POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Marist women's lacrosse travels to Northern New York to take on Niagara in the Red Foxes' second-to-last MAAC game on Wednesday, April 16 .
Marist is looking to snap a three-game losing streak and move into a playoff position with two games to go.
The Red Foxes sit in a tie for eighth place with Canisius, the last playoff spot.
A win over Niagara would put the Red Foxes at 3-4 in conference play with one game remaining.
- Marist fell 14-9 at home to The Mount on the Red Foxes' senior night.
- Alexa Borges had a hat trick, and Chloe Birckhead scored twice
- Four Red Foxes contributed with a single goal.
- Megan Morris made 13 saves in the loss.
- Chloe Birckhead is rounding out her career in style, scoring 33 points in 14 starts as a senior.
- She's scored eight goals in the last four games with four assists.
- Birckhad scored 11 goals in the conference and assisted seven more through six games.
- The Purple Eagles sit a 6-9 on the year and 4-2 in MAAC play.
- They've won two of their last three, beating Rider and The Mount before losing to Quinnipiac.
- Marist leads the all-time series 18-11, although the Purple Eagles won the previous matchup 17-7.
- Niagara is scoring just over 10 goals per game, shooting 23.6 times.
- Maddy Gill has scored 45 times this season, good for 49 points, while starting all 15 contests.
- Michaela Delles has 29 goals and six assists through 15 games.
- Haley Terry has made 15 set starts for the Purple Eagles, giving up 13.84 goals per game and making 143 saves.
- Marist closes out the season at home against Fairfield.
- The game is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday, Apr 19, at Tenney Stadium in Poughkeepsie, NY.
