The Keystone College women's lacrosse team faces its biggest challenge of the season when it takes on six-time defending Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) champion Cabrini University in Radnor, Pennsylvania, this afternoon at 4:00 p.m.
 
In addition to winning the last six CSAC titles, the Cavaliers own 16 overall titles dating back to 1993 when the league was previously known as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference.  The Cavaliers come into Edith Robb Dixon Field today with a 2-4 overall record, but they are once again tied for the top spot in the CSAC, having defeated Centenary University, 17-2, in the conference opener last Friday.
 
Keystone will look to rebound from a 20-7 loss at Immaculata in its conference opener last Saturday.  Overall, the Giants are 1-2 on the season, with its only other loss a nail-biting 16-15 loss in overtime at Delaware Valley on February 24.
 
Following today's game, Keystone will host Neumann University in its home opener on Wednesday, March 28, in CSAC action beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Giants' Turf Field complex.
 
Cabrini news & notes

• In six games, junior Avery Murphy has already scored 27 goals and assisted on five others for a team-leading 32 points; She scored eight goals and had three assists in a 19-16 loss to Haverford College at home on March 10.
• Three of Cabrini's four losses are by three or fewer goals
• Junior Devon Scharf has started all six games in goal and has 13.88 goals against average
• Cavaliers are 3-0 in the all-time series with Keystone
• Cabrini has scored at least 10 goals in five of its six games; the Cavaliers were held to just one goal in a 19-1 loss to second-ranked The College of New Jersey on the road March 6

Keystone news & notes

• Today's game is the fourth straight road game for the Giants
• Senior Emily Hawkins (Glenside, Pa./Cheltenham), sophomore Savanna Robinson (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin), and junior Alex Smith (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin) have combined to score 21 of Keystone's 31 goals
• Nineteen of Keystone's 31 goals have been scored in the second half
• Keystone is 8-for-18 (.444) in free-position shots while its opponents are 7-for-19 (.368)
• Sophomore Daphne Leenas (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) has made 42 saves in three games while her opponent goalkeepers have made 27
• Senior Nina Hodanich (Scranton, Pa./West Scranton) is 12 points away from joining Hawkins in reaching the 100-point plateau.  Hodanich has 88 points on 68 goals and 20 assists.