University of Delaware Athletics
Blue Hens Return Home to Host No. 11/13 Princeton Sunday
4/1/2016 3:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
No. --/rv Delaware (8-3, 0-1 CAA) vs. No. 11/13 Princeton (6-2, 2-0 Ivy)
📅 DATE: Sunday, April 3, 2016
🕛 TIME: 1 p.m. Eastern
📍 LOCATION: Delaware Stadium – Newark, Del.
WATCH 🎥
All Blue Hens games this season will be streamed online, for free, via Hens All-Access on www.BlueHens.com. Full rebroadcasts of the game will be available on Delaware's YouTube page within 24 hours of completion of the contest.
LIVE STATS 📊
Live stat links will be available via www.BlueHens.com.
ONLINE 
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UD LAX BATTLES
The Blue Hens are dedicating the 2016 season to our loved ones who are fighting or have fought cancer. This Sunday we will honor senior Erin Wein's mother, Pam Wein, and her victorious battle against the most aggressive and life-threatening skin cancer. Pam's story began in 1992 when she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. She battled through treatment until 2004 and we now celebrate as 11 years later, she remains cancer-free. As our honorary captain, Pam thanks the entire Blue Hens squad and reminds everyone to wear sunscreen.
LAST TIME OUT
The No. rv/rv Blue Hens led, 6-5, with five minutes left in regulation before No. 20/17 Towson responded with two unanswered goals last Saturday afternoon to defeat Delaware, 7-6, in overtime at Johnny Unitas® Stadium in the Colonial Athletic Association lid-lifter. Jamie Schwartz led the Hens (8-3, 0-1 CAA) with three points on two goals and an assist while Megan Santoleri logged the first multi-goal game of her career with two tallies. Devyn Heidelbaugh and Mary Abram each collected two draws for Delaware. Additionally, Erin Wein picked up three groundballs. In the cage, Taylor Carpentier notched eight saves with seven goals allowed.
HEN SCRATCHINGS 🐔
· The Blue Hens are currently receiving votes in the IWLCA Coaches Poll.
· Delaware is 5-0 at home this season.
· UD's lone losses this season have come to ranked opponents (No. 13/14 Penn, No. 10/11 Stony Brook, No. 20/17 Towson).
· The Blue Hens last defeated the nation's 11th-ranked team on March 13, 2013 with a 10-9 win over Loyola (Md.) at Delaware Stadium.
· After opening the year with at least 10 goals in every game, Delaware registered an average of 6.5 goals in the last two losses.
· The Hens are currently sixth nationally with 11.36 turnovers per game and 12th with a 7.45 scoring defense. Additionally, Delaware is 20th with a 4.0 scoring margin, 22nd with 9.82 caused turnovers per and 24th with 5.36 assists per.
· Casey Lyons is nearing the 100-goal club and has registered 96 during her three-year career with the Hens. Lyons is 14th in program history with 157 career points and 10th with 61 assists.
· Lyons is currently sixth across NCAA Division I standings with 4.78 points per game, 23 assists and 2.56 assists per contest.
· Erin Wein ranks seventh nationally with 2.55 caused turnovers per game.
· UD's career record holder, Wein has registered 115 caused turnovers all-time in addition to 111 groundballs.
· Taylor Carpentier is 12th nationally with 7.23 goals allowed per game and 21st with a .487 save percentage.
SERIES INFORMATION
· Princeton leads the all-time series, 18-5, over Delaware since the first matchup in 1985.
· Last season, the Hens snapped a 17-game losing streak to the Tigers as UD defeated No. 11 Princeton, 12-10. Shannon Hawley guided No. rv Delaware with a career-best five goals.
· Previously, Delaware's last win had come with a 9-7 victory over the nation's top-ranked team on April 27, 1989 at Delaware Field.
· A US Lacrosse Hall of Famer, 11-time Ivy League champion and three-time NCAA champion, Chris Sailer is in her 30th season at the helm of the Princeton women's lacrosse program. Sailer is the fifth winningest coach in NCAA history across all divisions with 366 career victories.
ABOUT NO. 11/13 PRINCETON
The Tigers are 6-2 on the year and have won two straight, both of which came by just one goal. Princeton defeated Ivy League rival Harvard last Saturday, 6-5, before posting an 8-7 victory over No. rv/rv Loyola this past Wednesday. Olivia Hompe leads the Tigers with 28 goals and 35 points while Colby Chanenchuk has dished out a team-best 11 assists. Ellie McNulty guides Princeton with 14 draw controls while Ellie DeGarmo, a Tewaaraton Watch List selection, has started all eight games in the cage and has accumulated 78 saves with 18 groundballs and an average of 8.98 goals allowed. DeGarmo is also sixth nationally with a .531 save percentage.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Maggie Hayon | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 920-912-6635
