Saturday, March 3 at Colgate (2 p.m.)
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LOWELL, Mass. -- The UMass Lowell women's lacrosse team (0-2) travels to face Colgate (2-1) for a matinee showdown on Saturday, March 3.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The River Hawks went 0-2 in their opening week matchups against Boston University and California.
 
The Mill City squad opened up with Boston University (2.21), falling 14-10. Junior Kendyl Finelli (Southborough, Mass.) led the way offensively with four points from two goals and two assists. Senior Taylor Sokol (Hopkinton, Mass.) added a hat trick, while three others tallied at least one goal. Junior keeper Renee Gonzalez (Long Valley, N.J.) made her first career start in net, stopping a career-high 14 shots.
 
California (2.25) came out victorious, 9-5, on what proved to be a wet and cold contest at Wicked Blue Field. Finelli against led the team with four points from three assists and a goal. Sokol added two goals to the cause, while junior Rebecca Idson (East Atlantic Beach, N.Y.) tallied her first goal of the season. Gonzalez and senior keeper Courtney Barrett (South Burlington, Vt.), seeing her first action of the season, teamed up to stop nine shots against the Golden Bears.
 
SCOUTING COLGATE
The Raiders enter Saturday's matchup with a 2-1 record after falling to Binghamton, 13-9, earlier this week. Haley O'Hanlon leads the way offensively for the Raiders with 11 points from nine goals and a pair of assists. Nine different Raiders have tallied a point so far this season. Between the posts, Samantha Croston has played every minute of Colgate's contests, picking up 30 saves for a .517 save percentage and carries a 9.33 goals-against average.
 
SERIES HISTORY
This will be the first meeting between the two schools. UMass Lowell is 1-3 against members of the Patriot League with it's one win coming last season at Army West Point. The River Hawks fell to Boston University of the Patriot League in the season opener.
 
FINELLI FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
Kendyl Finelli has set a program high for the most points through the first two games of the season with eight thanks to two separate four-point performances. The previous high was held by teammate Jane Dudley (Duxbury, Mass.) who amassed six points in the first two games last season.
 
BARRETT RETURNS, INCHES TOWARDS MILESTONE
The four-year captain between the posts returned to action against California (2.25), stopping five shots in the final 30 minutes of play. The five saves moved her career total to 484, just 16 away from becoming the first goalkeeper to accumulate 500 saves in a career in the program's young history.
 
SCORING DEPTH
Five different players got in on the scoring action in the season opener: Finelli led the way with four points from two goals and two assists, followed by Sokol (3g), Austin Trasatti (2g, 1a), Hana Caster (2g, 1a), and Dudley (1g, 1a). Idson added to the list of scoring players so far this season after tallying the opening goal against California.