Fresno State Athletics
Bulldogs Head to East Coast for Two Games
2/26/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
Feb. 26, 2015
Game Info
Friday, Feb. 27
Fresno State (0-2) at Gardner-Webb (0-2) -- Boiling Springs, N.C. (Spangler Stadium)
Time: 3 p.m., PT
Stats: gwusports.com Video: bigsouthsports.com
Sunday, March 1
Fresno State (0-2) at Furman (2-0) -- Greenville, S.C. (Paladin Stadium)
Time: 10 a.m., PT
Stats: furmanpaladins.com Video: socondigitalnetwork.com
By Josh Mitchell
jomitchell@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
FRESNO, Calif. - After falling at conference foes Stanford and USC, Fresno State will head to the East coast to face first-year programs in Gardner-Webb and Furman. The Bulldogs will face the Runnin' Bulldogs in Boiling Springs, N.C., at Spangler Stadium on Friday before traveling to Greenville, S.C., Sunday to play the Paladins.
jomitchell@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
FRESNO, Calif. - After falling at conference foes Stanford and USC, Fresno State will head to the East coast to face first-year programs in Gardner-Webb and Furman. The Bulldogs will face the Runnin' Bulldogs in Boiling Springs, N.C., at Spangler Stadium on Friday before traveling to Greenville, S.C., Sunday to play the Paladins.
Game Info
Friday, Feb. 27
Fresno State (0-2) at Gardner-Webb (0-2) -- Boiling Springs, N.C. (Spangler Stadium)
Time: 3 p.m., PT
Stats: gwusports.com Video: bigsouthsports.com
Sunday, March 1
Fresno State (0-2) at Furman (2-0) -- Greenville, S.C. (Paladin Stadium)
Time: 10 a.m., PT
Stats: furmanpaladins.com Video: socondigitalnetwork.com
Living on the Road
The Bulldogs are amidst a four-game road stretch to start the season. After opening the season at Stanford, the 'Dogs will play games at USC, Gardner-Webb and Furman within six days, before finally returning to Fresno, Calif., for their home opening on March 4 against Campbell.
About the Runnin' Bulldogs
Gardner-Webb is in its first year of its program and is 0-2 to start the season. They fell 22-1 to Old Dominion at home in the program's first-ever game before dropping a 15-4 game at Furman Feb. 20. Amanda Steinmuller leads the team with two goals and one assist.
About the Paladins
Furman is 2-0 to start the season in its first year in exsistence. The Paladins defeated Presbyterian 14-4 on the road before on Feb. 18, and two days later topped Gardner-Webb 15-4 on its home field. Britt Douglass leads the Paladin attack with eight goals and Devon Horine has six.
Fresno State Downed at USC
Fresno took an early 1-0 lead behind Marcy Levatino's second goal of the year. The Trojans struck twice, but Caroline Dineen-Carlson leveled the game at 2-2 with her fourth goal of the year. USC then scored 14 unanswered goals as the MPSF foe went on to win 17-6.
'Dogs Suffer Opening-Season Defeat at No. 19 Stanford
Fresno State faced an up-hill climb in its 2015 season opener, travling to No. 19 Stanford which returned the majority of its scoring for a season ago. The Bulldogs were defeated 22-7. The seven goals is the second-most that the team has ever scored against the Cardinal.
Bright spots on the offensive end came from performances from sophomore Caroline Dineen-Carlson who scored three goals which matched her 2014 season total, freshman Nicole Ortlieb who tallied two goals. Freshman Nicole Chaffin made her Bulldog debut in goal, recording nine saves.
'Dogs Offense Displayed in Exhibition
In Fresno State's lone home exhibition game, the Bulldogs defeated Occidental 20-3 as nine different 'Dogs scored in the victory over the Tigers, four of which had hat tricks. Senior Captain Marcy Levatino led the 'Dogs with four goals and two assists. Following Levatino's lead, Anjelica Fuccillo, Caroline Dineen-Carlson and freshman Nicole Ortlieb all had three goals each. Chelsea Hall and Lindsay Hobson added two goals for Fresno State while sophomores Brooke Filgo and Kyleigh Westgarth had one a piece.
Plenty of Experience to Go Around
Fresno State, the team returns 15 players from last season's squad, including three of its top point scorers. Junior Anjelica Fuccillo finished last season second in points on the team with 30 (22 G, 8 A) and will lead this year's attack along with senior Marcy Levatino, who had 25 points (19 G, 6 A). Sophomore Kyleigh Westgarth was fourth on the team, recording 10 points (8 G, 2 A) in her freshman season.
Westgarth was the team's top draw control specialist, who in her first year set a new single-season program record with 37. Also returning is sophomore Caroline Dineen-Carlson who was six back of her teammate with 31.
Sophie Aragon, Fresno State's 2014 Player of the Year, will hold things down on the defensive side after starting all 15 games for the Bulldogs last year as a low defender. A leader across the field, Aragon finished second on the team with 21 groundballs.
Captains Ready to Lead by Example
Along with Fuccillo and Levatino, the team's top returning scorers, Holly Cisneros will complete the captain trio this season. The senior recorded a team-high 22 groundballs last year and is the Bulldogs' career leader in the category with 65
Newcomers
Joining Fresno State this spring will be six freshmen, including Lindsay Hobson, a two-time First Team All-American, and Abigal Bergevin, who was on the 2014 Under Armor All-American Team.
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