Mercer University
Presbyterian
Women's Lacrosse Edges Presbyterian, 10-9
2/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
MACON, Ga. – Lindsey Zeltwanger scored three goals and added two assists to lead the Mercer University women's lacrosse team to a 10-9 win over Presbyterian on Sunday afternoon. A total of five Mercer players scored goals, with three players netting multiple goals.
Lauren Schaff led Presbyterian with five goals.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Mercer took a 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game when Erica Coyne found the back of the net. Presbyterian answered with a pair of goals in just over a minute to take a 2-1 lead with 21:36 left in the first half. Meghan Segreti found Kelly Hagerty to tie the score, 2-2, sparking a back-and-forth between the teams that lasted 7:33 and put Presbyterian up 5-4 with 8:54 remaining in the half. The Blue Hose added another goal before halftime to take a 6-4 lead at the break.
The Bears came out strong in the second half, scoring three straight goals from three different players and retaking the lead, 7-6, with 23:52 to play. Presbyterian scored a goal to knot the score, 7-7, briefly slowing the Bears down. Mercer recovered and scored another two goals to go up 9-7 with 16:01 left in the game. A pair of Blue Hose goals sandwiched a Mercer score to move the score to 10-9 with 9:14 remaining. Neither team scored in the final minutes as the Bears held on to earn their first victory of the season.
STAT OF THE GAME
Mercer led Presbyterian in draw controls, 13-8.
NOTABLES
- Lindsey Zeltwanger registered her second consecutive hat trick and added two assists to lead Mercer with five points. She also had a season-high four draw controls, a ground ball and a caused turnover.
- Erica Coyne scored a season-high three goals and added a ground ball and a caused turnover.
- Kate Christian netted a season-high two goals and also picked up pa ground ball and a draw control.
- Meghan Segreti scored a goal and dished out a season-high two assists for a total of three points. She also notched a career-high four ground balls, two draw controls and a caused turnover.
- Kelly Hagerty tallied the first goal and assist of her career for two points on the day.
- Haleigh Brooks recorded her first assist, while picking up a career-high six ground balls, a draw control and a caused turnover.
- Audrey Robertson tallied career highs of four ground balls, one assist and one draw control.
- Haleigh Wurzel made 11 saves and allowed nine goals. She also had a career-high seven ground balls and two caused turnovers.
- Tori Blakeman contributed two ground balls, a draw control and a caused turnover, while Audrey Allen grabbed a ground ball and a draw control.
- Presbyterian outshot Mercer, 25-17.
- Presbyterian picked up more ground balls, 37-30.
QUOTABLES
"I think it's great for the team to get this first win; they've been working hard since October. We certainly have a lot of work to do, but they showed a lot of fight today, coming back from being down again. They came out of halftime and went on a run, which is something we haven't been able to do yet, so that was great. I think we had some good effort from individual players. Being able to come away with a one-goal win is tough to do in this sport, so we're excited about that." – Head Coach Samantha Eustace
RECORDS UPDATE
Both Mercer and Presbyterian are now 1-3 on the season.
UP NEXT
Mercer will hit the road again and face Coastal Carolina on March 11 at 4:00 p.m.
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