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Women's Lacrosse Hosts Lafayette, Travels to Colgate
3/25/2019 8:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
When: Wednesday, March 27 – 7 p.m.Â
Where: Graham Field – Lewisburg, Pa.
Internet Video: Patriot League Network
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_WLAX
Bucknell (3-7, 1-1 Patriot League) vs. Colgate (3-6, 1-1 Patriot League)
When: Saturday, March 30 – 1 p.m.Â
Where: Beyer-Small '76 Field – Hamilton, N.Y.
Internet Video: Patriot League Network
Live Stats: GoColgateRaiders.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_WLAX
Bucknell at a Glance
• The Bison are currently 3-7 (1-1 Patriot League) after topping UMBC in double overtime, 11-10, on March 21 and falling to No. 14 Navy, 17-4, on March 23.
• In Bucknell's dramatic double overtime win over the Retrievers, Jamisen DeWitt made three of her season-best 15 saves in bonus time while Sarah Dohler netted the game-winning goal on a free-position attempt. To send the game to overtime, the Bison battled back from a 9-5 deficit in the final 16:30 of regulation. With just .06 of a second left to play, Tace Sutherland finished off a Laurel McHale feed to send the game into bonus time.
• In 2018, Bucknell went 3-13 (1-8 Patriot League). The Bison, who placed ninth in the Patriot League a year ago, were picked to finish in the same spot in 2019, as voted on by the league's coaches and sports information directors in the preseason poll.
• Bucknell qualified for back-to-back Patriot League Tournaments for the second time in program history in 2016 and 2017. The Bison were young and inexperienced a year ago, having lost three of their top five point producers and their two All-Patriot League honorees from 2017. Half of their Patriot League losses in 2018 came by three goals or fewer.
• Bucknell's captains are Callie DeWitt, J. DeWitt , Dohler and Audrey Walsh. All four are first-time captains and will lead a young team featuring 21 underclassmen.
• J. DeWitt was recognized on the 2019 Preseason All-Patriot League Team. A 2018 All-Patriot League Second Team honoree, she led the Patriot League and finished ninth nationally in saves per game (10.75) that season. Against UMBC on March 21, she became the seventh Bison to make 500 career saves and also broke the program's record in career ground balls.
• The Bison return their top four leading scorers from a year ago in Eve Calabria (19g-14a), Morgan Steinhacker (18g), Walsh (14g-3a) and Lillie Hunt (8g-8a).
• Walsh, who battled injuries throughout the 2018 campaign, previously led the team in scoring as a sophomore in 2017. That year, she racked up 46 points (26g-20a).
• Remington Steele is his second year at the helm of the Bucknell women's lacrosse team.
Category Leaders
• Goals: Morgan Steinhacker (14)
• Assists: Eve Calabria (12)
• Points: Eve Calabria (22)
• Shots: Morgan Steinhacker (44)
• Ground balls: Jamisen DeWitt (34)
• Caused turnovers: Callie DeWitt (23)
• Draw controls: Kali Peeples (24)
• Save Percentage: Jamisen DeWitt (.441)
• Goals Against Average: Jamisen DeWitt (13.54)
• Saves: Jamisen DeWitt (97)
Milestones Met Last Week
• Jamisen DeWitt: Set Bucknell's school record in career ground balls; now has 154
• Jamisen DeWitt: Became the seventh Bison with 500 career saves; now has 516
Career Milestone Watch
• Callie DeWitt: Needs one caused turnover to move to eighth in Bucknell's history with 63; needs six to vault to seventh with 68
• Jamisen DeWitt: Needs 41 saves to move to sixth in Bucknell's history with 557
• Audrey Walsh: Needs 12 assists to crack Bucknell's top 10 with 42
Single-Season Milestone Watch
• Callie DeWitt: Needs three caused turnovers to crack Bucknell's top 10 with 26
• Jamisen DeWitt: Needs six ground balls to crack Bucknell's top 10 for the third time with 40
Lafayette at a Glance
• The Leopards are currently 4-5 (0-2 Patriot League) following their 18-8 loss at Boston University on March 23.
• Lafayette went 3-0 to open the 2019 campaign, its best start since 2013. The Leopards most notably knocked off Temple, 13-10, for the first time since 1991 on Feb. 26.
• Lafayette was selected to finish eighth in the Patriot League preseason poll.
• The Leopards lead the all-time series with the Bison, 34-6.
• Last year in Easton, Eve Calabria and Lillie Hunt combined for eight goals, and Jamisen DeWitt stopped a then career-high 16 shots, but Lafayette topped Bucknell, 15-10.
• In 2016, Bucknell snapped a six-game losing streak to Lafayette with a 13-12 victory at Fisher Stadium; the Leopards took the 2017 meeting at Graham Field, 14-13.Â
Colgate at a Glance
• The Raiders are currently 3-6 (1-1 Patriot League) following their 13-10 victory at Holy Cross on March 23. Colgate will travel to Boston University for a game on Wednesday, March 27 before playing host to Bucknell.
• In the Patriot League preseason poll, the Raiders were chosen to place fifth.
• Colgate leads the all-time series with Bucknell, 35-4.
• Last year in Lewisburg, the Raiders downed the Bison, 13-10. Colgate used an 8-0 run that stretched from the 9:24 mark of the first half to the 16:11 mark of the second to build an 11-5 advantage, which proved too much for Bucknell to overcome despite scoring five of the game's final seven goals.
• In 2017, the Bison snapped a 14-game losing skid to the Raiders with a 12-11 victory at Graham Field. After Colgate scored five unanswered goals in the final seven minutes of regulation to tie the game at 11 apiece, Morgan Steinhacker netted the game-winning goal with 24 seconds left play. Mary Margaret Kenney (5g) and Maddy Molinari (3g-2a) led the Bucknell offense and also combined to post 13 draw controls.
• The Bison take on Holy Cross in road Patriot League action on Saturday, April 6 at 2:05 p.m.
