Southern Connecticut State University Owls (2-7, 1-4 NE10)
at American International College Yellow Jackets (2-6, 0-4 NE10)
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2019 | 6 P.M
Springfield, Mass. | Ronald J. Abdow Field 
The Southern Connecticut women's lacrosse team will travel to Springfield, Mass. to play American International College on Wednesday, Mar. 27, at 6 p.m. at Ronald J. Abdow Field. The Yellow Jackets are led by Mary Bates who has a team-leading 20 goals and six assists followed by teammate Mikayla Demanche who as 18 goals and a team-high eight assists so far this season. The Owls offense-generators have been senior co-captain Samantha Cozzolino who has 26 goals and 13 assists, freshman Karlie Rowe, who has been off to a steady start in her first collegiate campaign as an Owl with 15 goals, two assists and a team-leading 53 shots and Stephanie Seymour who has tallied 12 goals and four assists so far this year.

ALL-TIME AGAINST AIC
The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series against the Owls, 11-6. 
Last Meeting: SCSU 14, AIC 10 (3/28/2018)

LAST TIME OUT
The Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team edged Saint Michael's in an overtime thriller, 13-12, at Duffy Field.
• Samantha Cozzolino tallied a game-high nine points on the day with five goals and four assists, while grabbing five draw controls. 
• Stephanie Seymour registered four goals on six shots and also had two draw controls and two ground balls. 
• Laura Morton recorded 10 saves through 63:49 minutes allowing 12 goals against in the Owls' second-consecutive win.

OWLS POST BACK-TO-BACK WINS
The Owls have now won back-to-back games for the first since Mar. 13 & 14, 2018 against Saint Michael's and UC-Colorado Springs. The Owls stole the victory, 13-12, over Saint Michael's in overtime. The last time the Owls won a game in overtime was on April 27, 2016 when they defeated American International College, 7-6.

SIEDLECKI'S FIRST CAREER WIN
With the 18-5 win over Post University on March 21, Kevin Siedlecki records his first win as the head coach of the Southern Connecticut Lacrosse team.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
In the win over Post, four Owls registered hat-tricks: Samantha Cozzolino, Stephanie Seymour, Hailey Gordon and Karlie Rowe. The last time four Owls had three or more goals was on April 15, 2017 against Franklin Pierce when Carolynn Keal (4), Nicole Healey (4), Samantha Cozzolino (3) and Morgan Chase (3) each had hat-tricks.

GORDON'S FIRST FOUR GOAL PERFORMANCE
With her four goals in the win over Post, Hailey Gordon has recorded her fourth multiple-goal game of the season and sixth of her career. This is the first four-goal game of her collegiate career and her second hat-trick with the first coming on February 24 against Molloy earlier this year.

SEYMOUR'S OFFENSIVE SURGE
Over the last two games, Stephanie Seymour has tallied 11 points with eight goals and three assists and has surpassed her points total from the 2018 season of four goals and one assist. 

CLIMBING THE RECORD BOOK
With her five goals against Saint Michael's, Cozzolino now sits in 2nd place with 125 career goals and trails Nicole Healey '18 for 1st place all-time at SCSU with 172. With her four assists against Saint Michael's, she sits in 3rd place with 40 career assists and trails Nicole Healey '18 for 2nd place all-time at SCSU with 41. With her nine points against Saint Michael's, Cozzolino sits in sole possession of 2^nd place with 165 career points and passing Carolynn Keal '18 for 2nd place all-time at SCSU, who had 161.

COZZOLINO CANT STOP SCORING
In the game against Saint Michaels, Cozzolino registered her 21st hat-trick of her collegiate career and sixth of the season. She leads the Owls with 26 goals and 13 assists so far this year.

NEWCOMERS FILLING THE STAT SHEET
Three of the nine Owls goal scorers are in their first year playing collegiate lacrosse. Leading the pack is freshman Karlie Rowe who is second on the team in goals with 15 goals and two assists, behind her is freshman Kelly Jagodzinski has four goals and two assist and freshman Bayleigh Takacs who has recorded two goals and four assists so far this year.

GRANDE HAS A GRAND DAY VERSUS NYIT
Senior Brianna Grande scored the first goal of her collegiate career as well as registered a season-high seven draw controls.The last time she had seven draw control was on April 25, 2018 against Assumption.

YOUNGSTER MAKES AN IMPACT
Freshman Karlie Rowe scored four goals against LIU Post, this is the most from a freshman since Tessa McNabeo and Samantha Cozzolino scored four on March 17, 2016 against Post.

THE 2019 CAPTAINS
Seniors Samantha Cozzolino (Hamden, Conn.) and red-shirt junior Brianna Grande (West Hartford, Conn.) have been tabbed as co-captains for the 2019 season.
 
GUESS WHO'S BACK
• The Owls return 12 players from last season's squad that posted a 4-12 overall record that included a 3-10 mark in Northeast 10 Conference play.
 
ATTACK
• Southern's Cozzolino is the Owls' leading scorer from a season ago, where she posted 44 goals and nine assists for 53 points in 16 games.
• Hailey Gordon (Niantic, Conn.) averaged a goal-per-game with 12 goals to go-along with three assists for 15 points in 12 games played.
• Morgan Chase (Windsor, Conn.), formerly Hanks, had one assist in nine games.
• The Owls welcome newcomers Karlie Rowe (Niantic, Conn.), Kaylee Swansen (Waterford, Conn.) and Bayleigh Takacs (Sparta, N.J.).
 
MIDFIELD
• Stephanie Seymour (North Branford, Conn.) and Amanda Murray (Bow, N.H.) are experienced midfielders as Seymour totaled four goals and an assist in 15 games last year, while Murray will look to bounce back after missing last season due to injury.
• The Owls will welcome freshman Kelly Jagodzinski (Stamford, Conn.), Olivia Facchini (Niantic, Conn.), Makenna Perry (Griswold, Conn.) and Lauren Carrino (Sandy Hook, Conn.) to the squad in the midfield.
 
DEFENSE
• Grande will anchor the Owls' defense after seeing action in 14 games a year ago.
• She's joined on defense by veteran players in Kacia Savage (Wallingford, Conn.), Kendall Simmons (Branford, Conn.), Emily Rossini (West Hartford, Conn.) and Sara Meza (Norwalk, Conn.).
 
IN GOAL
• Sophomore Laura Morton (Somers, Conn.) logged a majority of the minutes in the cage for the Owls last season while Alexandra Takacs (Sparta, N.J.) saw action in three games.