Mercer Hits the Road, At Campbell Friday

MACON, Ga. – After enjoying a five-game home stand, the Bears are on the road for the next four games, starting at Campbell on Friday at 5 p.m.

THE BEAR NECESSITIES
Date: Friday, March 17 | 5 p.m.
Teams: Mercer (5-1, 0-0 ASUN) vs. Campbell (2-4, 0-0 Big South)
Location: Buies Creek, N.C. | Barker-Lane Stadium
Live Stats: GoCamels.com
Twitter Updates: @MercerWLAX

OUTSTANDING OFFENSE
Mercer, which has won three games by 10+ goals this season, leads the nation with 17.83 goals per game. Additionally, the Bears are averaging 27.83 points per game, which also ranks first nationally. With a scoring margin of +7.67 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
With 20 goals and 20 assists, Lindsey Zeltwanger is leading Mercer in points (40) and assists. Kate Leone has scored a team-leading 21 goals, and Leone and Zeltwanger are narrowly trailed by Meghan Segreti and Erica Coyne with 17 goals apiece.

Zeltwanger leads the ASUN with in points and assists, while ranking second in goals. Leone Leads the ASUN and ranks 34^th in total goals. Zeltwanger also leads the ASUN and ranks second nationly with 6.67 points per game, but she still leads the nation with 3.33 assists per game. With her 40 points, Zeltwanger has earned her third spot on Mercer's single-season point leaderboard and has her just three points out of fourth place. She currently holds the top two spots on the list.

SHARING IS CARING
Mercer is averaging 10.00 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 fifth nationally in total assists.

Zeltwanger's 20 assists currently ranks third on Mercer's single-season leaderboard. She is just five 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 six games, leading to an average of 15.50 draw controls per game. Mercer ranks seventh in the nation and second in the ASUN in draw controls per game.

Meghan Segreti ranks second in the ASUN and 19th nationally with 5.33 draw controls per game. With 32 draw controls this year, she ranks third in program history on the single-season leaderboard. Segreti, who is Mercer's career leader in draw controls, is 60 draw controls away from the 200th of her career.

GROUND BALLS APLENTY
Aided by its program-record 38 ground balls against Butler, Mercer leads the nation with 26.50 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 18 ground balls and is 11th in the league with 3.00 ground balls per game. Snee also ranks 38th nationally.

SCOUTING CAMPBELL
After falling in its first four games, including losing two games by just one goal, Campbell has won its last two. The Camels are 0-3 at home this season and 2-2 in games decided by one goal.

Kayla Reilly leads Campbell with 24 points, 13 goals and 11 assists. Melissa Placek is just behind her with 12 goals and has added five assists to rank second for the Camels with 17 points. Reilly leads the Big South in points per game (4.00), assists and assists per game (1.83), while ranking 26^th nationally in assists per game and 38^th in both points per game and total assists.

Reilly is also the team leader in ground balls (12) and caused turnovers (7), while Placek has grabbed a team-leading 30 draw controls. Sam Carey is second for the Camels with 18 draw controls. Placek's 5.00 draw controls per game ranks second in the Big South and 22^nd nationally.

Merredith Bechler has spent a majority of time between the pipes for Campbell, making 51 saves and allowing 73 goals for a .411 save percentage and 12.96 goals-against average. Bechler is second in the league in save percentage and saves per game (8.50), while currently third in total saves.

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Players Mentioned

Erica Coyne

Kate Leone

Meghan Segreti

Catie Snee

Lindsey Zeltwanger

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