Seahawks kick off spring break with Corsairs

Summary: Salve Regina University women's lacrosse hosts UMass Dartmouth in a non-conference game to kick off spring break. 

Match-up: The Salve Regina Seahawks (0-2) versus the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs (1-1)

Game date, time and site: Saturday, March 8, 2014; 1 p.m. @ Gaudet Field

Video/Audio: http://bit.ly/Mq62GZ   (Salve Regina women's lacrosse on Ustream.tv; Andrew Pezzelli provides the call)

Live Stats: http://bit.ly/18PHC4C  

Directions: http://bit.ly/YV7AcI

Series edge: The Seahawks lead the series 8-6

Last Sehawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 18-8, in No. Dartmouth, Mass. on March 10, 2012.

Last Corsair win in series: UMass Dartmouth won, 13-12, in No. Dartmouth, Mass. on April 6, 2010.

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• Salve Regina and UMass Dartmouth have faced each other 14 times before with the Seahawks leading the all-time series, 8-6. 
• The last time the two teams met, Salve Reginad defeated the Corsairs 18-8 in No. Dartmouth, Mass. on March 10, 2012. 
• The Seahawks and Corsairs have played three lop-sided games in the series history with the Seahawks winning two of the three double-digit games. 
• Salve Reigna's largest margin of victory was 14 goals on March 23, 2009 when the Seahawks defeated the Corsairs 24-10 in Newport. 

• Salve Regina has played three times before on March 8.
• The Seahawks are 0-3 on this date. 
• The last time Salve Regina played on this date, the Seahawks lost 19-17 to Eastern Connecticut State in 2011.

• Seniors Grace Kelly and Karley Malenczak will serve as the captains of the 2014 women's lacrosse team. 

• Following Thursday's contest, the Seahawks host five-straight home contests including their Commonwealth Coast Conference opener against Gordon on March 22 to wrap up the homestand. 
• The seven-game homestand includes games against UMass Dartmouth (3/08), Husson (3/12), Eastern Connecticut State (3/14), Rhode Island College (3/18), Bridgewater State (3/20) and Gordon (3/22).

• Salve Regina fell to Emerson in the Seahawks home opener last Thursday, 11-4. 
• Junior Sarah Woods scored a pair of goals for Salve Regina while senior Grace Kelly and sophomore Abigail Tepper added a goal each. 
• Tepper and Woods each added an assist for Salve Regina. 
• Senior Josephine O'Reilly made 13 saves in the net for the Seahawks. 

• UMass Dartmouth fell Mount Ida in a double overtime 17-16 contest last Thursday at home. 
• Sophomore Colleen Kane scored a game-high nine goals for the Corsairs.
• Nicole Butts and Leah Wilkinson split the time in net for UMass Dartmouth as Butts made three saves and Wilkinson made six stops in the loss for the Corsairs. 

• The Seahawks will enjoy their spring break in beautiful Newport, R.I. as they host three games over spring break. 
• Salve Regina kicks off its spring break with UMass. - Dartmouth on Saturday at 1 p.m.
• The Seahawks are 12-18 all time at Gaudet Field including a pair of wins last season. 
• Salve Regina is 2-1 at Gaudet against the three teams the Seahawks will face during spring break including hold a 1-0 advantage over UMass Dartmouth. 
• The Seahawks are 1-1 against Eastern Connecticut at Gaudet and will face Husson for the first time in program history on Wednesday, March 12. 

• Salve Regina returns four of its 20+ point scorers of a year ago.
• Leading the returners is junior Gina Tortorici who finished second on the team last year with 37 points (26g, 11a). 
• Senior Grace Kelly was tied for third on the team with 24 points (20g, 4a), followed by junior Sarah Woods (22 pts • 19g, 3a) and sophomore Abigail Tepper (20 pts • 13g, 7a).
• Woods leads the team with four points this season (3g, 1a) while Kelly and Woods are tied with three goals each on the year. 
• Sophomore Colleen Kane leads the Corsairs with 13 points (12g, 1a) on the year while senior Taylor Carsano leads the team with five assists on the season.

• Salve Regina head coach Jennifer Foster enters her eighth season at the helm of the Seahawks.
• Cooney has led the Seahawks to the CCC tournament eight of the last nine seasons and has compiled an 40-72 all time record at Salve Regina.