Morin’s Career Game Helps Bears Beat Campbell

Sunday, February 16

Buies Creek, N.C.

1 p.m.

Mercer University

2-1

Campbell

0-3

Mercer

Campbell

Morin’s Career Game Helps Bears Beat Campbell

2/16/2020 4:55:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Mercer outscored Campbell 14-9

By: Jesika Moore

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Mercer women's lacrosse beat the Campbell Fighting Camels 14-9 in Sunday afternoon's game. Lily Morin and Hailey Rhatigan each scored four goals in the game.

Campbell was quick to get on the board with a goal 45 seconds into the game, followed by another 8:45 later. The Bears responded with two back-to-back goals from Lily Morin and Catie Snee 27 seconds apart. Mercer and Campbell would trade goals one more time before ending the half tied, 4-4.

The Black and Orange opened the second half on a 5-0 run with goals from Rhatigan (2), Morin (1), Snee (1), and Shannon Urey (1). Campbell would respond with three goals to make the score 9-7. Rhatigan would end the Camels run with an unassisted goal, followed by a goal from Lily Morin, assisted by Eva Thorn. The next goal would not be scored until 5:14 later when Morin would score her fourth goal of the game. Mercer would score two more goals to cap off their win, one from Schaeffer and one from Thorn.
NOTABLES

Hailey Rhatigan scored nine goals total in both games this weekend, bringing her career total to 76. She is only 24 goals away from hitting the century mark.
Eva Thorn is three points away from registering 100 points in her career.
Goalie Iseabal Cryne recorded 14 saves in the Campbell game and five in the Gardner-Webb game, bringing her weekend total to 19.
Lily Morin's four goals in the game against Campbell is the most she has scored in a single game in her career.

NEXT UP
Mercer will head home to host the Cal Berkeley Bears on Friday, Feb. 21 at Five Star Stadium. The game is set for 5 p.m.

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