The American International College women's lacrosse team hopes to play spoiler as it closes out the 2019 season against No. 2 Adelphi University as part of AIC's Purple Out on Saturday, April 27.

THE BUZZ:
American International College Yellow Jackets (4-12, 2-10 NE10) vs. No. 2 Adelphi University Panthers (14-2, 11-1 NE10)
When: Saturday, April 27, 5 p.m.
Where: Ronald J. Abdow Field, Springfield, Massachusetts
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STATS HIVE:
AIC:
Free Positions: 27/70 (38.6%)

Goals: Mary Bates (33), Mikayla Demanche (32)
Assists: Mikayla Demanche & Mary Bates (12)
Shots on Goal: Mikayla Demanche (73), Mary Bates (66)

Ground Balls: Brianna O'Brien (43), Chelsea Davis (41)
Caused Turnovers: Brianna O'Brien (36), Devin Coulter (19)
Draw Controls: Brianna O'Brien (66), Lauren Witherspoon (37)

Projected Goalkeeper: Chelsea Davis (16 GP, 16 GA, 4-12, .404 SV% [147/364, 15.13 GAA)

No. 2 Adelphi:
Free Positions: 16/53 (30.2%)

Goals: Kole Pollock (55), Lena Riportella (39)
Assists: Alison Johnson (55), Christina Ferrara (27)
Shots on Goal: Kole Pollock (87), Lena Riportella (54)

Ground Balls: Nicki Stanco (36), Alexandra Beebe (32)
Caused Turnovers: Alexandra Beebe (37), Nicki Stanco (35)
Draw Controls: Chelsea Abreu (75), Christina Ferrara (45)

Projected Goalkeeper: Emma Lemanski (16 GP, 15 GS, 14-2, .466 SV% [88/189], 6.83 GAA


LAST TIME OUT:

• The Yellow Jackets came up just short in a 14-12 setback against Southern New Hampshire on April 24.
• Sophomore Emilee Giacondino scored four times and senior Brittany Hutchison added three goals.
• In a battle of No. 1 and No. 2, the Panthers fell to Le Moyne that same day, 8-7.
• The teams were tied 7-7 with 11:56 left, and Bryanna Fazio scored the winner at 27:22 for the Dolphins.
• Kole Pollock led the team with three goals, all in the first half.

LAST TIME THEY MET:

• Hutchison scored the first goal of the game, but Adelphi topped AIC 21-5 at Motamed Field on February 28, 2018.
• Hutchison ultimately led AIC with a hat trick, while Giacondino scored once and sophomore Devin Coulter tallied a goal and an assist for AIC's offensive output.
• Pollock potted a game-high four goals, Riportella notched three, and Alison Johnson scored twice while setting up seven goals.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS:

• The Panthers have dominated the NE10 for years; their last loss to an NE10 opponent other than Le Moyne was April 22, 2015, when they were upset by New Haven during their national championship campaign.
• Pollock sits fourth in the NE10 in goals, while Johnson is tied for first in assists and second in points.
• The Yellow Jackets will have to take care of the ball; no NE10 team has caused more than Adelphi's 224 turnovers. Alexandra Beebe leads the way with 37, second-most in the NE10, while Nicki Stanco is fifth in the conference with 35.
• Emma Lemanski is fifth in the NE10 with a .466 save percentage.

RECORDS TO BREAK:

• Sophomore Brianna 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 is tied with her after causing three against Southern New Hampshire, and would set a new program high-water mark with just one.
• She already owns the single-game mark, with eight against Bentley earlier this season.
• Senior Mary Bates has started all 67 games in the four years she has been at AIC; assuming she starts this one as well, the 68 will tie the games played record for the program that Jessica Fontana '18 set last season, but she will set a new record for starts, as Fontana started 67 of those 68 games.

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