Bears Fall to UC Davis 16-13 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Sunday, February 17

Jacksonville, Fla.

11 AM

Mercer University

0-2

UC Davis

2-2

Team	1	2	Final F
Mercer	6	7	13
UC Davis	8	8	16

Photo by: Gary Breedlove

Bears Fall to UC Davis 16-13 in Jacksonville, Fla.

2/17/2019 3:09:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Rhatigan records career-high four goals

By: Mary Bess Skinner

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mercer fell to UC Davis, 16-13, in a neutral matchup in Jacksonville, Fla. on Sunday despite a hat trick by Hailey Rhatigan.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Despite UC Davis earning the first goal of the game, Lily Morin notched back-to-back goals to give the Bears the new advantage. Mercer continued with a 3-1 run, including goals by Eva Thorn, Catie Snee and Hailey Rhatigan before the Aggies sparked a 4-1 jump to reclaim the lead 8-6 at half.

Mercer's Sami Van Slyke halted an Aggie 4-0 second half run with scoring her first goal of the season. UC Davis notched one more goal before starting a six-minute scoring drought for both teams. The final 13 minutes was won by the Bears, earning six goals to UC Davis's three, but it would not be enough to take back the lead. The Aggies walked away with the 16-13 win.

NOTABLES

Mercer won 18 groundballs over UC Davis's 12.
The Bears went 5 of 6 in free position goals.
Mercer had fewer turnovers (15) than the Aggies (18) and forced more turnovers (15).
Rhatigan recorded a career-high four goals off of just six shots.
Kelly Hagerty, Lily Morin and Sami Van Slyke all notched two goals each.
Catie Snee, Eva Thorn and Audrey Robertson all earned their first goals of the season.
Robertson led the Bears with a team-high four ground balls and four caused turnovers.
Morin registered a team-high four draw controls.
Rhatigan, Thorn, Morin and Hagerty went 1.000 on free position goals.
Amya Hudson and Dylan Malamala both made their first appearance this season.
Iseabal Cryne tied a game-high nine saves having faced 37 shot attempts.

RECORDS UPDATE
Mercer: 0-2
UC Davis: 2-2

UP NEXT
The Bears will close out their road-stretch with traveling to Louisville, Ky. to take on the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday, Feb. 23 at noon.

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