GAME CENTER
Tuesday, March 11 – 4 p.m.
Post (0-0) at Southern New Hampshire (0-3)
Larkin Field – Manchester, N.H.
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Thursday, March 13 – 3 p.m.
Post (0-1) vs. Nyack
LaMoy Field – Waterbury, Conn.
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WATERBURY, Conn. – The Post University women's lacrosse team continues its season with two games this week. The Eagles are on the road on Tuesday against Northeast-10 (NE-10) foe Southern New Hampshire at 4 p.m. Post will play its home and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener on Thursday against Nyack at 3 p.m.
Last Time Out: American International 17, Post 8 – Box Score | Recap
The Eagles dropped their season-opener to American International last Tuesday. Junior
Eryka Baez (Clifton, N.J.) and freshman
Shannon Young (Centereach, N.Y.) each scored twice for the Eagles.
Post fell behind 4-0 early in the first half, senior
Morgan Kanavy (Syracuse, N.Y.) got the Eagles on the board with a man-up goal with 17:10 left in the period. After another goal by the Yellow Jackets, sophomore
Jordyn Woltmann (Lake Grove, N.Y.) and Young scored back-to-back to cut the deficit to 5-3 midway through the half. Senior
Meghan Diggett (East Islip, N.Y.) scored a shorthanded goal later in the half. She assisted on another score by Young with 1:34 left in first, but the Eagles trailed 11-5 at the break.
Sophomore
Isatu Bangura-Jalloh (Elmont, N.Y.) scored once and Baez had two goals in the second half, but Post never got closer than seven.
Scouting the Penman
Southern New Hampshire enters the week at 0-3 on the season, most recently falling 18-4 to defending National Champion LIU-Post. The Penman nearly picked up a victory against Saint Leo before losing 11-10. Junior Emily King leads the squad with seven goals so far, which is good for sixth in the NE-10. This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Scouting the Warriors
Nyack is 0-3 on the year and has scored just seven goals so far. Last time out, the Warriors fell 23-2. Lauren Lebo provides the offense for Nyack with five goals on the year. The Warriors have yet to win a game in two years as a team.
All-Time Series Against Nyack
Last season was the first year for Nyack's women's lacrosse program and they were defeated by Post twice. The Eagles broke the school's single-game record with 20 goals in the second meeting.
Meghan Diggett scored eight times in the victory.
Results
4/9/13..….............H...…….........W, 20-2
3/26/13….............A...…….........W, 19-10
Back In Charge
After coaching the Post women's lacrosse team for the first three seasons of its existence,
Jill Kowalik did not coach the team in 2013, but returns for her second stint in 2014. Kowalik has helped build the program from the ground up and earned the first win in school history on in 2011 over Bridgeport, 13-10.
Mallorie Michalak returns for her second season as assistant coach. Michalak played for Kowalik from 2010-2012 and is Post's third all-time leading scorer with 72 points.
Preseason Prognostications
The Eagles were selected to finish third in the North Division in the CACC Preseason Poll. Post received 25 points in the poll. It is the highest the Eagles have ever been picked. Georgian Court was picked atop the North Division with 41 points and five first-place votes. Philadelphia took the top spot in the south with 32 points and six first-place votes.
