WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> Saint Francis women's lacrosse has set many records in 2023, but with its 22-6 win against FDU on Wednesday the team may have shown how far this team has come in its 22-year history. It was the team's eighth win of the season to break the program record for wins in a season, previously held by the 2018 team that went 7-10.
>> Autumn McHenry (Branford, Conn.) has had a record-setting season and she added another mark against the Knights after tying the program record for points in a game with 10 after posting six goals and four assists on the afternoon.
>> Danielle Hernandez (New Fairfield, Conn.) added four goals and three assists to move into eighth place on the single-season chart with 20 assists on the year.
>> Lizzie Fisher (Hagerstown, Md.) tallied four goals and an assist and Bella Fisher (Duxbury, Mass.) had a hat trick in the winning effort.
>> In addition, the Red Flash tied the program record for NEC wins in a season with four and are currently riding a program-record four-game winning streak.

TURNING POINT OF THE GAME
Saint Francis took control from the start against the first-year Knights, scoring the first four goals of the game and taking a 10-3 lead after the first quarter.
 
McHenry gave the Red Flash a quick 1-0 lead after scoring on an 8-meter shot 34 seconds into the game. Lizzie Fisher found the back of the net off a Hernandez feeder at 29 seconds later and then Kelly Dickson (Blue Bell, Pa.) scored off a McHenry helper at 13:38. Hernandez then capped the 4-0 run off a pass from Brooke Lacey (Bethel, Conn.) at 11:30.
 
Hernandez (9:28, 3:37), Lacey (8:28) and McHenry (6:49) all twinkled the twine before Bella Fisher capped the team's second 10-goal first quarter of the season with back-to-back tallies at in the final 25 seconds of the quarter with the first one off a McHenry pass.

FLASH QUOTES
"It's always a good day when you make history. This team has been amazing to work with since day one. That might sound like a gratuitous comment but we all know there's a lot of hard work behind winning. It doesn't just magically happen. The difference is this group has been receptive to being pushed to execute at a higher level. They have learned how to respond to challenges with confidence. In all honesty, this is one of the best group of athletes I have ever worked with in my entire career. To share this milestone with such a special group of women is an accomplishment I will always treasure. I did say to them after the game, we're not done yet. We're excited to play on Saturday and see what we can do. There are still goals left to accomplish." - head coach Tracy Coyne on the game

"All season we have worked really hard for this and we put all of our effort into it. It's been one of our goals for a really hard time so it's really nice to be able to get it and we are looking forward to breaking more records and achieving more of our goals." – senior Lizzie Fisher on breaking the program record for wins in a season
 
"I would not be able to do it without my team. They have supported me and had my back this whole time. Being out there on the field and doing it with my teammates is the best thing ever the most fun ever. It's kind of unreal." – Lizzie Fisher on returning from injury
 
"We have to start out strong and don't underestimate the opponent and make sure that we get the win." – Lizzie Fisher on the next game


FLASH MOMENTS
Hernandez scored on a free-position goal to start the Loretto scoring in the second frame. Bella Fisher completed her hat trick off a feed from Colleen Roche (Miami, Fla.) at 5:09 and the McHenry hit the back of the net for the third time off a Julia Givens (Elverson, Pa.) assist at 1:41 to go into the break with a 13-4 edge.
 
McHenry registered a natural hat trick in the third quarter after scoring off a Lizzie Fisher assist at 11:43, off a Dickson feeder that started on a free-position attempt for Dickson at 8:35 and then scored unassisted at 4:28. Lizzie Fisher had a pair of goals in the quarter at 12:20 off a Hernandez connection at 12:20 and off a McHenry feeder at 4:28, while Mak Patten (Welland, Ontario) found the twine at 1:33 for a 19-5 advantage.
 
Lizzie Fisher tied her career high with her fourth goal at 10:28 in the fourth off Roche's second assist of the afternoon. McHenry returned the favor to Givens at 4:18 to tie the program record for points in a game at 4:18 in the fourth before Dickson capped the scoring for Saint Francis off a pass from Hernandez at 2:37 in the 22-6 victory.

FLASH NUGGETS
McHenry tied Danielle Conwell's program record of 10 points. Conwell had nine goals and one assist against Binghamton on February 26, 2012 to originally establish the standard. The graduate student six goals and four assists in a single game rank ninth in both categories in program history. She is the 11th different player to register six tallies in a game, while she also is tied for the best assist game in program history with six helpers she has posted twice in her career. The six goals in a game were a new career-best for the graduate student after finding the twine five times against Stetson on March 14.
 
On the career charts, McHenry moved into fifth place with 112 goals, while her four assists move her within three assists of the career program record of 76 set by Katie Schaaf (2013-16).
 
During this current four-game winning streak, Hernandez has 13 goals and 12 assists with three four-goal performances and at least two assists in all four contests. The 20 assists this season ties Hernandez with the 20 helpers that McHenry posted last season. The junior now has 29 assists for her career to sit one assist from the Top-10 for career in program history.
 
Lizzie Fisher registered her second four-goal performance of her career after finding the twine four times against Delaware State on March 23, 2022. The senior now has registered at hat trick in her last three games and six times in her career.
 
Bella Fisher, the current NEC Rookie of the Week, has registered at least three goals in a game five times this season and has 28 goals and five assists for 33 points this season. She is now just four goals from the program record for goals by a freshman with 32 and currently sitting in fourth place. The 33 points are fifth-most by a Red Flash freshman and 13 points from the freshman standard.
 
Bella Burke (East Moriches, N.Y.), the current NEC Defensive Player of the Week, posted three ground balls and four caused turnovers to pace the defense. Dickson added three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Elyssa Enrique (North Canton, Ohio) had six saves on the afternoon.
 
With the win, the Red Flash has clinched its first non-losing season in program history. The four wins in league play tie the program record that was set in head coach Tracy Coyne's second season when the team went 4-8 in 2021. That season was the only campaign in program history the Red Flash played every team in the conference two times in a season. Prior to that season, the 2018 team that 7-10 overall and 3-4 in league play held both standards. The squad had six three-game winning streaks in program history, including one this season before winning its fourth in a row with its win on Wednesday.

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis returns to action at CCSU on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.