March 23, 2015
| #15 PENN STATE vs. #9 STANFORD | |
| 6-3 (0-0 B1G) | 4-0 (1-0 MPSF) |
| Tuesday, March 24 at 4 p.m. | |
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| INSIDE THE NUMBERS | ||
| PSU | 2015 Stats | DU |
| 6-3 | Overall Record | 4-0 |
| 0-0 | Conference Record | 0-0 |
| 125 | Goals Scored | 68 |
| 71 | Goals Allowed | 38 |
| 13.89 | Goals Scored/gm. | 17.00 |
| 7.89 | Goals Allowed/gm. | 9.50 |
| 281 | Shots | 119 |
| 31.2 | Shots/gm. | 29.8 |
| 47 | Assists | 29 |
| 20-48 | Free-Position Shots | 14-22 |
| 125 | Ground Balls | 60 |
| 111 | Draw Controls | 62 |
| 94 | Turnovers | 47 |
| 82 | Caused Turnovers | 33 |
| 64 | Saves | 22 |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The No. 15 Nittany Lion women's lacrosse team will face first-time foe No. 9 Stanford on Tuesday at Penn State Lacrosse Field. Opening draw is slated for 4 p.m. in Happy Valley.
ADMISSION & PARKING
All regular-season Penn State lacrosse games are free to attend. Parking is available in Lot 44 next to the Penn State Multi-Sport Complex.
LAST TIME OUT: No. 11 Penn State 10, Drexel 3 (March 22)
TNo. 11 Penn State never trailed in a 10-3 victory at Drexel on Sunday afternoon. Junior midfielder Madison Cyr (Westminster, Md.) tallied a game-high three goals as Penn State out-shot Drexel, 34-13.
The Nittany Lions dominated play with a wide margin in the shot column, but were frustrated by Drexel goalkeeper Teresha Bradley who made 14 saves to keep the Dragons in contention. Penn State (6-3) opened a 3-0 lead early in the opening eight minutes before Drexel (2-7) got on the board.
Jess Loizeaux (Mullica Hills, N.J.), Kelly Lechner (Silver Spring, Md.) and Katie O'Donnell (West Chester, Pa.) registered the first three goals before Drexel's Milan White scored with 20:14 remaining in the first.
Tatum Coffey (Toms River, N.J.) and Cyr tallied back-to-back markers at 14:24 and 11:52, respectively for a 5-1 advantage. Drexel's Lacey Aghazarian answered at 9:38 to make it 5-2 before Cyr scored the final goal of the half for a 6-2 lead. Penn State owned a 19-4 shot advantage in the opening 30 minutes. Coffey finished the day with two goals.
MCCORMICK RISING UP THE CHARTS
Maggie McCormick is on pace to set a Penn State career record for assists, currently holding the second spot with 113 dishes. McCormick is two helpers away from matching Julie Tice (115, 1997-2000).
For her career, McCormick has 227 points split between 114 goals and 113 assists. The 227 points are good for fifth place at Penn State, seventh behind fourth (234, Beth Thompson, 1983-86). McCormick (114 goals) needs six goals to crack the top 15 goals chart.
BALANCED SCORING
The Nittany Lions have received goals from 14 different sources this season with six different double-digit scorers in all. Madison Cyr (17) leads the bunch followed by Steph Lazo (16), Kelly Lechner (14), Maggie McCormick (14), Tatum Coffey (14) and Jenna Mosketti (13).
Three Nittany Lions are on the cusp of 10 goals: Jess Loizeaux (9), Abby Smucker (8) and Katie O'Donnell (7).
CYR COMING ON STRONG
Madison Cyr had a slow start to the 2015 season, but has come on strong tallying eight goals in the past three games. Cyr has a team-high 17 goals with nine of those coming in the first six contests.
LAZO LEADING THE LIONS
Despite missing two games with injury, Penn State sophomore Steph Lazo is among the team's leader in goals with 16.
Lazo had a five-goal game against Lehigh and a hat trick against Bucknell before scoring two vs. Duquesne. She found the back of the net once more against Virginia in February and added another hat trick vs. Loyola on March 7.
In all, Lazo has 18 points on the season, second to Maggie McCormick (33, 14-19). Entering 2015, Lazo had only one goal to her name.
CYR, MCCORMICK NAMED TO TEWAARATON AWARD WATCH LIST
Senior Maggie McCormick (Eldersburg, Md.) and junior Madison Cyr (Westminster, Md.) were named as two of 50 women's lacrosse players to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on Thursday night, Feb. 26. The Tewaaraton Award, presented by Under Armour, honors the best men's and women's collegiate lacrosse player.
This is the fifth straight season the Nittany Lions have had a representative on the preseason watch list. Potential additions to the watch list will be announced March 19 and April 9 before the first cutdown to 25 players on April 23.
ABOUT THE CARDINAL
Stanford (4-0) is will be playing its first game in 16 days when it travels to Happy Valley. Last time out, the Cardinal defeated Vanderbilt, 22-11, on March 8.
Stanford has been adept at scoring, averaging 17 goals per game on an average of 29.8 shots. Conversely, the Cardinal have allowed 9.5 goals per game on 22.25 shots. Stanford connects on 57.1 of its shot attempts, while holding opponents to 42.2 percent shooting. Stanford has scored at least 12 goals in all four games with a pair of 22-goal showings, while allowing at least 10 goals in three of 10 contests.
Stanford's offense runs through Kelsey Murray and Lucy Dikeou. Murray leads the team in goals (15), assists (9) and points (24), while Dikeou is second in goals (13), points (19) and draw controls (14). Kelly Myer has a team-best 16 draw controls along with eight points.
In net, Allie DaCar has started each game with a 9.71 GAA and a .393 save percentage in 210 minutes of play.
THE PENN STATE-STANFORD SERIES
Penn State and Stanford have never met in lacrosse. The Cardinal compete in the Mountain-Pacific Sports Federation with nine other teams scattered through the West Coast and Rocky Mountains.
THIS IS B1G
Penn State is one of six members in the inaugural season for Big Ten women's lacrosse. The Nittany Lions join storied programs such as Maryland and its 12 NCAA titles and Northwestern with its seven championships. When PSU's two NCAA crowns are factored in, the Big Ten is the winningest conference in women's lacrosse.
Joining PSU, Maryland and Northwestern are Ohio State, Rutgers and Michigan in the Big Ten fold. Each team will play the other five members of the conference once. The 2015 Big Ten Tournament is set for April 30-May 3 at Rutgers with all six teams participating.
NEXT TIME OUT
Penn State plays its first Big Ten Conference game on Saturday when it travels to Rutgers at 1 p.m. The game will be nationally televised live on Big Ten Network.