Women’s Lacrosse Hosts Carthage for CCIW Contest

Action set to begin at 6 p.m. inside Tucci Stadium

4/9/2024 1:30:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - After three straight games on the road, the Illinois Wesleyan University women's lacrosse team returns home to host Carthage College for a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin contest Wednesday, April 10. Action is set to begin at 6 p.m. inside Tucci Stadium.

Illinois Wesleyan (5-6, 0-1 CCIW) enters the game off a loss to University of Chicago Saturday, April 6. Sophomore Carleigh Fountain (Orland Park, Ill.-Carl Sandburg) scored the Titans' two goals in the game, and junior Bri Kiser (Crown Point, Ind.-Crown Point) made nine saves in goal.

Leading the Titan offense, senior Britney Maldonado (Hoffman Estates, Ill.-James B. Conant) is in the midst of a sensational senior campaign. Her 47 assists are third-most in Division III, while she ranks second in assists per game (4.27), and seventh in points (79) and points per game (7.18). Entering Wednesday, Maldonado is just three assists shy of breaking the program's single-season assists record, set by Sam Bidlack in 2019.

Junior Mia Fiandaca (St. Charles, Ill.-St. Charles North) is second on the team in goals and points, with 31 and 34, respectively. Fountain sits third in both categories with 25 goals and 28 points.

At the draw, sophomore Devon Hanson (Waukesha, Wis.-Waukesha West) leads the Green and White with 54 draw controls. Second on the Titans is Fiandaca with 33, and sophomore Sadie Newton (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) closely follows with 32. Hanson also leads Illinois Wesleyan with 33 ground balls, followed by Kiser and junior Avery Setzler (Bloomington, Ill.-Bloomington) with 31 and 23, respectively.

As a team, IWU ranks fifth nationally in caused turnovers per game, averaging 15.91 per contest. Leading the defense, Fiandaca and Hanson each have 29 caused turnovers, and Newton is third with 18.

In goal for the Green and White, Kiser has logged all 660 minutes between the iron this season. In that time, the junior has recorded 103 saves on a .369 save percentage.

IWU and Carthage will face off for the 10th time, with the Titans holding a slim, 5-4, advantage in the series. The Firebirds had the upperhand in the most recent meeting, winning 23-9 April 29, 2023. Maldonado posted five points on two goals and three assists, while Fiandaca recorded a hat trick along with a team-high six draw controls. Then-sophomore Lizzie Rymarcsuk (Lake Zurich, Ill.-Saint Viator) recorded seven saves in 30 minutes of action between the posts. Carthage comes into the contest off a 20-1 win over Elmhurst University Saturday, April 6, to improve to 7-4 overall, and 1-0 in CCIW play.

The game will be live streamed, which can be found here, while live stats can be tracked by clicking here.

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