Seahawks host WNE on Saturday

Summary: Salve Regina University women's lacrosse hosts Western New England in a Commonwealth Coast Conference contest. 

Match-up: The Salve Regina Seahawks (3-8, 0-4 CCC) versus the Western New England Golden Bears (10-0, 3-0 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Saturday, April 5, 2014; 12 p.m. @ Gaudet Field

Video/Audio: http://bit.ly/Mq62GZ   (Salve Regina women's lacrosse on Ustream.tv; Leon Bayles and Murphy McCann provide the call)

Live Stats: http://bit.ly/18PHC4C  

Directions: http://bit.ly/YV7AcI

Series edge: Western New England holds a 9-1 all time series lead over the Seahawks. 

Last Seahawk win in the series: Salve Regina defeated the Golden Bears 13-5 on March 29, 1998.

Last Golden Bear win in the series: Western New England defeated the Seahawks 14-8 on March 12, 2013.

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• Salve Regina and Western New England have faced each other 10 times prior to Saturday's contest and the Golden Bears hold a 9-1 advantage. 
• The Seahawks lone win in the series came on March 29, 1998 when SRU defeated the Golden Bears 13-5.
• Last season, WNE defeated Salve Regina 14-8 in Springfield.

• Salve Regina is 2-2 all time on April 5.
• The last Seahawk win on this date came in 2012 with a 16-7 win over Emerson.

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

• Salve Regina will travel to Nichols on Wednesay, April 9 for a 4 p.m. CCC contest. 
• The Seahawks will return home on April 12 to host Endicott at 4:30 p.m.

• Salve Regina fell to Curry 15-3 in Milton. 
• Freshman Kaitlin Gillespie, sophmore Abigail Tepper and junior Sarah Woods each recorded a goal for Salve Regina. 
• Junior Gina Tortorici led the team with four ground balls. 
• Senior Josephine O'Reilly made 10 saves in the loss for the Seahawks.

• Western New England ran past Nichols, 20-8, last Tuesday. 
• Senior tri-captain Kelsey Sherman and junior Kaitlynn Stevens each scored five goals apiece to lead Western New England.
• Emily Castleman (5 goals allowed) started in the WNE cage and made four saves to go along with two ground balls.

• The Seahawks hosted three games over spring break and finished the week 2-1.
• Salve Regina opened the week with a 20-12 win over UMass Dartmouth after outscoring the Corsairs 12-3 in the second half. 
• The Seahawks welcomed Husson to Gaudet Field last Wednesday and won the first meeting between the two teams, 13-3 behind six points (3g, 3a) from senior Grace Kelly.
• Salve Regina wrapped up with spring break with Eastern Connecticut State on Saturday and dropped a heart-breaking over time loss to the Warriors. Kelly scored with just over a minute to play in regulation to tie the game, but the Warriors outscored the Seahawks 2-1 in the overtime frame. 
• Following today's contest, the Seahawks host their final two games of their seven game homestand to open the year.  

• 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).
• Kelly leads the team with 34 points on the season.
• Kelly leads the Seahawks with 25 goals while Woods is close behind with 24. 
• Junior Gina Tortorici leads the team with 10 assists on the year. 
• Kaitlynn Stevens leads the Golden Bears with 51 points (32g, 19a) while Taylor Scialdone leads the team with 25 assits on the season.

• Salve Regina head coach Jennifer Foster enters her eighth season at the helm of the Seahawks.
• Foster has led the team to a 43-79 all time record at Salve Regina.