Mercer Pulls Away In Second Half For 17-11 Win At Furman

Wednesday, April 10

Greenville, S.C.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

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Furman

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Mercer

Furman

Mercer Pulls Away In Second Half For 17-11 Win At Furman

4/10/2024 8:40:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Caroline Glus scored a career high 5 goals

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Caroline Glus scored a career high five goals and Mercer outscored Furman 8-2 in the second half en route to a 17-11 win on the road over the Furman Paladins Wednesday night in Paladin Stadium.

Shots on goal were 27-15 in favor of Mercer. The Bears were also dominant in the draw circle winning 21 draws to Furman's 11. The Bears had 10 caused turnovers on the night, led by Sarah Leahy with three.

Caroline Glus led the Mercer attack with five goals and one assist. Eight different Mercer players accounted for the 17 goals. Freshman Ansley Walters and Kayla Soltys each had hat tricks in the game. Soltys led all players with nine draw controls.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Mercer got out to a good start, scoring the first three goals of the game. Gabby Brisbin scored a free position goal to put Mercer in front 4-1. However, Furman responded by scoring the next four goals to take a 5-4 lead less than one minute into the second quarter.

The first half played out with each team going on short scoring runs as Mercer trailing 5-4, went on a 4-0 spurt with Walters accounting for two of the goals to retake the lead at 8-5. The Paladins held Mercer without a goal over the final nine minutes of the second quarter and scored the last three goals of the half to even the score at nine going into halftime.

Mercer's defense was the storyline in the second half, allowing the Bears to retake the lead by scoring the first three goals of the second half. Abby Morrison scored a key goal a man-down with the shot clock winding down that put Mercer ahead 12-9.

Furman didn't score its first goal of the second half until just over one minute to play in the third quarter as Mercer took a 13-10 lead into the fourth quarter.

Soltys scored two of her three goals in the fourth quarter as the Bears closed out the Paldins on the road for the win.

NOTABLES

Mercer had 27 shots on goal. The Bears have had at least 25 shots on goal in all four conference games this season
Caroline Glus scored a career high five goals
Sandy Salit had a career high 4-point night with one goal and three assists
Abby Morrison had a career high eight draw controls
Morrison's man-down goal was the first man-down goal of the season for the Bears
Mercer had at least 10 caused turnovers for the sixth time this season
Furman entered Wednesday's game winning exactly 50.0% of its draws on the season. Furman won just 34% of the draws against Mercer
Gabby DiVirgilio had four assists; tied for her second most assists in a game this season

Up next for Mercer is a home game on Saturday, April 13 at 11 a.m. against Longwood.

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