No. 4 Bears Open SoCon Tournament against No. 1 Detroit Mercy

Thursday, May 3

Macon, Ga.

5 PM

Mercer University

#1 Detroit Mercy

Photo by: Craig Chase Photography

No. 4 Bears Open SoCon Tournament against No. 1 Detroit Mercy

5/2/2018 3:25:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

The Bears will face the Titans at 5 p.m. Thursday

By: Mary Bess Skinner

MACON, Ga. – Mercer hosts the inaugural Southern Conference tournament at Five Star Stadium beginning on Thursday, May 3. The Bears will face No. 1 Detroit Mercy at 5 p.m. The winner will advance to the championship on Saturday, May 5 at noon to take on the winner of No. 2 Central Michigan and No. 3 Furman.

The contests will be live streamed and will have live stats provided. Tickets will be sold at the gate, $5 for students with student ID and $10 for non-students.

THE BEAR NECESSITIES
Bears vs. Titans
Date: Thursday, May 3 | 5 p.m. (ET)
Teams: No. 4 Mercer (7-10, 3-2 SoCon) vs. No. 1 Detroit Mercy (10-7, 4-1 SoCon)
Location: Macon, Ga. | Five Star Stadium
Watch: mercerbears.com/watch
Live Stats: mercerbears.com/livestats
Twitter Updates: @MercerWLAX

SERIES HISTORY
Mercer heads into Thursday's game with a 1-4 overall record against Detroit Mercy. The teams most recently clashed in Detroit, Mich. on March 31 as the Bears walked away with a 17-16 double overtime victory.

NOTABLES

Mercer leads the SoCon in draw controls per game (14.71), assists per game (6.24) and groundballs per game (20.12). The Bears rank second in the conference in caused turnovers per game (8.71), free position percentage (0.450), points per game (19.53), shots per game (31.12) and shots on goal per game (22.82).
The Bears placed six on the All-Southern Conference Team announced by the league on Tuesday. Kate Leone, Lindsey Zeltwanger and Audrey Robertson were all named to the first team. Erica Coyne and Michaela Lucas garnered a spot on the second team. Sami Van Slyke was voted onto the all-freshman team.
Mercer's 23-2 win over Delaware State solidified their spot in the SoCon tournament as the No. 4 seed.
Robertson leads the SoCon in caused turnovers per game (1.82), ranking 25^th nationally. Robertson ranks second in the conference in groundballs per game, averaging 2.76 per game.
Zeltwanger ranks ninth nationally and first in the conference in assists per game (2.53). Zeltwanger's 43 assists ranks eighth nationally. Zeltwanger also ranks second in the SoCon in points per game (4.18), standing 35^th nationally.
Leone ranks second in the conference with 2.71 goals per game and third in shots per game with 5.65 shots per game. Leone has accumulated 46 goals on the season, ranking 62^nd nationally.
Meghan Segreti ranks third in draw controls per game, registering 4.29 per game and totaling 68 for the season.
Iseabal Cryne ranks third in the conference in saves (119), save percentage (0.390) and saves per game (7.00).
Coyne leads the SoCon in shot percentage, registering 0.537 for the season.

SCOUTING DETROIT MERCY
Detroit Mercy (10-7, 4-1 SoCon) will travel to Macon, Ga. to face No. 4 Mercer for the start of the SoCon tournament. Kaitlyn Wandelt leads the Titans with 80 points, including 59 goals and 21 assists for the season. Wandelt also leads the team in draw control wins, notching 71 for the season. The Titans starting goalie has registered 159 saves while averaging a .453 save percentage.

The Titans had nine players earn All-Conference awards on Tuesday, including Offensive (Wandelt) and Defensive (Allison McDonough) Players of the Year, Freshman of the Year (Meredith Moore) and Head Coach of the Year (Laurie Merian).

FOLLOW THE BEARS
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