NIAGARA UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S LACROSSE
GAME 3	Merrimack Warriors (1-2, 0-0 NEC) at Niagara Purple Eagles (0-2, 0-0 MAAC)
DATE | TIME	Friday, Feb. 21 | 12 PM
LOCATION	Niagara Field – Niagara Univ., NY
LIVE VIDEO	PurpleEagles.com
LIVE STATS	Sidearm Stats

The Niagara women's lacrosse team will play its first home game of 2020 tomorrow afternoon when Merrimack pays a visit to Monteagle Ridge for a 12 p.m. opening draw. The game was originally slated to be played today, February 20, but due to cold temperatures, the game was postponed for player safety.
 
Matchup Preview

• This marks the first-ever meeting between these two schools. Merrimack College made the jump to Division I from Division II during the offseason, and is now a member of the Northeast Conference.
• Under head coach Wendy Stone, the Purple Eagles have a 6-5 record against current NEC schools.
• Against current NEC schools, Niagara is 18-21 all-time. Niagara was 1-1 against schools from the NEC last season, taking down Central Connecticut State, 16-6, and falling at Bryant.

 
Niagara Notes

• The Purple Eagles opened their season in Boston this past weekend. They narrowly dropped their opener, 17-12, on February 14. At Harvard two days later, the Crimson came out on top, 15-3.
• Midfielder Jenna Brill exploded for six points (5 G, 1 A) in the first weekend of play. Brill accounted for five points (4 G, 1 A) against the Terriers before adding another late goal against Harvard. The four goals and five points in the game at BU set new personal bests for the sophomore.
• Aubrey DeVeau started both games in net for Niagara over the weekend, playing a total of 97:38. At BU, the senior stopped 13 shots. She added eight more saves in just under 40 minutes of work at Harvard to give her 21 on the weekend.
• Entering this season, Alina Del Toro had one career goal. She tripled that output by registering her first career hat trick at BU on Friday.

 
Milestone Watch

• Paul enters Thursday's game with 71 career caused turnovers, second-most in program history. She is currently 18 back of Alexandra Higgins ('18) for the most all-time (89).
• Paul also has 106 career ground balls, tied for seventh-most of any Niagara player.
• With 21 saves this past weekend, DeVeau entered the Niagara record books by cracking the program top-10 in that category. She now ranks ninth with 117, 52 back of Tammy Araynosi ('97) for eighth place (169).
• Maren Geiger (4) and DeVeau (2) both have excellent chances to move up the all-time wins list. Both already rank in the top-10 for the category, and would enter the top-5 by notching their seventh career victories.

 
Scouting the Warriors

• In their first season of DI play, the Warriors are 1-2 in their first three contests.
• Merrimack got its first win at the DI level on February 16 at Canisius, 10-9. The Warriors fought off a late comeback by the Golden Griffins to score the game-winner with 19 seconds left in regulation.
• Senior attack Ally DaCosta leads the squad with 10 points (3 G, 7 A) in three games played this season.
• Tammy Nguyen has played all 180 minutes in net for the Warriors this season, compiling a .411 save percentage and a 14.33 goals-against average in the team's first three games.

 
 
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