Women's Lacrosse Hosts Kennesaw State On Sunday

Sunday, March 19

Macon, Ga.

1 PM

Mercer University

Kennesaw State

Women's Lacrosse Hosts Kennesaw State On Sunday

3/18/2023 1:15:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Game is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Five Star Stadium

MACON, Ga. - The Mercer women's lacrosse team looks to win its fourth consecutive game when it welcomes Kennesaw State to Five Star Stadium on Sunday March 19.

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Mercer (4-1, 0-0 Big South) vs Kennesaw State (1-7, 0-0 ASUN)
Five Star Stadium | Macon, Ga.
Sunday, March 19 | 1 p.m.
Live Stats

SERIES HISTORY
Sunday's contest will be the ninth meeting between Mercer and Kennesaw State. Mercer leads the series 7-1. The Bears have not lost at home to the Owls, owning a 3-0 record in Macon.

LAST TIME OUT
The Mercer women's lacrosse team used a big second quarter to pull away from Manhattan in a 20-6 win last Sunday. The Bears outscored Manhattan 8-1 in the second quarter.

Mercer outshot Manhattan 30-20 and held the Jaspers to just four shots on goal in the first half. Turnovers were 18-12 in favor of the Bears.

The Bears had 11 different goal scorers account for their 20 goals, led by Maddi Koury who had a career-high five goals and one assist.

Erin Degnan had three goals, two assists and three draw controls. Kayla Soltys led the Bears with eight draw controls to go with one goal and one assist.

Mercer goalie Kate Vanderlinde made seven saves allowing just three goals with a .700 save percentage, before Kayla Casey took over in goal in the fourth quarter.

SCOUTING KENNESAW STATE
Kennesaw State enters Sunday's game with a 1-7 record and has lost its last seven since winning its season opener.

The Owls also recently played Manhattan, losing to the Jaspers 10-8 on March 15.

The Owls have given up at least 10 goals in six of their last seven games. However, Kennesaw State has played tough in most of their losses. Six of Kennesaw State's seven losses have come by three goals or less.

Kennesaw State is averaging 28.1 shots per game and allowing 26.0 per game. The Owls have been good in draw controls where they have 129 draw controls to their opponents 90.

The Owls have six different players averaging more than one goal per game, led by freshman midfielder Shannon Harrington who has 16 goals through the first eight games.

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