The American International College women's lacrosse team will honor its five seniors prior to battling Southern New Hampshire University in a Northeast-10 Conference contest on Wednesday, April 24.

THE BUZZ:
American International College Yellow Jackets (4-11, 2-9 NE10) vs. Southern New Hampshire University Penmen (6-9, 3-8 NE10)
When: Wednesday, April 24, 6 p.m.
Where: Ronald J. Abdow Field, Springfield, Massachusetts
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STATS HIVE:
AIC:
Free Positions: 25/66 (37.9%)

Goals: Mary Bates (32), Mikayla Demanche (30)
Assists: Mikayla Demanche (11), Mary Bates (10)
Shots on Goal: Mikayla Demanche (65), Mary Bates (61)

Ground Balls: Brianna O'Brien & Chelsea Davis (39)
Caused Turnovers: Brianna O'Brien (33), Devin Coulter (16)
Draw Controls: Brianna O'Brien (60), Lauren Witherspoon (34)

Projected Goalkeeper: Chelsea Davis (15 GP, 15 GS, 4-11, .399 SV% [135/338], 15.21 GAA)

Southern New Hampshire:
Free Positions: 47/107 (43.9%)

Goals: Kristin Wilder (56), Alexis Felt (39)
Assists: Erin Gorton (17), Kelsey Long (15)
Shots on Goal: Kristin Wilder (86), Alexis Felt (67)

Ground Balls: Kelsey Long (35), Abby Crowell (27)
Caused Turnovers: Abby Crowell (15), Kelsey Long & Merry Harrington (13)
Draw Controls: Kelsey Long (84), Merry Harrington (59)

Projected Goalkeeper: Hayle Ashford (15 GP, 13 GS, 6-7, .405 SV% [120/296], 16.16 GAA)


LAST TIME OUT:

• AIC stunned Saint Michael's on April 20 with an 8-7 triple overtime victory.
• Sophomore midfielder Devin Coulter potted the winning tally.
• Seniors Mary Bates and Mikayla Demanche each scored twice; senior Lauren Witherspoon and sophomore Brianna O'Brien tallied one apiece.
• Junior Chelsea Davis stopped 14 shots, including four in overtime.
• The Penmen fell to No. 19 Pace 19-9 that same day.
• Pace rolled out to a 7-0 lead by the 10:04 mark and never looked back.
• Kristin Wilder was responsible for five goals.

LAST TIME THEY MET:

• The Yellow Jackets lost a penalty-filled, high-scoring game at Southern New Hampshire to close out the 2018 season, falling 21-14 to the Penmen on April 25, 2018.
• Witherspoon led AIC with four goals, while Demanche had three and an assist and senior Brittany Hutchison notched two, as did Coulter.
• Davis made 11 saves and had two ground balls to set the AIC single-season record.
• Wilder scored seven goals and added two more assists for the hosts.

SCOUTING THE PENMEN:

• The Penmen are oddly better away from home than in Manchester, with a 4-3 road record against a 1-6 home mark.
• Wilder is a dangerous player, and her 56 goals stand second in the NE10.
• Five Penmen have at least 10 assists, which means the Yellow Jackets defense will have to be prepared for quick ball movement against the fifth-best offense in the NE10.
• The defense for the Penmen is not aggressive; they have caused 91 turnovers, second-fewest in the NE10. That could explain why the Penmen have a league-worst 15.35 goals against average as a team.

O'BRIEN APPROACHES TURNOVER RECORD:

• O'Brien is one of just three players in program history to cause 30 turnovers in a season after Jessica Fontana and Allison Roy did so last season.
• Roy's 36 last season was the program record; O'Brien needs four more to break the record.
• She already owns the single-game mark, with eight against Bentley earlier this season.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT:

• Five seniors will play their second-to-last home game, with Hutchison and Bates up front, Demanche in the midfield, and Witherspoon along with Mackenzie MacLeod on defense.
• The quintet have combined for 280 games, scoring 255 goals and adding 84 assists for 339 points while causing 120 turnovers, scooping 249 ground balls, and winning 156 draw controls.

STAY CONNECTED:

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