The William Smith lacrosse team, which is ranked in the top 10 in both major lacrosse polls, will be back in action on Wednesday, March 26, when it heads to Pittsford, New York, to take on St. John Fisher at 4 p.m.
 
The Herons are 5-2 overall and ranked eighth in the latest Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Poll and ninth in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll. After dropping a tightly contested 10-8 battle to third-ranked Franklin and Marshall, William Smith opened Liberty League play with a 7-4 win over Union and a 16-9 victory over RPI.
 
The Cardinals, who are 18th in the IWLCA Poll and 14th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll, are 6-0 to begin the season. St. John Fisher is coming off a 15-10 victory over Ithaca on Saturday. Ellie Leisen had four goals to lead the Cardinals.
 
Fans who cannot make the trip to Growney Stadium can follow all the action with Live Stats and Video courtesy of sjfathletics.com.  WHWS-FM (105.7 in Geneva) will broadcast the game.
 
ABOUT THE HERONS

• William Smith is led offensively by senior Katherine Murray's 21 goals, eight assists and 29 points.
• Sophomore Kira Fulton is second on the team with 20 points.
• Junior Natalie Daniels leads the Herons with 39 draw controls. Sophomore Kayla Quirk, who was named to the Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll on Monday, has 16 draw controls and adds seven points on five goals and two assists.
• Senior Nikki Pio, who was also named to the Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll, has a team-high 10 caused turnovers and is second with 11 ground balls.
• Maura Smeader has played every minute in goal. She is 5-2 with a 7.43 GAA and a .527 save percentage.

 
ABOUT THE CARDINALS

• Sydney Carpenter leads St. John Fisher with 34 points on 19 goals and 15 assists. Leisen is right behind her with 25 points on 15 goals and 10 assists.
• Carpenter also leads Fisher with 26 draw controls and 11 caused turnovers.
• Maddie Lowney has 11 caused turnovers and a team-leading 14 ground balls.
• Kaylee Gadol and Maggie Cross have split time in goal. Gadol is 4-0 with a 7.12 GAA and a .520 save percentage. Cross is 2-0 with a 5.95 GAA and a .348 save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY

• This will be the 22nd matchup between William Smith and St. John Fisher.
• The Herons have won four straight games in the series and lead 12-9 all-time, but the matchup is deadlocked 5-5 in Rochester.
• Eight of the last 10 meetings have been decided by one goal.
• In the last meeting, William Smith bucked the one-goal trend, beating the Cardinals 16-5 in Geneva. The Herons scored the game's first six goals and never looked back. Maddie Montgomery '24 had five goals and seven points to lead the Herons past the Cardinals, while Maura Smeader made 10 saves to keep the St. John Fisher offense at bay.