Mercer University
Old Dominion
Women's Lacrosse Falls To Old Dominion, 16-4
4/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
NORFOLK, Va. – The Mercer University women's lacrosse team fell to Old Dominion, 16-4, on Friday evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bears struck first when Erica Coyne dished the ball to Meghan Segreti, who put Mercer up 1-0 just 2:06 into the game. Old Dominion answered with four straight goals to take a 4-1 lead with 12:24 left in the first half. Mercer found the back of the net again when Lindsey Zeltwanger scored with 10:17 on the clock, moving the score to 4-2. The Monarchs scored another four goals in the first half to take an 8-2 lead at intermission.
Old Dominion opened the second half with a pair of goals and Erica Coyne scored for Mercer on a man-up opportunity to make it 10-3 with 21:30 to play. The Monarchs scored another four unanswered goals to increase their lead to 14-3 and Kate Christian interrupted ODU's momentum with a goal with 7:14 left in the game. Another pair of goals from Old Dominion moved the final score to 16-4.
NOTABLES
- Kate Christian notched a goal and an assist for a team-high-tying two points. She also had three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
- Erica Coyne also had two points off a goal and an assist to go along with two draw controls and a ground ball.
- Meghan Segreti scored a goal for Mercer and grabbed a team-high three draw controls.
- Lindsey Zeltwanger rounded out the scoring for Mercer with a goal. She also tallied a ground ball and a draw control.
- Tori Blakeman registered a team-high-tying three ground balls and a draw control, and Kelly Hagerty had a ground ball.
- Katie Brueske added two ground balls and a caused turnover, while Victoria Ferdinandi tallied a caused turnover.
- Haleigh Wurzel made 17 saves and grabbed a ground ball.
- Old Dominion outshot Mercer, 45-13, and won in ground balls, 24-12. The Monarchs also won the draw control battle, 15-7.
RECORDS UPDATE
Mercer moves to 5-8 overall and 2-2 in Atlantic Sun play, while Old Dominion is now 10-3 on the season and 3-1 in league games.
UP NEXT
Mercer will close out the weekend at Howard on Sunday at 12 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
For all the latest information on Mercer women's lacrosse, please visit MercerBears.com or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow Mercer lacrosse on Twitter at @MercerWLax or www.twitter.com/MercerWLAX.
