WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary lacrosse team will open its conference slate when it hosts Hofstra at Martin Family Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m.
The contest will be W&M's Hair Havoc game to support the
HEADstrong Foundation, which offers financial, residential and emotional support to families affected by cancer.
Admission is free.
Live stats will be available at
TribeAthletics.com, while video of the contest will be streamed on
FloLive.
Complete game day information is available below.
A Look at the Tribe
W&M enters Saturday's game with a 3-4 record and is coming off an exciting 14-10 comeback victory at Columbia in its last outing.
Sarah Cipolla leads the team with 12 points (9g, 3a) and has totaled a team-high 32 draw controls.
Sam Van Gieson (9g),
Maresa Moyer (7g, 2a) and
Kate Draddy (5g, 4a) have also come up big offensively. Defensively,
Caroline Donovan has totaled a team-high nine caused turnovers with 11 ground balls, while
Caroline Hertzberg has recorded 20 draw controls, 13 ground balls and seven caused turnovers. Goalie
Elise Palmer is coming off her best performance of the season, as she posted 18 saves in the win at Columbia.
Scouting Hofstra
Hofstra enters Saturday's CAA opener with a 3-5 record and has lost five of its last six contests. However, the Pride owns a victory against No. 25 Vanderbilt and has dropped narrow setbacks to No. 16 Army (14-11) and No. 20 Southern California (9-8). Nikki Mennella leads Hofstra with 29 points (23g, 6a), while Taylor Mennella (12g, 14a) has also come up big offensively. Courtney Carollo has totaled a team-high 24 draw controls.
| Matchup At A Glance |
|
W&M / Opp. |
Hofstra / Opp. |
| Goals Avg. |
8.7 / 15.7 |
10.6 / 9.7 |
| Shooting % |
.363 / .462 |
.390 / .394 |
| Assists |
19 / 47 |
43 / 30 |
| Ground Balls |
120 / 140 |
113 / 111 |
| Draw Controls |
83 / 112 |
86 / 107 |
| Turnovers |
122 / 116 |
112 / 129 |
| Caused Turnovers |
59 / 74 |
45 / 40 |
W&M-Hofstra All-Time Series
Hofstra controls the all-time series, 14-7, and has won the last seven matchups. Four of the last nine meetings have been decided in overtime. W&M claimed two of those OT wins (2012, 2013), while HU earned victories in 2016 (10-9) and 2018 (15-14). The programs first met in 1978 – an 18-0 W&M victory.
Last Meeting vs. Hofstra
W&M concluded its home slate with an 18-11 setback against Hofstra at Martin Family Stadium last season. W&M owned a 6-2 lead after the first quarter, but Hofstra knotted the game at 8-8 by halftime before pulling away down the stretch.
Serena Jacobs led the Tribe with four goals, while
Sarah Cipolla added three points (2g, 1a) and five draw controls.
Last Time Out
W&M overcame an early five-goal deficit with a dominant second half performance to earn an impressive 14-10 victory at Columbia on Tuesday afternoon. Goalie
Elise Palmer was outstanding and totaled a season-high 18 saves with a .643 save percentage.
Maresa Moyer tallied a team-high four points (2g, 2a), while
Serena Jacobs,
Sam Van Gieson and
Sophia Chiodo Ortiz also found the back of the cage twice apiece. The quartet of standouts was among a group of 10 Tribe players who scored at least one goal.
Sarah Cipolla added a team-high seven draw controls to go with three ground balls and a caused turnover.
Record Watch
With 141 career draw controls,
Sarah Cipolla currently ranks third on W&M's all-time list and needs just 15 more to tie the record (156) set by Ellen Shaffrey.
Additionally, her 32 draw controls this season is just 12 shy of breaking into the program's single-season top-10 list.
CAA Rookie of the Week
After posting a pair of tremendous performances in W&M's victories against Old Dominion and Campbell, freshman standout
Kate Draddy was selected as the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week on Feb. 27. Draddy finished the week with a team-high seven points (4g, 3a), while also totaling a team-best six ground balls to go with five draw controls and a caused turnover.
Seizing the Moment
W&M is 2-0 in games deciding by three goals or less this season, as it defeated ODU (11-9) and Campbell (14-13, 2OT).
Up Next
Following this weekend's game, W&M will return to action when it plays at Longwood next Wednesday at 5 p.m.
