WEST HAVEN, Connecticut The American International College women's lacrosse team fell 17-7 to the No. 15 University of New Haven in the Northeast-10 Conference opener for both teams on Saturday, March 13.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: No. 15 New Haven 17, AIC 7
Records: AIC falls to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the NE10 Southwest Division, while the Chargers rise to 1-0 overall and in the NE10 Southwest.
Location: Zolad Stadium, West Haven, Connecticut

KEY STATS:
AIC:
Krista Iwanicki: Two goals, two ground balls, two draw controls
Liz Day: Two goals, two ground balls, two draw controls
Molly Leavitt: One goal, three caused turnovers
Devin Coulter: One goal, three ground balls, one draw control
Anevay Rice: One goal
Chelsea Davis: Loss (0-1), eight saves; three ground balls, one caused turnover

No. 15 New Haven:
Emily Holland: Six goals
Marina Skelly: Five goals, one assist
Mary Rishmany: One goal, three assists
Julia Astram: Two goals, one assist
Raven Linton: Two assists, 11 draw controls
Gabrielle Buscemi: Win (1-0), nine saves; one ground ball

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• New Haven's Annie Acquavita opened the scoring at 3:49, and Marina Skelly added to the host's lead at 8:33. However, senior Krista Iwanicki broke the shutout at 11:08 with her first of the season.
• Emily Holland put the Chargers back ahead by a pair just past the midpoint of the half, but AIC freshman Anevay Rice answered with her first collegiate goal at 18:16, and senior Devin Coulter tied the game at 21:15. Skelly potted her second of the game at 22:21, but the Yellow Jackets again had a response, as sophomore Liz Day scored to tie the contest 4-4 at 23:40.
• New Haven went on a three-goal run over 1:41 as Holland scored twice, bookending another tally by Skelly, to push the Chargers to a 7-4 lead. Junior Molly Leavitt struck back with just 10 seconds left in the frame, but the Chargers countered in the final moment of the half to get to the break up 8-5.
• The hosts burst out of halftime with four goals in the first seven minutes and never looked back, running the lead to 17-5 with just over five minutes to play. Iwanicki and Day each scored again late in regulation for the 17-7 final.

DAVIS MOVES UP:

• With three ground balls in the game, graduate goalkeeper Chelsea Davis moved into fourth all-time in program history with 131 ground balls, passing Morgan Mastronardi '10. She is four behind Alexis Torosian '17 for third and five behind Stefanie Dufresne '17 for second.
• The program record is held by Gina Gallo '11 with 169.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets open the home slate against The College of Saint Rose on Wednesday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m.
• The game will be streamed live on the NE10 Now Network. Per NE10 regulations, no outside spectators are permitted.