Lacrosse

Aztecs Travel to North Carolina for Two Games

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Aztecs Travel to North Carolina for Two GamesAztecs Travel to North Carolina for Two Games

SAN DIEGO – The Aztec Lacrosse team travels to North Carolina for a weekend of non-conference play. They will face Campbell on Friday, March 1 at 3 p.m. ET/ Noon PT and High Point on Sunday, March 3 at 12 p.m. ET/ 9 a.m. PT. The Campbell game is available on FloSports with purchase and the High Point game is available on ESPN+.
 

Aztec Tidbits

  • The Aztecs last game was a 8-18 loss against No. 10 Denver.
  • Freshman Frankie Garcia (Newport Beach, Calif.) leads the team with 12 points from 10 goals and two assists, and leads in shots with 20 and 15 shots on goal.
  • Goalkeeper Avery Dyer (Elkridge, Md.) made 19 saves in the game against UC Davis, the second most by a DI player so far this season and the second most in SDSU history.
  • Jenna McDermott (Westminster, Md.), in her first year at SDSU after playing at UMBC for four seasons, also has ten goals on the season, leading the team in free-position goals with five.
  • McDermott is fourth in the nation in shot percentage (0.769), 13th in the nation in free position percentage (0.833), and 17th in the nation in free-position goals per game (1.25).
  • The Aztecs have nine assists on 41 goals, with Nikki Seven (Crofton, Md.) leading the charge with three assists.
  • Mia Kohn (San Diego, Calif.) leads the Aztecs with five caused turnovers and 11 draw controls.
  • Dyer leads the Aztecs with eight ground balls, followed by Liv Tramontana (Severna Park, Md.), Tatum Neach (Danville, Calif.), and Caitlin Boughton (South Riding, Va.) with five ground balls each.
  • Boughton leads PAC-12 with a 0.558 save percentage and has 29 saves on the year.
  • After traveling to North Carolina this weekend the Aztecs will play four straight home games including No. 11 Florida and the conference opener against ASU at Snapdragon Stadium.


Opponent Notebook (Campbell)

The Fighting Camels got their first win last weekend as they beat Radford 15-10... In their home opener, they lost to No. 19 Richmond 11-14... Senior Joslin Hanbury leads the team with 12 goals and 19 shots, including seven goals and the game winning goal against Radford... Fifth Year Rebekah Taylor leads the Fighting Camels with 10 ground balls... Fifth Year Chandler Stewart leads the team with six caused turnovers... Senior Katie Ochall leads the team with 12 draw controls... Senior Goalkeeper Emma Strickland has 31 saves and 40 goals allowed on 90 shots faced... The Fighting Camels have not faced the Aztecs since 2015 where the Aztecs came out on top 16-8.
 

Opponent Notebook (High Point)

The Panthers two losses came against ranked opponents in No. 24 Duke and No. 8 North Carolina... High Point beat Campell 16-11 on February 17... Junior Esprit Cha leads the team with 11 points from eight goals and three assists... Junior Jordan Miles leads the Panthers with 10 goals... Senior Aryss Lindsey leads the team with nine ground balls and six caused turnovers... Redshirt-Freshman Goalkeeper Joy Coffey has 17 saves and 41 goals allowed on 86 shots faced... The Panthers first faced the Aztecs in 2023 at Snapdragon Stadium where the Aztecs came out on top 17-9.


Season Preview Tidbits

  • The Aztecs will be competing in the PAC-12 conference in 2024. Also joining the PAC-12 this season are the Aggies of UC Davis.
  • SDSU will play a challenging schedule in 2024, facing three teams ranked in the IWLCA preseason poll: No. 4 Denver, No. 10 Florida and No. 17 USC.
  • Key returners for the Aztecs include Brooklyne Waddell, who had 12 goals and holds the school record for most assists in a game (eight, March 12, 2023), Emma Betts, 18 points on 14 goals and four assists and Mia Kohn, seven goals in 2023 on a .438 shot percentage.
  • The Aztecs will have to fill the shoes of goalkeeper Sam Horan, SDSU's all-time leader in career save percentage as well as in a season. As well as Deanna Balsama, who became the all-time leader in goals (109) in just two years as an Aztec and was a part of the IWLCA All-Star team in 2023, and Cailin Young, who scored 16 points from 10 goals and six assists in 2023.
  • Kohn along with Avery Dyer and Courtney Anderson will be the team captains this season.
  • SDSU has 10 newcomers (seven freshmen and three transfers), and head coach Kylee White is excited about the experience and maturity transfer Jenna McDermott (UMBC) will bring to this younger team. In her four years playing for the Retrievers, McDermott scored 33 goals, three of which were game winners. Her senior year, she started in all 14 games and was named the team's unsung hero.
  • As the only head coach in program history, Kylee White is now in her 13th season with the Aztecs alongside Associate Head Coach Brandi Padilla who is back for her 12th season. They are joined by new assistant coach Rob Bray who spent the last four years as the assistant coach for the women's lacrosse team at Vanderbilt University.