Women's Lax Hosts St. Bonaventure on Saturday in Lacrosse Doubleheader at Christy

Saturday, February 21

Lewisburg, Pa.

3 p.m.

Bucknell University

St. Bonaventure

Women's Lax Hosts St. Bonaventure on Saturday in Lacrosse Doubleheader at Christy

2/18/2026 1:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell women's lacrosse is gearing up for its second home game of the season as it hosts St. Bonaventure on Saturday, Feb. 21 in Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium at 3 p.m. The game is a part of a doubleheader in Christy with men's lacrosse facing off against Hobart at 11 a.m.

The Bison are 2-1 overall after dropping their contest to Penn State on the road 20-9, getting their first loss of the 2026 season. St. Bonaventure enters the contest 1-1 overall after defeating LIU at home 12-2 to earn its first win of the season.

Bucknell (2-1) vs St. Bonaventure (1-1)

When: Saturday, Feb. 21 — 3 p.m.

Where: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium — Lewisburg, Pa.

Watch: ESPN+

Live Stats: bucknellbison.com

Bucknell at a Glance

Bucknell enters the contest 2-1 with home wins over Youngstown State and UMBC and a road loss to Penn State.
Caleigh Cummiskey earned rookie of the week for her record setting performance in week one (2/9).
Caleigh Cummiskey and Megan Krestinski lead the Bison in scoring with 12 goals apiece. The two are tied for 10th nationally in total goals and 13th nationally in goals per game with four.
Krestinski leads the Bison in assists with nine. She is tied for sixth nationally in total assists and tied for 12th nationally in assists per game with three.
Krestinski also leads the team in total points with 21. She ranks fourth nationally in total points and fourth nationally in points per game with 7. The senior is 29th nationally in shot percentage with .706.
Catherine Dineen leads the team in ground balls with 10.
Jess Leon leads the Bison in caused turnovers with eight. She ranks 28th nationally in caused turnovers per game with 2.67.
Alex Macutek leads Bucknell in draw controls with eight.
Bella Crowley is the Bison's goalie this season. The junior has a .417 save percentage with 20 saves and 28 goals against.
Bucknell ranks 19th nationally in ground balls per game with 18.67, 16th nationally in points per game with 22.67, 12th in scoring offense with 15.67 goals per game and 8th in shot percentage (.553).
Jess Leon was named to the 2026 Preseason All-Patriot League Team after a strong 2025 campaign.
The Bison opened its 2026 season with a 20-6 victory over Youngstown State where Caleigh Cummiskey scored six goals, the most by a Bison freshman in her collegiate debut.
The Bison then defeated UMBC 18-10 with Megan Krestinski leading the bunch with seven goals and three assists before falling to Penn State 20-9.
The 2026 women's lacrosse captains are Katie Browne, Cat Dineen, Megan Krestinski and Caroline Sheridan.
Bucknell welcomed two new assistant coaches in the offseason; Emily Mitarotonda and Emma Telatovich.
The Bison also welcomed 12 freshmen this season, the largest class amongst the team.
Bucknell returned 26 players from the 2025 roster including 2025 All-Patriot League Second Team players Megan Krestinski and Jess Leon.
Bucknell lost top offensive powerhouses Allie Boyce and Taylor McClain to graduation.
In 2025, Bucknell went 6-10 overall and 2-7 in Patriot League play with its two conference wins coming against American and Lehigh.

Bucknell's Last Time Out

Bucknell women's lacrosse fell to 2-1 on the season with a 21-9 loss to Penn State in University Park on Sunday afternoon. The Nittany Lions utilized an 22-10 draw control differential to find more opportunities throughout the game and secure the win.
The nine Bison goals scored ties Bucknell's highest number of goals scored against Penn State in program history. Caleigh Cummiskey led the Bison in scoring with a hat trick in the second half of play. Caroline Sheridan and Megan Kresitinski notched two goals apiece and Katie Browne and Alex Macutek rounded out Bucknell's scoring with one each. Only three of Bucknell's nine goals were assisted with the assists coming from Krestinski, Sheridan and Browne.
Cat Dineen led the Bison in ground balls with four. The Bison only recorded four caused turnovers on the afternoon compared to the Nittany Lions nine. Jess Leon, Estella Geller, Regan Sansiviero and Juliana Pagano had the four caused turnovers for the Bison.
While the Nittany Lions out-paced the Bison on the draw 22-10, Krestinski led Bucknell with four draw controls and Macutek followed closely behind with three. Kelly led Penn State in draw controls with 15.
Turnovers between the two teams were close with Penn State recording eight to Bucknell's 10.
Bella Crowley started in net for the Bison and ended with 16 goals against and three saves for a .158 save percentage. Julia Dembowitz saw time in her second consecutive game in net and had five goals against and one save for a .167 save percentage in her 25 minutes played.

St. Bonaventure at a Glance

St. Bonaventure enters the contest 1-1 after defeating LIU 12-2 at home.
The Bonnies' loss came at the hands of Colgate in St. Bonaventures home-opener as the Raiders defeated the Bonnies 14-12.
Rylee Gonzalez leads the Bonnies in scoring with six goals and total points with eight.
Three Bonnies lead the team in assists with two apiece; Gonzalez, Maddie Pieloch and Megan Schillinger.
Brit Colangelo leads the team in ground balls with eight and caused turnovers with four.
Brooke Piper leads the team in draw controls with 10.

The Bucknell / St. Bonaventure Series

This will be the 12th meeting between Bucknell and St. Bonaventure since the Bonnies won the first contest in 2011.
The Bonnies lead the series 7-4 and are on a one game winning streak over the Bison as they took the last contest in 2024, 15-13.

Up Next

Bucknell women's lacrosse will travel to New Jersey to face Rider at 4 p.m. for a mid-week game on Wednesday, Feb. 25.