WILKES-BARRE, PA (April 9, 2019) – The King's College women's lacrosse team will look to replicate its best half of lacrosse this season on Wednesday afternoon, traveling to Doylestown, PA to take on Delaware Valley University in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC Freedom) action. The Monarchs are coming off a loss to reigning MAC Freedom champs FDU-Florham Saturday, but King's was down just 8-7 at the half to the Devils.

Event Details
Opponent: at Delaware Valley University (3-5, 0-2 MAC Freedom)
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Doylestown, PA – Robert Lipinski Field at James Work Stadium (Directions)
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Last Time Out: Visiting FDU-Florham outscored the King's College women's lacrosse team 11-0 in the second half, extending an 8-7 first-half lead as the Devils earned a 19-7 Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) win over the Monarchs in play from McCarthy Stadium Saturday.

Things started out great for the Monarchs (4-9, 1-1 MAC Freedom), as sophomore Mary Kate Klodarska set up freshman Jen O'Connor 35 seconds into the game for the contest's first tally. Klodarska would tally 31 seconds after that, with help from freshman Bailey Jordan, to make the score 2-0 in favor of the hosts.

FDU-Florham battled back with three goals, but the Monarchs stopped the run with 18:36 to go in the first half on a nice goal from Emma Lehman, her 21st of the season at that point. The Devils notched back-to-back goals from Kathleen Petrucelli and Hannah Bhend to make it 5-3 with 12:25 left in the first. On the fifth goal, Caroline Pape tallied her 100th point at FDU-Florham, setting up Bhend for the score.

The run would continue as Pape tallied on a free position goal with 11:56 to go to take the game's largest lead up until that point at 6-3. The host Monarchs wouldn't go away though, as senior Katy Higinbothom scored her first goal of the season unassisted, followed by another Lehman goal to make it 6-5.

With 4:31 remaining in the first half, Klodarska was set up by O'Connor for her 18th of the year, and O'Connor followed with a goal with 53 seconds to go in the half to tie the game at seven. The O'Connor goal came following a nice save from Orla Cottell on a free position shot. FDU won the ensuing draw control, and netted a tally just before the half to make it 8-7 going into the break.

After halftime, the Devils would turn up the intensity on both ends of the field, scoring 11 unanswered tallies to pull away for the win. Cottell finished with 11 saves in the loss, the sixth time this season that the Monarch netminder has stopped 10 or more shots in cage.

O'Connor and Klodarska each paced King's with three points apiece on a pair of goals and an assist, while O'Connor tallied two ground balls, three caused turnovers and five draw controls as well. Lehman had four shots on cage in addition to her two goals, and Emily Sims added two assists, seven draw controls and three ground balls.

Defender Kelly Pierce finished with four caused turnovers, three draw controls and three ground balls, as the junior captain has posted three or more caused turnovers in four straight games. Pierce also has 10 ground balls in the last two games combined. Kylie McCarthy added three caused turnovers, and Higinbotham also tallied two caused turnovers and a ground ball.

A Look At The Monarchs (4-9, 1-1 MAC Freedom):

• King's College comes into the week third in goals with 127, but are seventh in the conference in goals per game with 9.77.
• The Monarchs leads the MAC Freedom in draw controls with 171, while freshman Jen O'Connor is third in the conference in draw controls a game with 6.85 per contest.
• O'Connor leads the squad with 31 goals and 22 assists this season, posting team-highs in shots with 70 and 38 ground balls.
• Sophomore Mary Kate Klodarska is second on the team in points with 31, scoring 18 goals while ranking second on the squad with 13 helpers.
• Fellow sophomore Emma Lehman has been stellar of late, averaging nearly three goals per game over her last four games while ranking second on the team with 22 tallies. She has already passed her 2018 total by four goals.
• Kylie McCarthy is one of just two players on the squad with double digit goals, assists, ground ball and draw controls this season. McCarthy is fifth on the team with 23 points.
• Junior captain Kelly Pierce is having a strong season, ranking second on the team in caused turnovers with 25. Pierce is also sixth in the league in ground balls with 33.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Orla Cottell is sixth in the conference in saves per game with 9.00, coming into the game Wednesday with a 38.9 save percentage.

A Look At The Aggies (3-5, 0-2 MAC Freedom):

• Delaware Valley comes into Wednesday's game off an 18-12 loss to DeSales University, having fallen to FDU-Florham last week 19-6.
• DelVal is second in the conference in shots per game, taking 31 a game, while ranking third in shots on goal with 23.75.
• The Aggies have only played eight games this season, which is five fewer than the Monarchs.
• Claire Gamache leads the team in goals with 34, while ranking second in the conference in goals per game with 4.25.
• Gamache also paces the team with assists with 11, while ranking first on the squad with 39 ground balls, 26 caused turnovers and 46 draw controls.
• Amanda McKeegan is second on the team with 24 goals, while also picking up 11 caused turnovers and 22 draw controls.
• Sabrina Butler and Samantha Collyer each have posted eight goals this year, while Jaden Keefer has tallied seven goal.
• Courtney Knight has 10 caused turnovers and 21 ground balls for DelVal, and Amanda Dietrich is posting a 44.9 save percentage in net. Dietrich is fourth in the league in save percentage, and fifth in goals against average.

Against DelVal All-Time: King's has gone 4-0 against Delaware Valley all-time, but last year's game was a thriller as King's won 7-6 in Wilkes-Barre.

Up Next: King's will host Eastern University Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. in McCarthy Stadium in more MAC Freedom action.