Mercer University
Jacksonville
Women's Lacrosse Falls to Jacksonville, 20-2
4/3/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer University women's lacrosse team was defeated by the defending Atlantic Sun champions, Jacksonville, 20-2 on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Jacksonville got a slow start as the Mercer defense kept the Dolphins from dominating early in the game, holding Jacksonville to just four goals in the first 15 minutes of the game. Kate Christian fired a pass from just beside the goal to Erica Coyne, who was cutting through the fan, and Coyne scored to put Mercer on the board, 4-1, with 12:25 left in the first half. Jacksonville answered with eight goals to close out the first half and take a 12-1 lead at intermission.
The Bears scored quickly to start the second half, as Kelly Hagerty caused a turnover just after Jacksonville got the draw control, scooped up the ground ball and scored on a fast break, moving the score to 12-2 just 16 seconds into the half. Mercer was unable to score for the remainder of the game and the Dolphins added another eight goals to stretch their lead to 20-2.
NOTABLES
- Erica Coyne scored a goal for the Bears and now ties Lindsey Zeltwanger with a team-leading 17 goals this season. Coyne also had three ground balls and two draw controls.
- Kelly Hagerty also scored a goal and tallied two ground balls and a caused turnover.
- Kate Christian dished out an assist and grabbed a draw control.
- Meghan Segreti notched four draw controls, three ground balls and a caused turnover.
- Audrey Robertson recorded two ground balls and one draw control.
- Tori Blakeman and Haleigh Wurzel each had a team-high four ground balls.
- Taylor Horner had a season-high-tying three ground balls and a caused turnover.
- Zeltwanger registered two ground balls and a caused turnover, while Anna Schneeberger had a career-high two caused turnovers and two ground balls.
- Wurzel made 16 saves in goal.
- Jacksonville outshot Mercer, 43-7, and won the ground ball battle, 40-28.
- The Dolphins also won the draw by a margin of 14-8.
RECORDS UPDATE
Mercer moves to 4-7 overall and 1-1 in Atlantic Sun play, while Jacksonville is now 7-4 on the season and 2-0 in league games.
UP NEXT
Mercer will close out its five-game home stretch on Sunday, April 10 against Kennesaw State at 2:00 p.m.
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.
