Mercer to Host Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday Afternoon

MACON, Ga. – For the second consecutive weekend, the Mercer Bears will play in Five Star Stadium. This weekend, the Bears will host Lenoir-Rhyne at 4 p.m.

BEAR NECESSITIES
Date: Saturday, February 6 | 4:00 p.m.
Teams: Lenoir-Rhyne Bears (0-0, 0-0 South Atlantic Conference) at Mercer (0-1, 0-0 SoCon)
Location: Five Star Stadium | Macon, Ga.
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SERIES HISTORY
The two programs have never met. The Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne will consider Saturday's contest an exhibition while it will count in the win-loss column for Mercer.

SCOUTING MERCER
Mercer is coming off a tough 9-7 loss to the Bellarmine Knights in last weekend's season opener. Although both teams compete in the Southern Conference, it was a non-conference matchup. Collin Stewart led the Orange & Black as the played a hand in four of the Bears' seven goals. He took three shots and two found the back of the net, and he also assisted on a pair of goals. Five players – Nick Rockefeller, Will McCarthy, Taylor Dooley, Patrick Marks and Ashton Wood – also scored. Wood was nearly automatic on the X, winning 18-of-19 face-offs. He led the team with 11 ground balls. Colin Kelley made six stops in the loss.

SCOUTING LENOIR-RHYNE
Lenoir-Rhyne enters the year ranked eighth in the NCAA Division II USILA poll. Three players – Eric Dickinson, Zach Bodeau and Myles Moffat – received USILA All-America honors. In 2020, the Bears started the year 6-1 with Dickinson taking over the top spot in South Atlantic Conference history in goals and points. As a junior, the attackman scored 21 times in seven contests and also assisted on 17 goals for a total of 38 points. His 21 scores were second on the team to Moffat who found the back of the net on 23 occasions. Lenoir-Rhyne was voted the 2021 South Atlantic Conference preseason favorite, receiving 10-of-11 first-place votes.

NOTABLES

This is the first meeting between the two programs.
The Bears will close out a two-game home stand on Saturday. Mercer's first road trip of the year is slated for Feb. 13 when it travels to Durham, N.C. to take on Duke.
After Saturday, the Bears will not return to Five Star Stadium until February 28 when they open Southern Conference play against Jacksonville.
Collin Stewart leads the team in goals (2), assists (2) and points (4).
Mercer's 11 a.m. contest against Bellarmine last weekend was the first NCAA Division I lacrosse game of the 2021 season.

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Mercer to Host Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday Afternoon

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Players Mentioned

Taylor Dooley

Colin Kelley

Patrick Marks

Will McCarthy

Nick Rockefeller

Collin Stewart

Ashton Wood

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