Bears Close Out Home Stand Against Black Knights

Sunday, March 12

Macon, Ga.

1:00 PM

Mercer University

Army West Point

Photo credit: Bill Hirsh

Photo by: Bill Hirsh

Bears Close Out Home Stand Against Black Knights

3/11/2017 10:46:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

Live Stats ESPN3

MACON, Ga. – Mercer will be wrapping up its five-game home stand on Sunday afternoon when the Bears host Army West Point at 1 p.m.

The broadcast will be carried on the American Sports Network (ASN) and will be simulcast on ESPN3 and via the Watch ESPN app (blackout restrictions apply). ASN Coverage can be found here.

THE BEAR NECESSITIES
Date: Sunday, March 12 | 1 p.m.
Teams: Mercer (4-1, 0-0 ASUN) vs. Army West Point (4-2, 0-0 Patriots League)
Location: Macon, Ga. | Five Star Stadium
Game Notes: Mercer
Live Stats: MercerBears.com | Video: ASN and ESPN3
Twitter Updates: @MercerWLAX

OUTSTANDING OFFENSE
Mercer, which has won three games by 10+ goals this season, leads the nation with 18.60 goals per game. Additionally, the Bears are averaging 29.20 points per game, which also ranks first nationally. With a scoring margin of +9.00 goals per game, the Bears are ranked third nationally and first in the ASUN.

Mercer's 37 points against Presbyterian ranks as the third most nationally in a single game this season. The Bears have scored 23 goals in two of their wins, which comes in at the fourth most in a single game this year.

LINDSEY LEADING THE WAY
Lindsey Zeltwanger tied her career high of 7 goals and set program single-game records with 13 points and six assists against Gardner-Webb. Zeltwanger's 13 points also set a single-game high in the nation, which still stands.

Zeltwanger leads the ASUN with 38 points, 19 goals and 19 assists. Additionally, she leads the nation with 7.60 points per game and 3.80 assists per game. With her 38 points, Zeltwanger has earned her third spot on Mercer's single-season point leaderboard and has her just five points out of fourth place. She currently holds the top two spots on the list.

SHARING IS CARING
Mercer is averaging 10.60 assists per game, leading the ASUN and ranking second nationally. In addition to Zeltwanger leading the nation in assists per game, she leads the ASUN and ranks third nationally with 19 total assists.

Zeltwanger's 19 assists currently ranks third on Mercer's single-season leaderboard. She is just six assists away from eclipsing her 2015 total, which holds second place on the leaderboard.

DOMINATING THE DRAW CIRCLE
The Bears have led in the draw circle in four of their five games, leading to an average of 16.20 draw controls per game. Mercer ranks fifth in the nation and first in the ASUN in draw controls per game.

Meghan Segreti leads the ASUN and ranks ninth nationally with 6.00 draw controls per game. With 30 draw controls this year, she ranks fourth in program history on the single-season leaderboard. Segreti, who is Mercer's career leader in draw controls, is 62 draw controls away from the 200th of her career.

GROUND BALLS APLENTY
After scooping up a program-record 38 ground balls against Butler, Mercer leads the ASUN and is second nationally with 27.20 ground balls per game. The Bears' 38 ground balls also set a single-game high in the nation so far this season.

Catie Snee leads Mercer with 16 ground balls and is 10th in the league with 3.20 ground balls per game. Snee also ranks 38th nationally.

SCOUTING ARMY WEST POINT
Army West Point is in its second year as a program and is 4-2 this season. The Black Knights are also 3-0 on the road thus far.

Rachel Hornick leads Army with 15 goals and 20 points, followed by Manuela Cortes and Amy Johnson with 12 and 10 goals, respectively. Erin Jollota has dished out a team-leading nine assists and added five goals for 14 points.

Johnston leads the Black Knights with 21 draw controls and is second with 11 ground balls. Madeline Leahy and Shelby Lindsay have both tallied a team-leading 10 caused turnovers and Leahy is third on the team with 10 ground balls.

Maddie Burns has spent a majority of the time in goal for the Blake Knights, making 40 saves and allowing 54 goals for a .426 save percentage and 9.35 GAA. Burns also leads the team with 22 ground balls.

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