a three-game skid in their second road contest of the year, after dropping the last three games, all to ranked opponents. Overall, New Haven is averaging just under 10 goals per game with senior attack Emily Holland (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) leading the way with 13 goals, representing a third of the Chargers overall goals on the year. Also netting at least one goal in all three contests is junior midfielder Marina Skelly (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot), junior attack Julia Astram (Milford, Conn./Milford) and freshman midfielder Cypress Levitt (Calais, Vt./Montpelier). Among that trio, Skelly leads the way, entering the weekend with nine goals, while both Levitt and Astram have four goals to their credit. In goal, the Chargers have relied on freshman Fabi McLeod (Concord, N.H./Cheshire Academy) in its last three games, with the rookie stopping 28 shots combined.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
The No. 6/9 Adelphi Panthers enter Wednesday's meeting with the Chargers coming off their first game of the season, a 14-3 loss to Le Moyne College on Sunday. Prior to that game, the Panthers had three games postponed due to the NE10's health and safety protocols. In the loss to the Dolphins, three different players scored for Adelphi with two of those goals coming in player-up situations. Between the pipes, senior Emma Lemanski stopped five shots while playing the full 60 minutes in net. In four games last year prior to the CoVID-19 shutdown, the Panthers scored 44 goals off 21 assists.
LINTON SETS PROGRAM RECORD IN SEASON OPENER
Heading into the season opener, New Haven's graduate defender Raven Linton (Lawrenceville, N.J./Notre Dame) needed just nine draw controls to tie Kathryn Campbell '12 for the program record. By the time the final horn blew, Linton hadn't just tied Campbell, she surpassed her career total setting a new program record with 276 total draw controls. The best part about it, Linton has eight more games on the schedule to add to that total putting it farther out of reach for future Chargers.
HOLLAND ON THE HUNT
With her six goals in the season opener against American International, senior attack Emily Holland (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) began her milestone march towards 100 career goals. Currently with 63 goals, if she were to maintain an average of 4.6 goals per game, she would reach the century club in the regular season finale which slated to be against Adelphi on April 24. If she were to reach that plateau, she would be the 18th player in program history to hit that mark, and the first since Mackenzie Reh (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) '19.
SKELLY KEEPS STREAK ALIVE
Dating back to April 27, 2019, junior midfielder Marina Skelly (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) has scored at least one goal in each of the last nine games for the Blue and Gold. Overall in her career, she has scored at least one goal in all but four of her 25 games played, entering the game against Adelphi with 41 career goals, inching closer to the mid-century mark. Additionally, Skelly stands just six points away from 50 in her career as well.
THE 2021 SCHEDULE
As announced by the league prior to the season, the NE10 adopted a divisional format for 2021 – Northeast and Southwest – with all schools slated to play a 12-game conference schedule. Each team will play their divisional opponents twice. New Haven will play in the Southwest Division which is made up of seven teams including Adelphi, American International, Le Moyne, Pace, Saint Rose and Southern Connecticut. In addition to its 12-game conference schedule, this game against Bentley will be the lone non-divisional game for the Chargers this season.
CHARGERS FOURTH IN PRESEASON POLL
In a poll of the conference's 14 head coaches, the UNH women's lacrosse team was selected to finish fourth, among the seven teams, in the Southwest Division. Adelphi received 86 points and eight of the 14 possible first place votes to take the top spot in the division. Just two points behind them was Le Moyne who scored the remaining six first place tallies. Rounding out the top three was Pace with 61 points, followed closely by the Chargers with 58 points. Southern Connecticut (38 points), American International (32) and Saint Rose (26) rounded out the division. In the Northeast Division, Bentley and Assumption finished just one point apart for first place, with the Falcons earning 79 points and five first place votes, while Assumption came in with 78 points and seven first place votes.
LINTON NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
In its annual release of preseason All-Americans in early January, US Lacrosse Magazine included graduate defender Raven Linton (Lawrenceville, N.J./Notre Dame) among its 13-member team. Linton was one of four players in the Northeast-10 to earn the distinction. In the shortened season in 2020, Linton finished with 18 draw controls, splitting them evenly against Holy Family and New York Tech, also scoring once against each. The defender has been a force on the draw since arriving at New Haven, amassing 265 total heading into the season opener against American International. Her 265 draw controls is currently second most in program history, needing just 10 to pass Kathryn Campbell (2012-15) who finished with 274. In addition, Linton has scored nine goals, racked up 103 ground balls and caused 90 turnovers.
CHARGERS NATIONALLY RANKED IN COACHES POLL
Following Saturday's meeting with Pace, the Chargers remain among the top teams in the country, earning a spot in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) poll. In the Coaches Poll, conducted by the IWLCA, New Haven enters the week 19th among the top-25.
UP NEXT
Following its match-up with Adelphi, New Haven returns home to Kathy Zolad Stadium for a Saturday afternoon matinee against the College of Saint Rose. Opening draw in West Haven is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. with all the action from the game carried live on the Charger Sports Network on NE10 NOW, and live stats available at NewHavenChargers.com.
