Women's Lacrosse Set to Open America East Slate at Bryant on Saturday

UMBC (5-3, 0-0 America East) at Bryant (5-3, 0-0 MAAC) | Saturday, March 16, 11:00 a.m. | Smithfield, RI | Watch | Live Stats

ABOUT THE RETRIEVERS

Junior attacker Grace Bruce leads the Dawgs with 27 goals and ranks third in the league with 3.38 per game. Bruce is also fifth in points per game (3.63). She ranks 15^th in the country in goals.
Kolby Weedon is seventh in the America East Conference with 3.50 points per game. The junior went over the 100-point mark for her career in the victory at Mount St. Mary's. She also ranks 14th on the circuit with 2.13 goals per game and needs 11 more to reach 100 for her career.
Junior Katana Nelson is sixth in the conference with 2.71 goals per game.
Mary Ellis is second on the circuit with 2.13 assists per game and ranks 17^th in the NCAA.
Lauryn Warfield is leading the America East with 7.25 draw controls per game and is 14^th in the NCAA.
Goalie Isabella Fontana is second in the league in goals against average (8.59).
UMBC is second in the NCAA in draw control percentage (.667). The Dawgs are also 16^th in the country in scoring defense (8.75 goals per game) and turnovers (12.38 per game).

LAST TIME OUT

UMBC dominated from the opening whistle and cruised past Manhattan, 17-6, in damp, chilly conditions at UMBC Stadium last Saturday.
Junior attacker Grace Bruce led all goal scorers with four and added an assist.
Senior linemate Mary Ellis dished out a career high five assists.
Sophomore midfielder Lauryn Warfield dominated the draw control, as UMBC won 19 of 24. She earned six DC's and added two goals.
Red-shirt junior attacker Kolby Weedon amassed eight draw controls, two goals and one assist
Sophomore defender Ella Killian recorded five draw controls and a team-best three ground balls.

ABOUT THE BULLDOGS

Bryant is coming off a 10-4 victory at Quinnipiac.
Kenna Kaut leads the America East with 3.88 goals per game and is fourth with 4.13 points per game.
Emily DeGeorge is 11^th in the league with 2.38 goals per game and is eighth with 3.25 points per game.
Peyton Woodward is third on the circuit with 2.00 assists per game.
Kaelynn O'Brien is second in the league in caused turnovers per game (1.63) and ranks third in the league with 2.25 ground balls per game.

SERIES HISTORY

UMBC is 0-1 all-time against Bryant.
Last season, the Bulldogs edged the Retrievers by a 13-12 count in Baltimore. Kaut scored eight goals for the visitors and Weedon had three to pace UMBC.

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