ALAMOSA, Colo. - The Adams State Women's Lacrosse team is back in action this weekend after a midweek tilt in Pueblo, Colo. The Grizzlies open up the home slate of their 2019 schedule with a non-conference bout.

OPPONENT
Notre Dame Falcons (1-0)

WHEN
Saturday, March 9 - 1 p.m.

WHERE
Alamosa, Colo. - ASU Lacrosse Field
 
Opening Draw
• Adams State enter the weekend with a 0-2 overall record following a 25-1 season opening loss to Concordia, St. Paul earlier this week.
• The Grizzlies two games were both non-conference bouts with one being a true road game while the other was a neutral site match-up.
• Adams State will hit the road for its next four games following its 2019 home opener against Notre Dame College (Ohio).

Quick Hits
Last Time Out
• The Grizzlies dropped their second straight game as they fell to the Golden Bears in a neutral site game in Pubelo, Colo. by a final of 25-1.
• The lone Adams State goal came from Madison Gerchow who is now tied with Savannah Penland for the team lead in goals scored.

Plut at the Helm
• Head Coach Monica Plut is 0-1 to start her career as the Grizzlies leader. Saturday's game will be her home debut with the Grizzlies..
• Plut was brought in as an Associate Head Coach in early January but now oversees the entirety of the program.

What to Watch For
• Two games and the Grizzlies have still yet to make it clear who will be a determining factor on both side of the ball.
• Junior Savannah Penland will once again look to be the leader on offense once again as she returns as the team's leading scorer from a season ago.
• Fellow junior Madison Gerchow is tied with Penland as the team leader in goals scored and will also look to add depth to the Grizzlies offense.
• In net, Louisa Sanchez already has started the last two games for Adams State. She has 23 saves on the season in two games started.
• Sanchez also leads the team in groundball pickups with six. Penland, Gerchow, and Alexis Wellong are tied for second all with three apiece.
• Hannah Vigil leads the defense in caused turnovers with three. Emily Motz and Sanchez are right behind her with two, respectively..
• Gerchow will look to facilitate the offense with her draw control game. She leads the team with nine in two games started.

Scouting Notre Dame
• The Falcons are off to a 1-0 start to the 2019 campaign after a 18-11 win at Ashland back on Feb. 23.
• Leslie Diaz is the team's leading scorer to start the year with seven points on a team-high six goals and one assist.
• Selena Carter is second in points with four goals and a team-high two assists. Three other players are tied for third in scoring with three points.
• McKenzie Shean has been a factor on defense with seven groundball pickups already to go along with a caused turnover.
• Three players all have a pair of caused turnovers to help on defense in Diaz, Abigail Piewes, and Katie Wendell.
• Diaz also has the most draw controls for Notre Dame with four to start the season.
• Shean got the start in net in the season opener and picked up the win as well. She notched 10 saves in the win for the Falcons.
• Ellejanna Cicione also saw time in net in the season opener and tallied five saves.

Up Next
• The Grizzlies will begin a four-game road-trip following their 2019 home opener.
• Adams State begins its road games on Monday, March 18 with a conference match-up against Rockhurst.