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PHILADELPHIA – After returning to the Atlantic 10 Championship game last season for the first time in 12 years, Saint Joseph's women's lacrosse opens the 2022 season with No. 6 Maryland on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The game will stream nationally on ESPN+ and internationally through the Atlantic 10.
 
ABOUT SAINT JOSEPH'S:

• Lauren Figura is SJU's leading returning scorer, having led the squad and finishing third in the Atlantic 10 with 46 goals a season ago and finishing second with 54 points. Her efforts last season led her to Second Team All-Conference honors in 2021 after earning All-Rookie accolades as a freshman. She was also tabbed Preseason All-Conference this year.
• Riley Evans, Emma O'Neill, and Sophia Kolkka tallied 15 goals apiece in 2021 and return to the lineup this season as well.
• On the defensive end, Taylor Newman-Farr returns after ranking second on the team in caused turnovers and fifth in ground balls.
• Saint Joseph's welcomed six transfer student-athletes for the 2022 season: Kate Antonelli (George Mason), Jorden Concordia (Syracuse), Sydney Foster (Loyola), Rilea Fusco (Syracuse), Lauren Gray (Syracuse), and Maddi Ota (Colorado), on top of 10 freshmen for a total of 16 newcomers.
• Head coach Alex Kahoe, and assistant coaches Julia Braig, and Caroline Steele are all Maryland grads.

ABOUT MARYLAND:

• Maryland is ranked sixth nationally in the preseason poll after a 10-7 season last year. The Terrapins lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to No. 7 Duke, 13-12.
• This year's team is headlined by returning IWLCA All-Americans Grace Griffin and Hannah Leubecker, both earning third-team honors in 2021. Griffin was second on the team with 48 points, scoring 29 goals and recording 19 assists, second with 19 caused turnovers and third with 30 groundballs. Leubecker led the Maryland offense last season, scoring 58 goals, 23 more than anyone else on the team, the third-most in the Big Ten and the 16th most in the country.
• UMD added five transfers, highlighted by All-Americans Abby Bosco (Penn) and Aurora Cordingley (Johns Hopkins).