The seventh-ranked William Smith lacrosse team will begin its eighth consecutive Liberty League title on Tuesday, April 30, when it welcomes St. Lawrence to Boswell Field to begin the Liberty League tournament. The first round game is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
 
The Herons, who held at No. 7 in the IL Women/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Poll and No. 4 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll, concluded their regular season with a 15-2 overall record and a 9-1 mark in conference play. William Smith earned the conference's No. 2 seed.
 
The Herons are coming off a 24-3 victory over Vassar on Saturday. Senior Allie McGinty led the way with a career-high nine points on three goals and six assists. She was named to the Liberty League Weekly honor roll for her efforts. Fellow senior Emily Griffin logged a career-high seven points on three goals and four assists.
 
The Saints concluded their season with a 5-11 overall record and a 4-6 mark in conference play. St. Lawrence earned the seventh seed after defeating Clarkson 15-14 and RIT 14-7 last week.
 
Ithaca won the conference's regular season finale and earned the seven-team tournament's lone first round bye. In other first round action, third-seeded Union will host sixth-seeded Rochester at 7 p.m., and fourth-seeded Skidmore will host fifth-seeded Rensselaer at 4:30 p.m.
 
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ABOUT THE HERONS

• Senior Maddie Montgomery leads the team with 59 goals, 72 points and 25 caused turnovers
• McGinty has a team-high 43 assists.
• Sophomore Natalie Daniels is second on the team with 52 goals and has a team-high 68 draw controls.
• First-year Janey Sypeck leads the defense with 20 caused turnovers and senior Kate Risley has 26 ground balls.
• Junior Maura Smeader is 15-2 in goal with a 72.7 GAA and an .502 save percentage. She is seventh in the nation in GAA and 14th in save percentage.

ABOUT THE SAINTS

• Liz Evans leads the team with 33 goals and is tied for the team lead with Morgan Arakelian with 38 points
• Arakelian has a team-high 25 assists.
• Haley Sundstrom leads St. Lawrence's draw control unit with 29 and has a team-high 36 ground balls and 35 caused turnovers.
• Courtney Lynn has played every minute in goal. She has a 12.25 GAA and a .364 save percentage.

 
 
SERIES HISTORY

• Tomorrow's game will be the 53rd meeting between William Smith and St. Lawrence.
• The Herons lead the all-time series 37-15, including a 20-7 edge in Geneva.
• William Smith won the regular season meeting 12-8 in Canton earlier this season. Smeader made 10 saves and while Daniels and Montgomery had hat tricks in the win.