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VENTURING NEAR AND FAR
Three games are on the docket for the Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team this week. The Owls open NE10 play on Tuesday in Colorado when they face St. Michael's in a neutral site game. The following day, SCSU takes on the host school, the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, to cap the Rocky Mountain road trip. The Owls then return back to New England and continue NE10 play on Saturday at St. Anselm.

ALL-TIME VS. ST. MICHAEL'S
The Purple Knights have a 17-0 edge in the all-time series.

ALL-TIME VS. UCCS
This is the first all-time meeting between the schools.

ALL-TIME VS. ST. ANSELM
The Hawks lead the Owls, 16-0, in the all-time series.

LAST TIME OUT
Nicole Healey scored five goals and classmate Carolynn Keal registered two goals and three assists, but the Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team dropped a 19-13 decision at New York Tech on March 6.

KEEPING TABS OF...
- Nicole Healey recorded her seventh career outing as an Owl with at least five goals in the game against NYIT.
- Carolynn Keal posted her fourth career outing as an Owl with at least five points in the game against NYIT.

ON THE SCORESHEET
Freshman Laura Morton made her collegiate debut against NYIT and turned away seven shots.

HEALEY PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
The Owls' leading goal scorer in 2017, Nicole Healey netted a pair of goals in the 2018 season opener against Mercy. Her seven goals and seven points are tops on the team thus far.

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
Hailey Gordon scored her first goal as an Owl in the season opener against Mercy.

IN SEASON OPENERS
The Owls hold a 3-14 record in season openers, including an overtime triumph over St. Thomas Aquinas in the 2017 season opener.

GOOD GROUP BACK
Southern Connecticut has 15 student-athletes returning from last year's team.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome six newcomers to the team for the 2018 season – Hailey Gordon, Megan Lawlor, Laura Morton, Kacia Savage, Stephanie Seymour and Alexandra Sportini.

VENDEL TAKES THE REINS
Betsy Vendel has been named the Interim Head Coach of the Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team, as announced by Director of Athletics Jay Moran. Vendel is in her third season with the program in the current academic year. During the course of her first two years, the Owls have posted single-season program-record highs for victories in each campaign.

THE CAPTAINS
Seniors Carolynn Keal and Hailey Prindle-Nelson will serve as team captains for the 2018 season. It's the second straight year that Keal will serve in this role.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN I THOUGHT
The Owls play seven straight games away from Jess Dow Field - six road games and one neutral site contest. The home opener isn't until March 28 against AIC. The Owls have just five home outings this spring.

IN THE NORTHEAST-10 PRESEASON POLL
Southern Connecticut was selected 14th in the Northeast-10 Conference preseason poll, as voted on by the league's coaches.

HEALEY EARNS ALL-CONFERENCE LAURELS
Nicole Healey was recognized with All-Conference laurels by the NE10 in 2017. She enjoyed an outstanding campaign, one in which she led the Owls in goals (47), points (55) and draw controls (80). Her 80 draw controls were a SCSU single-season record, while her 47 goals were a career-high. She also led the NE10 in draw controls and was seventh in goals, while also finishing 16th in points en route to a Third-Team selection.

TRIO NAMED TO IWLCA ZAG SPORTS DIVISION II ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
Heather Kearns, Lindsey Luposello and Hailey Prindle-Nelson were selected to the IWLCA Zag Sports Division II Academic Honor Roll. In order to receive this honor, student-athletes must have achieved at least a minimum GPA of 3.5 and maintained at least junior academic standing.

PLENTY OF FIREPOWER COMING BACK
The Owls return their top three scorers from a year ago - Nicole Healey (55 points), Samantha Cozzolino (44 points) and Carolynn Keal (25 points), and four of the top five inclusive of Taylor Portelinha (21 points). In all, SCSU has 76-percent of its scoring from a year ago coming back in 2018.

KEEPING TABS ON THE ALL-TIME RECORD BOOK
Several active Owls are ranked among the program's all-time leaders.
•  Carolynn Keal -  1st in assists (40) and caused turnovers (92), fourth in groundballs (139) and points (117)
• Nicole Healey - 1st in goals (129) and points (158), 3rd in assists (21), 2nd in draw controls (178)
• Alexandra Takacs  – 5th in saves (183)

ON DECK
The Owls are back in action on March 20 at Pace.