Women’s Lacrosse Travels to Lafayette for Wednesday Night Game

Bucknell (6-7) vs Lafayette (5-8)

When: Wednesday, April 16 @ 7:30 p.m.

Where: Easton, Pa.

Watch: ESPN+

Live Stats: goleopards.com

Bucknell at a Glance

The Bison are currently on a one-game winning streak after narrowly winning its Friday afternoon game against American 11-9 at Christy. The Bison are now 6-7 overall and 2-4 in the Patriot League.
In their last time out, Bucknell was able to hold on to their first half lead despite not scoring in the final 20 minutes of play to crank out a win against American and end a two-game losing streak.
The top-three point grabbers for the Bison are Megan Krestinski with 35 points (26G and 9A), Allie Boyce with 28 points (24G and 4A) and Taylor McClain with 24 points (5G and 19A).
Allie Boyce holds a share of second place in Bucknell history for career goals with 140. She is tied with Michelle Manion '89 for the honor. Boyce needs four goals in her final three games at Bucknell in order to tie the school record. She also ranks 3rd nationally in free position percentage with a .786.
Taylor McClain had two assists in Bucknell's win over American and earned second place in Bucknell history in career assists with 79. She is 13 assists away from the school record.
Jess Leon ranks 10th nationally in caused turnovers per game with 2.38.
Bucknell ranks 4th nationally in ground balls per game with 20.15, 9th in caused turnovers per game with 11.77 and 23rd in free position percentage with .500.
Bucknell's starting goalie Colleen Kazanjian has an overall season goals against average of 11.40 and a save percentage of .403.

Lafayette at a Glance

Lafayette is 5-8 overall and 1-5 in the Patriot League. The Leopards are on a three-game losing streak with losses to Army, Lafayette and Colgate. The Leopards last win came against American on March 26.
In their last time out, the Leopards took Colgate to the final quarter of play with a tied score in the final six minutes of play. Colgate would end up taking the win at 2:49 on a free-position goal.
The top-three point grabbers for the Leopards are Sophia Spallone with 26 points (22G and 4A), Kristin Igneri with 22 points (12G and 10A) and Sara Rogers with 21 points (13G and 8A).

The Bucknell-Lafayette Series

The Bison are 11-34 overall and 4-17 on the road against the Leopards.
Bucknell is currently on a five-game winning streak over Lafayette with its last loss coming in 2018.
In their last contest, Katie Browne scored her third goal of the game off a Regan Sansiviero feed with 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation to give the Bucknell women's lacrosse team a dramatic 14-13 victory over visiting Lafayette on Wednesday night at Graham Field at Holmes Stadium. Megan Krestinski and Allie Boyce added four goals each for the Bison.

Next Up

Bucknell will stay on the road and head to #19 Army for a Saturday afternoon game in West Point, N.Y. at 3 p.m.