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HOME AT LAST
After playing seven games away from home to start the 2018 season, the Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team will play its first game of the year at Jess Dow Field on Wednesday, as AIC visits for a 4 p.m. start. The Owls then kick off another two-game road swing on Saturday at Franklin Pierce.

ALL-TIME VS. AIC
The Yellow Jackets have an 11-5 edge in the all-time series between the two schools.

ALL-TIME VS. FRANKLIN PIERCE
The Ravens lead the all-time series with the Owls, 12-5.

LAST TIME OUT
Four different Owls netted hat tricks and senior Carolynn Keal tallied a game-high six points, but the Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team dropped a 17-13 decision at No. 24 Stonehill on March 22.
• In addition to Keal's hat trick, Samantha Cozzolino, Nicole Healey and Hailey Prindle-Nelson also all found the back of the net on three occasions.
• Hailey Gordon chipped in a goal and an assist for the Owls.
• Freshman goalie Laura Morton posted a career-high 18 saves in the outing.

COZZOLINO NAMED TO WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Junior Samantha Cozzolino was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll for her play in the Owls' three games during the week of March 12.

COZZOLINO CONTRIBUTES IN A BIG WAY
Junior Samantha Cozzolino had a big week for the Owls during the games in Colorado and at Saint Anselm. She led the Owls with 15 points (13 goals, two assists), tallied 15 groundballs and had a pair of game-winning goals in a 2-1 week for the Owls. She opened with four goals - including the game-winner with 14 seconds left - and six groundballs in a 14-13 win over St. Michael's. The next day, she set a new career-high with six goals - including the game-winner with 5:50 left - and matched a career-high with seven points in a 17-16 win over UC-Colorado Springs. She capped the week with a team-high four points (three goals, one assist) in a loss to St. Anselm.

HEALEY HAS A CAREER NIGHT
Senior Nicole Healey set a new career-high with nine points (six goals, three assists) in the win over UC-Colorado Springs on March 14. Her point total was one off of matching the program single-game record. Allison Kownacki totaled 10 points in a game against AIC on March 27, 2007.

BIG SIX FINDING THE SCORESHEET
The sextet of Nicole Healey (31 points), Samantha Cozzolino (25 points), Carolynn Keal (22 points), Taylor Portelinha (11 points), Hailey Gordon (10 points)  and Hailey Prindle-Nelson (nine points) have accounted for 108 of Southern's 112 points so far this season.

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
The win over St. Michael's was the first in program history for the Owls.

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING...PART TWO
The back-to-back one goal wins over St. Michael's and UCCS were first time in program history that the Owls were on the winning end of consecutive one-goal decisions.

KEEPING TABS OF...
• Nicole Healey recorded her seventh career outing as an Owl with at least five goals in the game against NYIT. She then posted her eighth outing with six goals against UCCS, and then her ninth in the game at Pace.
• Carolynn Keal posted her fourth career outing as an Owl with at least five points in the game against NYIT and then notched her sixth in the game at Stonehill.

ON THE SCORESHEET
Freshman Laura Morton made her collegiate debut against NYIT and turned away seven shots. She then notched her first collegiate win in the triumph over St. Michael's.

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 24 goals and 31 points are tops on the team thus far.

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING...PART THREE
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 (43) and caused turnovers (97), second in groundballs (146) and third in points (126)
• Nicole Healey - 1st in goals (138) and points (174), second in assists (36), 2nd in draw controls (193)
• Alexandra Takacs  – 5th in saves (183)

ON DECK
The Owls are back in action on April 3 at Adelphi.