Women's Lacrosse Welcomes Manhattan on Saturday Morning

UMBC (4-3, 0-0 America East) vs. Manhattan (3-2, 0-0 MAAC) | Saturday, March 9, 11:00 a.m. | Watch | Live Stats

MIA FONTANA FOUNDATION
UMBC has invited the Mia Fontana Foundation to spend a long weekend on campus to reach out to its athletes and headline its Mental Health for Children Day game against visiting Manhattan College on Saturday at 11 a.m. "Everyone has these Morgan's Message games, and while that is very close to lacrosse, we also have a foundation that is dedicated to mental health that is very close to our team," coach Amy Slade said. "So, I thought if it was OK with the family and it was OK with Isabella, I thought it would be great. They have an amazing foundation that does great things for kids 10 to 24 years old."

ABOUT THE RETRIEVERS

Kolby Weedon is fifth in the America East Conference with 3.57 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 2.14 goals per game and needs 13 more to reach 100.
Junior attacker Grace Bruce leads the Dawgs with 23 goals and ranks fourth in the league with 3.29 per game. Bruce is also ninth in points per game (3.43). She ranks among the top-25 in the country in goals.
Junior Katana Nelson is ninth in the conference with 2.67 goals per game.
Mary Ellis is fourth on the circuit with 1.71 assists per game.
Lauryn Warfield is leading the America East with 7.43 draw controls per game and is 12^th in the NCAA.
Goalie Isabella Fontana is second in the league in goals against average (9.12) and is third in saves percentage (.412).

LAST TIME OUT

Grace Bruce and Katana Nelson scored a pair of goals each, however, the host UMBC women's lacrosse team dropped a 17-6 decision against the Towson Tigers on Wednesday afternoon at UMBC Stadium. Junior midfielder Ria Lagdameo and junior attacker Alexis Abe both added a tally.
Nelson trimmed the deficit to 4-3 with 8:38 left in the half as she scored an unassisted goal, but the visitors reeled off four consecutive unassisted goals to grab an 8-3 advantage at the break.
Towson put the game out of reach in the third quarter as they scored the first five goals to extend their lead to 13-3 with nine minutes left. Marshall scored two more goals during the burst.

ABOUT THE JASPERS

Manhattan has won three straight contests, including a 17-6 triumph over FDU last Saturday.
Olivia Cruthers scored five goals and Ashley Bonitch and Julianna Lovine each added four markers.
Bonitch and Reagan Mullins lead the squad with eight goals apiece. Lovine has contributed seven tallies.
Cruthers leads the team in scoring (6 goals, 7 assists).
Colleen Rattigan has come up with a team-best 18 draw controls.
The Jaspers are fourth in the country with 23.20 ground balls per game.

SERIES HISTORY

UMBC is 4-0 all-time against the Jaspers.
Three of the four contests have been contested in Baltimore.
In their last meeting, UMBC edged the Jaspers by a score of 12-11 at UMBC Stadium.

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