Women’s Lax Hosts Lehigh in Mid-Week Night Game

Bucknell (4-5) vs Lehigh (3-5)

When: Wednesday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium

Watch: ESPN+

Live Stats: bucknellbison.com

Bucknell at a Glance

The Bison are currently on a three-game losing streak and 0-2 in the Patriot League after dropping their last three games to South Florida, Boston University and #24 Navy. Bucknell is now 4-5 heading into its game against Lehigh on Wednesday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.
The top-three point grabbers for Bucknell are Allie Boyce with 19 (17G and 2A), Megan Krestinski with 17 (11G and 6A) and Taylor McClain with 17 (3G and 14A).
Allie Boyce holds third place in Bucknell history in career goals with 133 total and is seven goals away from second. Boyce ranks first nationally in free-position percentage with 11 free-position goals on 13 shots. She also ranks seventh in free-position goals per game with 1.22.
Taylor McClain is currently in third place in Bucknell history for career assists with 75 and is three assists away from earning second place.
Bucknell ranks 13th nationally in caused turnovers per game with 11 and fifth nationally in ground balls per game with 19.67.
Colleen Kazanjian has an overall season goals against average of 11.90 and a save percentage of .401.
Allie Boyce notched a hat-trick and Juliana Pagano scored her first collegiate goal in the Bison's 17-6 loss to Navy on Saturday afternoon. Bucknell fell to 4-5 overall on the season and 0-2 in the Patriot League with the loss at Christy.
Navy's offense proved to be a force throughout the entire game as they out-shot the Bison 37 to 21 and held a firm hold of the lead for a majority of the contest. Play began with Navy's Alyssa Chung getting a behind the back goal. Boyce was able to answer with a free-position goal to tie the game at one, which would prove to be the closest the game would get. For the rest of the quarter, Navy out-scored Bucknell six to one. The remainder of the game continued in that fashion with Bucknell struggling to find the back of the net while Navy out-scored them 9-4 after the first.

Lehigh at a Glance

The Mountain Hawks are on a two-game losing streak and 0-2 in Patriot League play with losses to American and Army.
In its last contest, Lehigh fell to Army 19-8 at home. Allison Reilly led the Black Knights with eight points off seven goals and one assist. Geneva Milch Cesoni added four goals. Army won the draw control battle 19-12 with Sarah Chernik leading the way with 10.
Army took a 7-1 lead at the end of the first quarter, with Molly Snow netting the lone goal off an assist from Kacie Wines for the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh opened the second quarter with two goals, featuring one from Snow and a player-up goal from Gracie Shoup as Army led 7-3 with 10:48 left in the half. Reilly gave Army a 16-7 lead early in the fourth quarter, before Martel inched Lehigh back to 16-8. Army closed out the game with three goals, securing a 19-8 league win.
The top-three point grabbers for Lehigh are Molly Snow with 32 (23G and 9A), Kacie Wines with 26 (15G and 11A) and Gracie Shoup with 14 (9G and 5A).
The Mountain Hawks starting goalie Julia DeLitta has an overall season goals against average of 12.28 and a save percentage of .435.

The Bucknell-Lehigh Series

The Bison are 11-36 overall against Lehigh and 6-15 at home against the Mountain Hawks.
The Mountain Hawks are on a 15-game winning streak over the Bison dating back to 2010. The last time Bucknell defeated Lehigh was in a triple overtime game in 2009 where they won 12-11.
In the last contest between the two teams on March 27, 2024, Lehigh's high-scoring attack trio of Olivia Memeger, Emma Eberhardt, and Gabby Schneider accounted for 13 goals as the host Mountain Hawks used a big fourth-quarter flurry to pull away from Bucknell 15-8 on Wednesday night at rainy Ulrich Sports Complex. Taylor Kopan scored two goals, and Phoebe Macleod, Taylor McClain, Allie Boyce, and Alex Nesbitt all recorded a goal and an assist for the Bison.

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