Game Day Preview: RIT Women's Lacrosse vs. St. Lawrence University Saints

RIT women’s lacrosse prepares to face-off against St. Lawrence University Friday, April 26 in what will be a tough Liberty League match.

RIT’s women’s lacrosse has two games left in their regular season, and both are shaping up to be tough in-conference games. The Tigers will face St. Lawrence University this Friday, April 26th. St. Lawrence is currently second in the Liberty League Standings, with an in-conference record of 5-2. The Tigers are fifth in the standings, with an in-conference record of 4-3. The Liberty League, comprised of ten teams, is very close this year. Both RIT and St. Lawrence have identical overall records of 9-5.

Players to Watch:

St. Lawrence

Senior Captain, Brigid Hurley, has established herself as St. Lawrence’s stand-out player. In their most recent game against Union, Hurley scored six goals. Hurley has 49 goals on the season, but cannot be credited as being much of a playmaker, having only one assist thus far. Her numbers are more than double that of the other point makers on the team.

Senior midfielder, Stephanie O’ Rourke has 17 goals on the season and 8 assists, giving her a tally of 25 points. It’s safe to say that St. Lawrence is not a playmaking team. Their third highest points player, freshmen midfielder, Michaela Maybee, only has one assist with her 20 goals on the season.

RIT:

Senior midfielder, Shelby Vakiener, is a goal-scoring machine for RIT. She broke the RIT record for most goals scored in a recent game, when she tallied nine goals against University of Rochester. So far Vakiener has 58 goals on the seasons, and 23 assists for a total of 81 points on the season.

RIT certainly has a more balanced distribution of goal scorers and playmakers than St. Lawrence. Number two in points for the Tigers, freshmen Sage Sarkis, has 37 goals on the season with ten assists, for a total of 47 points. Sophomore attacker, Marlee Vlassis, has a total of 34 points; having tallied 21 goals and 13 assists this season.

The Tigers will finish regular season play at home with back-to-back games, first facing St. Lawrence, and then playing Clarkson on Saturday April 27.


Author: Kristin Klock