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IN THE HOME STRETCH
The final week of the regular season has arrived for the Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team. The Owls play their final road game of the year on Wednesday at Assumption before hosting St. Michael's on Saturday at 1 p.m.

SENIOR SENDOFF
The Owls will recognize senior Allison Kownacki prior to Saturday's game against St. Michael's. She will leave the program as its all-time leader in goals and points and ranks second in groundballs.

MARTHA RANKS WITH NATION'S BEST
Junior Grace Martha currently ranks tops among all Northeast-10 players with 4.77 groundballs a game this season. She is also second in the NCAA in that category.

MORE OWLS ALSO RANKING HIGH
Lisa Corso is currently sixth in the nation in saves (147)...Allison Kownacki is eighth in caused turnovers/game (1.85)...Grace Martha (3.31) is 12th in draw controls, while Kownacki (3.08) ranks 15th.

MOO-VING ON UP
Senior Allison Kownacki became the all-time leading scorer in program history on April 10 against Merrimack. To date, Kownacki has tallied 116 points (104 goals, 12 assists) as an Owl.

PAPPAS GETS THE NOD
Sophomore Megan Pappas earned her first career start in goal for the April 12 game against Bryant.

SHE SHOOTS...SHE SCORES
The Owls erupted for a season-high 23 goals in their win over Franklin Pierce on April 5. In fact, SCSU is averaging 21.5 goals per game in its victories this season.

EXACTING A LITTLE REVENGE
The April 5 win over Franklin Pierce allowed the Owls to even the season series with the Ravens. However, the victory came in a Northeast-10 Conference game - whereas the 15-10 Ravens win in March was in a non-league tilt.

A NEW LEADER AT THE TOP
Senior Allison Kownacki moved past Cathy Cardini on March 25 atop the school's all-time goal list. Kownacki has netted 104 goals to date as an Owl. Including the two seasons she spent at Merrimack, Kownacki has scored 199 goals as a collegiate student-athlete.

MARTHA STANDS ALONE
Junior Grace Martha became the program's all-time groundball leader in the game with Franklin Pierce on March 18. She moved past Cathy Cardini, who had 72 career groundballs. Martha now has 119 career groundballs and leads the club with 62 this year.

SCORING WITH REGULARITY
The 20-goal output against AIC marked the first time that the Owls had scored at least 18 goals in a game since netting 18 in a win over Assumption on April 24, 2007.

MONFREDO MAINTAINS CONSISTENCY
Sophomore Teresa Monfredo, who was second on the club in scoring a year ago, has remained a top threat for the Owls up front this year. To date, she ranks second on the club in both goals and points (27 goals, two assists).

PICKING UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
Senior Allison Kownacki, who scored 61 goals a year ago, has already scored 43 times in the first 13 games of the 2008 campaign. Kownacki netted at least five markers in five separate contests this year, including a season-high six goals against Bryant.

ROOKIES FINDING THE SCORESHEET
Freshmen Nicole Calcaterra, Rachel Carlucci, Amanda Dilger and Jessica Kraszewski, along with sophomore Lisa Desanti, have already registered their first career goals as Owls.

YOUTH TO BE SERVED
Sixteen of the 18 players on the Owls' roster this year are either freshmen or sophomores.

LEADING THE WAY
Senior Allison Kownacki and junior Grace Martha will serve as team captains for the Owls this spring.

FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET
Senior Allison Kownacki led all of Division II in goals per game in 2007. She tallied 61 goals in just 13 games for the Owls.

WELCOME BACK
Cathy Cardini, who graduated as the all-time leading scorer in the history of the program, returns to the sidelines this season as an assistant coach. Cardini tallied 98 points (78 goals, 20 assists) in her career and led the team in scoring in her freshman and sophomore campaigns.

IN THE NORTHEAST-10 POLL
Southern Connecticut was selected eighth in this year's Northeast-10 Conference poll.