Urey’s 11 Goals Breaks School Record As Bears Defeat Wofford 21-10

Wednesday, April 12

Spartanburg, SC

4 PM

Mercer University

10-2, 4-0BIG SOUTH

Wofford

5-7, 2-2BIG SOUTH

MERCER

WOFFORD

Urey’s 11 Goals Breaks School Record As Bears Defeat Wofford 21-10

4/12/2023 8:08:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Shannon Urey set a single-game school record with 11 goals

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Shannon Urey set a Mercer single-game goal record with 11 goals and Mercer held off a third quarter Wofford comeback to defeat the Terriers 21-10 Wednesday evening at Gibbs Stadium.

With the win, the Bears move to 5-0 in conference play and remain perfect on the road at 7-0.

Urey's 11 goals breaks the previous Mercer record of nine goals held by Lindsey Zeltwenger since 2017. It is also the most goals scored by any player in Big South history and is the most goals scored in a game by any Division I women's lacrosse player this season.

The Bears once again outshot their opponent by a large margin as shots were 42-14 in favor of the Bears. In a matchup of the top two draw control teams in the conference Mercer held a 20-13 advantage in that department.

Lyndsey Lewis had a hat trick for her second consecutive game and Gabby DiVirgilio also had a hat trick, her first of the season.

Emma Pizzo had five draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Kayla Soltys led Mercer with seven draw controls for the second consecutive game.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Mercer dominated possession in the early going but had nothing to show for on the scoreboard in a scoreless game through the first seven minutes.

Shannon Urey got things started for the Bears scoring three of Mercer's first four goals to put the Bears up 4-0 and gave her a hat trick less than 10 minutes into the game.

Mercer stretched its lead to 10-1 with just over nine minutes to play in the second quarter with goals coming from Urey, Lewis, DiVirgilio and Chloe Schaeffer.

Urey scored the last two goals of the first half to give her eight first half goals and Mercer a 13-5 lead at halftime.

Wofford had the better of play in the third quarter, outscoring Mercer 5-1 to make it a 14-10 game.

Mercer responded emphatically, not allowing the Terriers to get any closer as the Bears outscored Wofford 7-0 in the fourth quarter.

Urey scored her 10^th goal of the game, breaking the single-game goal record off a nice spin move to beat her defender and firing a shot from close range at the 8:19 mark of the fourth quarter.

NOTABLES

Urey's 11 goals gives her 61 on the season and for the time being moves her into second in the country in goals.
Mercer has scored at least 20 goals in four of its five Big South games this season.
Mercer has held its last two conference opponents and three of its last four scoreless in the fourth quarter.
The Bears had 30 shots on goal. The third consecutive game with at least 30 shots on goal.
The Bears had six free position goals, the most in a game this season.

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