Women's lacrosse hosts #6 Stony Brook Tuesday

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's lacrosse team will host the No. 6 team in the country in Stony Brook this Tuesday, March 22 at 5 p.m. at Stevenson-Pincince Field.

The matchup will feature a pair of hot teams as the Bears have won three straight, while the Seawolves are winners of four of their last five, with two of those victories coming against ranked competition.

The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and NESN. Fans are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets online at BrownBears.com/tickets prior to their arrival at Stevenson-Pincince field. Brown Athletics has moved to completely contactless ticketing, so fans should either download their digital tickets to display on a mobile device or print them at home prior to arrival.

The game will also serve as Brown's participation in the HEADstrong Foundation's Game Hair Havoc campaign. More information on the campaign as well as how to donate can be found here.

The first 250 fans at Tuesday's game will receive a Brown Athletics rally towel.

Scouting the Bears (4-2, 1-0 Ivy)

Winners of three straight, the Bears' most recent victory came last Thursday in a 22-2 showing against Central Connecticut. A season-high 12 different players scored for the Bears as Claire Jeschke led the way with a career performance, netting six goals and adding three assists as well. Maggie Fowler, Mia Mascone, and Gabby Sartori all also scored multiple times for the Bears.
Jeschke now leads the team on the season in both assists (11) and points (22). The 11 assists are already a career-high, while her 22 points are just two away from tying her career-best mark of 24 that she set as a freshman.
Six games into the season, the Bears appear in the top 26 in the country across multiple stat categories. They are 18^th in draw control percentage at .564, 25^th in draw controls per game at 15.33, and 26^th in clear percentage at .899.

Scouting the Seawolves (4-2, 0-0 AE)

Four of Stony Brook's six games so far this season have been against ranked opposition, with the Seawolves going 2-2 in such contests. To open the seaon, they fell to No. 3 Syracuse by one goal, before bouncing back to defeat No. 11 Florida and No. 16 John Hopkins with a loss to #5 Nonwestern in between.
Their last game was a 12-6 victory over a good Hofstra team. Tied at two late in the first, Stony Brook went on to score 10 of the next 14 to claim the 12-6 victory.
Ellie Masera leads the Seawolves in most offensive categories including goals (23), points (29), shots on goal (32) and free position goals (6).
One of the few knocks on Stony Brook is that they have allowed their opponents to clear at a .953 success rate. If their opponents counted as one singular team, .953 would be the second-best mark in the nation.

Series History

The Bears and Seawolves have met twice in program history, splitting the meetings at one game apiece.
Stony Brook won the first-ever matchup 10-9 back in 2007, before Brown responded in 2008 with a 15-8 victory.