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#14 IUP Crimson Hawks (0-0, 0-0 PSAC)
at #17 Florida Tech Panthers (5-1, 0-0 SSC)
Saturday, March 11, 2017 | 7 p.m.
Melbourne, Fla. | Florida Tech Panther Stadium
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THE GAME AT A GLANCE
The Crimson Hawks open their 2017 season this week at 17th-ranked Florida Tech in Melbourne, Fla. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Panthers finished last season 10-7.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
*IUP women's lacrosse has been picked to finish third in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The Crimson Hawks picked up one of the 13 first place votes in the voting.
*The Crimson Hawks are coming off a 13-6 (10-2 PSAC) campaign from a season ago as they advanced to the PSAC tournament semifinals.
*Head coach
Mindy Richmond has an 85-54 record heading into her ninth season at the helm. She has guided IUP to the program's sixth straight winning season and fifth consecutive postseason appearance in 2016
*IUP returns 21 players, including seven starters from last year's 13-win team.
*2016 PSAC Freshman of the Year
Ally Burrows (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) is IUP's leading returning scorer with 52 points, including a team-best 49 goals.
*Senior
Kim Hooven (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) also returns after 47 points on 37 goals and 10 assists.
*Two-time All-PSAC goalie
Angela Lontoc (Columbus, Ohio/Dublin Scioto) also returns after giving up 9.02 goals per game a season ago.
