Bears Continue Home Slate with Two Matches

Thursday, March 7

Macon, Ga.

4 PM

Mercer University

Davidson

3/6/2019 1:27:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Mercer will host Davidson and St. Bonaventure this week

By: Mary Bess Skinner

MACON, Ga. – Mercer (0-4) will continue its five-match home slate by hosting Davidson on Thursday at 4 p.m. and St. Bonaventure on Sunday at noon.

Both matches will have live stats provided. Sunday's contest against St. Bonaventure will be streamed live on SoCon Digital Network.

BEAR NECESSITIES VS. DAVIDSON
Date: Thursday, March 7 | 4 p.m. (ET)
Teams: Mercer (0-4) vs. Davidson (5-0)
Location: Macon, Ga. | Five Star Stadium
Live Stats: MercerBears.com
Twitter Updates: @MercerWLAX

BEAR NECESSITIES VS. ST. BONAVENTURE
Date: Sunday, March 10 | Noon (ET)
Teams: Mercer (0-4) vs. St. Bonaventure (1-3)
Location: Macon, Ga. | Five Star Stadium
Live Stats: MercerBears.com
Broadcast: SoCon Digital Network
Twitter Updates: @MercerWLAX

SERIES HISTORY
Mercer defeated Davidson, 13-12, on the road last season in their only head-to-head matchup. The Bears have never faced St. Bonaventure.

NOTABLES

Iseabal Cryne was named the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month for February after leading the league in saves (33), save percentage (.402) and saves per game (11.00).
Mercer ranks second in the SoCon in caused turnovers per game (10.00), clearing percentage (0.774), ground balls per game (19.50) and save percentage (0.426).
Audrey Robertson leads the league in caused turnovers per game (1.75).
Hailey Rhatigan leads the Bears in goals per game (2.50) and ranks second in the conference. Rhatigan leads the SoCon in free position goals per game, averaging 1.00 per game.
Iseabal Cryne leads the conference in save percentage (0.402), saves (33) and saves per game (11.00).
Freshman Hannah Lind ranks third in the conference for averaging 3.25 ground balls per game.
Michaela Lucas and Audrey Robertson were named to the Preseason All-SoCon Team.
The Bears were picked fourth in the SoCon preseason poll.

SCOUTING DAVIDSON
Davidson opened the season undefeated, having beaten Winthrop (12-4), Furman (13-8), Gardner-Webb (22-6), Elon (11-10) and Old Dominion (18-6). Sam Rippley leads the offense with 12 goals for the season. Sarah Kopp leads the Wildcats with 16 ground balls, 22 draw controls and 10 caused turnovers for the season.

SCOUTING ST. BONAVENTURE
St. Bonaventure opened its campaign with three straight losses to Lafayette (18-1), Niagara (17-2) and Butler (10-8) before clinching its first win against Kent State (18-10) on Sunday. The Bonnies are led by goalie, Savannah Clark, who has recorded a team-high 12 ground balls, 28 saves and a .337 save percentage.

FOLLOW THE BEARS
For complete coverage of Mercer Women's Lacrosse, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerWLax (Twitter), /MercerWomensLacrosse (Facebook) and @MercerWLax (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.