Mercer At Detroit Mercy For ASUN Sunday Showdown

MACON, Ga. – Mercer's road trip continues on Sunday at 11 a.m. when the Bears take on Detroit Mercy. The Bears are looking to open ASUN play with a 2-0 mark and record their second straight road win.

THE BEAR NECESSITIES
Date: Sunday, March 25 | 11 a.m.
Teams: Mercer (6-2, 1-0 ASUN) vs. Detroit Mercy (2-6, 0-1 SoCon)
Location: Detroit, Mich. | Titan Field
Game Notes: Mercer
Live Stats: DetroitTitans.com | Video: ESPN3
Twitter Updates: @MercerWLAX

OUTSTANDING OFFENSE
Mercer, which has won three games by 10+ goals this season, leads the ASUN with 16.63 goals per game. Additionally, the Bears have tallied a 48.7 shot percentage, which also leads the league.

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.

ZELTWANGER AND LEONE LEADING THE WAY
With 24 goals and 26 assists, Lindsey Zeltwanger is leading Mercer in points (50) and assists. Kate Leone has scored a team-leading 26 goals, and Leone and Zeltwanger are narrowly trailed by Meghan Segreti and Erica Coyne with 23 and 21 goals, respectively.

Zeltwanger leads the ASUN win points and assists, while Leone leads the league in goals and Zeltwanger ranks second. With her 50 points, Zeltwanger has earned her third spot on Mercer's single-season point leaderboard and has her just 12 points out of first place. She holds the top three spots on the list.

SHARING IS CARING
The Bears are leading the league with 75 assists this season and have three players ranked in the top five individually. In addition to Zeltwanger's league-leading 26 assists, Meghan Segreti is ranked fifth with 13 assists.

DOMINATING THE DRAW CIRCLE
The Bears have led in the draw circle in five of their eight games, leading to an average of 15.00 draw controls per game. Mercer currently leads the ASUN with 120 total draw controls.

Meghan Segreti leads the ASUN with 41 draw controls this season. She currently ranks third in program history on the single-season leaderboard and is just 15 draw controls out of first place. Segreti, who is also Mercer's career leader in draw controls, is 51 draw controls away from the 200th of her career.

GROUND BALLS APLENTY
Aided by a program-record 38 ground balls against Butler, Mercer leads the ASUN with 206 ground balls this year. The Bears' 38 ground balls also set a single-game high in the nation so far this season.

Haleigh Wurzel leads the Bears with 24 ground balls, followed closely by Catie Snee with 21.

SCOUTING DETROIT MERCY
Detroit Mercy went 2-5 in its non-conference slate and opened ASUN play with an 0-1 mark. The Titans have been outscored by over 4 goals a game thus far.

Lexie Kinmond leads the Titans with 30 points off 16 goals and a team-leading 14 assists. Morgan Girardi is second with 25 points, but has scored a team-high 22 goals.

Girardi has also grabbed a team-leading 18 draw controls, followed closely by Emma Mucci with 17. Lauren Webley leads the Titans with both 24 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers.

In goal, Allison McDonough has made 88 saves and allowed 127 goals for a .409 save percentage and 15.88 goals-against average. She also ranks second on the team with 20 ground balls.

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Mercer At Detroit Mercy For ASUN Sunday Showdown

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Players Mentioned

Erica Coyne

Kate Leone

Meghan Segreti

Catie Snee

Haleigh Wurzel

Lindsey Zeltwanger

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