Mercer University
George Washington
Women's Lacrosse Falls Short Against George Washington
3/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer University women's lacrosse team fell to George Washington, 9-7, on Tuesday afternoon after the Colonials were boosted by a 6-3 advantage in the second half. Five players led Mercer with two points each.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Haleigh Brooks gave Mercer a very early advantage after she scored her first career goal less than a minute into the game. Erica Coyne added a goal several minutes later to put Mercer up 2-0 with 20:57 remaining in the first half. George Washington answered with a pair of goals of its own, knotting the score, 2-2, with 15:22 left in the first period. Another goal for each team tied the score again with 10:41 to play in the half, but Coyne scored her second goal of the day with 1:41 left in the first half to give the Bears a 4-3 lead before halftime.
The Colonials opened the second half with a pair of goals that put them up 5-4 with 25:40 left in the game. The Bears answered with a pair of goals of their own to re-take the lead, 6-5, with 22:30 on the clock. George Washington scored four unanswered goals over a 14 minutes period to gain a 9-6 advantage with 4:11 remaining in the game. Meghan Segreti scored her second goal of the game with 2:58 on the clock, moving the score to 9-7, but Mercer was unable to continue its late push as the Colonial defense proved too much for the Bears in the final minutes.
STAT OF THE GAME
Mercer led in draw controls, 11-7.
NOTABLES
- Erica Coyne scored two goals and added a season-high-tying two ground balls and one caused turnover as well as a draw control.
- Meghan Segreti scored a career-high-tying two goals in addition to grabbing three draw controls and a ground ball.
- Nawal Alami tallied a goal and an assist to tie her season high of two points.
- Haleigh Brooks scored her first career goal and added an assist for a career-high two points. Brooks also had a career-high two draw controls and a ground ball.
- Lindsey Zeltwanger dished out a season-high-tying two assists and also notched a ground ball and a draw control.
- Kate Christian registered an assist and a draw control.
- Anna Schneeberger scored her first goal of the season and grabbed a career-high-tying two draw controls.
- Audrey Allen picked up a career-high-tying three ground balls and caused a turnover.
- Fiona Stockton saw action for the first time this season and registered a pair of ground balls.
- Haleigh Wurzel made seven saves, grabbed four ground balls and caused a turnover while in the cage.
- George Washington outshot Mercer, 18-16.
- The Colonials also had more ground balls than the Bears, owning a 28-18 margin.
RECORDS UPDATE
Mercer is now 1-5 on the season and George Washington is 2-5.
UP NEXT
Mercer will hit the road again to take on Gardner-Webb on Friday at 5:00 p.m. in Boiling Springs, N.C.
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