Mercer Heads To Presbyterian Wednesday

MACON, Ga. - The Mercer women's lacrosse team visits the Presbyterian Blue Hose on Wednesday. First draw is set for 4 p.m.

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Mercer (6-6, 3-0 Big South) at Presbyterian (4-8, 1-2 Big South)
Clinton, S.C. | Bailey Memorial Stadium
Wednesday, April 9 | 4 p.m.

SERIES HISTORY
Wednesday's game will be the eighth all-time meeting between Mercer and Presbyterian. Mercer leads the series, 6-1. Last year, the Bears defeated the Blue Hose, 23-1 in Macon.

LAST TIME OUT
Caoline Glus scored a career high six goals and Mercer overcame an early deficit to win convincingly at home, 20-7 over Radford on Senior Day from Five Star Stadium.

Nine different Mercer players scored for the Bears led by Glus' six goals. It's the third game this season in which the Bears scored 20 or more goals.

SCOUTING PRESBYTERIAN
Presbyterian is 4-8 overall and 1-2 in the Big South. Presbyterian's lone conference win was a 13-12 win at Radford.

Presbyterian was picked to finish eighth out of nine teams in the Big South Preseason Coaches Poll.

Presbyterian is averaging just 10.3 goals per game which ranks sixth in the Big South. The Highlander are allowing 14.3 goals per game. Presbyterian has struggled in the draw circle as they win just 40.7 percent of draws.

Presbyterian is led offensively by senior midfielder Willow Hammond who leads the team and ranks seventh in the Big South with 34 goals in 12 games. Freshman attacker Emily Currie has also been a threat offensively as she is the only other Blue Hose player with more than 15 goals as she has 27 goals.

The expected starting goalie for the Blue Hose is Kayleigh Aitken who owns a 13.4 goals against average with a 44.8 save percentage.

FOLLOW THE BEARS
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