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| USM women's lacrosse captains for the 2016 season are (left to right) Kaelyn Kuni, Lauren Lessard, Anh Nguyen and Sarah Pelligrinelli. |
USM Announces Women's Lax Captains
Huskies Open 2016 Season Hosting Husson on Saturday
GORHAM, Maine -- Second-year University of Southern Maine women's lacrosse head coach Ashley Dyer announced this week that seniors Anh Nguyen (South Portland, Maine) and Sarah Pelligrinelli (Southington, Conn.), along with juniors Kaelyn Kuni (Waterboro, Maine/Massabesic) and Lauren Lessard (Lewiston, Maine/Kents Hill), will serve as captains when the Huskies take the field this spring.Southern Maine opens the 2016 season this Saturday (12:00 p.m.) hosting Husson University for a non-conference match at Hannaford Field. USM has 16 games on the schedule this season, including nine at home.
This is the second straight season that Lessard, Nguyen and Pelligrinelli have served as captains. This will be Kuni's first tour as a captain. Dyer returns 11 players from last year's squad that finished 7-12 overall and 3-3 in the Little East Conference on her 20-player roster.
Nguyen and Pelligrinelli finished 1-2 on the Huskies' scoresheet last spring en route to
