MANCHESTER, N.H. – The No. 19 Saint Anselm College women's lacrosse team welcomes No. 12 Pace University to the Hilltop for a Northeast-10 Conference battle on Saturday.

No. 19 SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (6-4, 4-3 NE10)
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No. 12 PACE UNIVERSITY SETTERS (8-3, 5-3 NE10)
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The Hawks suffered a 19-6 defeat to No. 10 Le Moyne College on Apr. 13. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 6-4 on the season and 4-3 in conference play. Saint Anselm will be playing its sixth, and fourth consecutive, game against a nationally-ranked opponent on Saturday. After hosting Pace, the Hawks battle Franklin Pierce University on Wednesday, Apr. 20 from Graponne Stadium.

The Setters fell to No. 15 Stonehill College by a 15-13 score on Apr. 13, dropping them to 8-3 on the season and 5-3 in conference play. Pace is scheduled for three consecutive home games after making the trip to the Queen City before wrapping up the regular season at Saint Michael's College on Apr. 30.

Fans are reminded that Grappone Stadium is a pet-free facility and that all non-service animals will be asked to leave the venue upon arrival.

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM

• Senior Jenna Balboni (Billerica, Mass.) led the Hawks offense with three goals, bringing her career total to 100. Balboni is just the 10th Saint Anselm women's lacrosse student-athlete to reach the milestone.
• Balboni currently leads the Hawks with 37 points on 26 goals and 11 assists. The senior needs just three goals to tie a single season career-high. Balboni has scored multiple goals in all but two games this season.
• Senior Annie Richards (Reading, Mass.) registered four points on four assists for the Hawks. Richards, who is the women's lacrosse program leader in assists, needs five helpers to reach 100 for her career. In doing so, Richards would be the first women's lacrosse student-athlete to reach that mark.
• For the season, Richards leads Saint Anselm and ranks third in the NE10 with 28 assists. She has scored one goal, bringing her season points total to 29 which is fourth most on the team.
• Junior Lexi Palmisano (Woburn, Mass.) leads the offense with 34 goals and ranks fourth on the team with 34 points. Palmisano's goal total is tied for fourth in the NE10.
• Sophomore Jess Sullivan (Wrentham, Mass.) is second on the Hawks in points (36) and in assists (15) while ranking third in goals (21).
• Senior Grace Young (Merrimack, N.H.) is 6-4 on the season with an 11.18 goals-against average and a .464 save percentage. Young has stopped 91 shots on target this season which is fourth-most in the conference. Young also owns the fourth-best save percentage in the NE10.
• Young leads the Hawks with 37 ground balls this season while Palmisano has collected 43 draw controls. Palmisano and sophomore Erin Doyle (Weymouth, Mass.) are tied for the team-lead with nine caused turnovers each.

SCOUTING PACE

• After winning three consecutive contests over Southern New Hampshire, New Haven, and Bentley, the Setters fell to No. 15 Stonehill by a 15-13 score in their last matchup.
• Kayla Conway, Angelina Porcello, and Sydney Juvelier have all scored over 30 goals for the Setters this season. Conway is tied for fourth in the conference and is the team leader with 34 markers this season. Conway also leads the team with 47 points, adding 13 assists to her goal total.
• Porcello and Juvelier are tied for second with 32 goals. The pairing ranks second and third on the team in points with 36 and 35 each respectively.
• Aleya Corretjer ranks second on Pace with 43 points. She has scored 24 goals and assisted on a team-high 19 others.
• Kate Laico has started seven games this season in the cage for the Setters. She is 5-3 with a .420 save percentage and an 8.64 goals-against average. Laico ranks second in the NE10 in goals-against average. Ashley Belfiore has drawn four starts and has an 8.80 goals-against average, which ranks third in the NE10, and has a team-high .438 save percentage.
• Conway and Porcello rank second and third in the conference with 72 and 71 draw controls. Allison Brady has a team-high 26 ground balls while Taylor Rossi has caused a team-high 17 turnovers.

ALL-TIME vs. PACE

• This will be the sixth meeting all-time between the Hawks and Setters. Pace is 4-1 against the Hawks in the series.
• The programs have not met since Apr. 24, 2019. In that contest, Pace captured a 15-9 win from Pleasantville, N.Y.
• The Hawks won the first meeting in the series on Mar. 28, 2015, grabbing a 20-13 win. The Setters have won the last four meetings since.