INDIANA, Pa. - The IUP women's lacrosse team (8-3, 5-1 PSAC) is looking to bounce back this Sunday after their comeback fell short against Sllippery Rock earlier this week. They take on 22nd-ranked Seton Hill (8-3, 4-2 PSAC) at Miller Stadium at 12 p.m.
The Crimson Hawks were down 10-0 midway through the 2nd quarter against Slippery Rock and battled back to make the score 11-7 in the 3rd quarter. IUP fell short with a final of 14-9.
LAST TIME
>> Last game against the then-13th-ranked Griffins on March 17, IUP won 15-14 in overtime.
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Katie Hibinger scored the winner with 1:56 left in the overtime period. It was her third goal of the game.
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Emme Mass and
Jordan Kulp also had 3 goals in the game.
Chloe Borland had 2 goals and 3 assists.
ON A ROLL
>> The Hawks entered the week on a 6-game win streak before their loss to Slippery Rock.
>> The six straight wins were the second longest win streak under head coach
Brenna Gallagher Roan.
>> It was IUP's ninth streak of 5+ wins in a row since the 2011 season.
>> The program record for consecutive victories was 11 to start the 2013 season.
WINNING THE DRAW
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Chantal Jimenez is one of the PSAC leaders with 7.45 draw controls per game.
>> She's had three games of 10 draws and seven games of 7.
>> At her current pace, she'll threaten Katie Martyn's single season program record of 129 (2019).
DEFENSIVE STOPPERS
>> Five Hawks have double-figure caused turnovers this year, including
Sarah Reustle and
Hannah Sharkey who are tied for the team-best of 20.
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Maggie Marsteller also has 16.
>> The Hawks average 11.91 caused turnovers per game, third in the PSAC.
>> IUP forced a season-best 18 turnovers in the season-opening win over Ashland.
DISHING IT OUT
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Jordan Kulp is third in the PSAC with 33 assists and third with 3.0 assists per game. She is ranked sixth nation-wide.
>> She's on pace for 50+ assists and would be the only other player in IUP history besides Amy Weinberg to have as many in a single season.
>> Kulp has seven games of 3+ assists, including a season-high 6 against Shippensburg.
