Harrogate, TN – The Lincoln Memorial men's lacrosse team will begin conference play as they play host to the Mars Hill Lions Saturday afternoon at 4 pm.

Saturday will be the 9^th time that Lincoln Memorial and Mars Hill will meet, with the Railsplitters slightly winning the series 5-4. Their most recent match up, which was last season in April of 2024, LMU fell to the Lions 10-11. Their last meeting in Harrogate, however, was in April of 2023, and the Railsplitters came out on top 12-7.

Lincoln Memorial is coming off of a 10-14 loss against #16 (#19 at the time of play) Saint Leo. Alex Winters and Gavin Reid led the game in points with 4, with Winters tallying 4 goals and Reid recording 1 goal and 3 assists. Rhodes Conroy would post 3 points with 2 goals and 1 assist, and Brock Saunders would register 2 points with 1 goal and 1 assist. Koen Burdette and Jenson Jones would get 1 point each from 1 goal. Haden Berry, Jordan Castro, and Lombel would lead the ground ball category with 4 each, and Ashton Wilson would b the team-leader in caused turnovers with 2. Berry won 11/19 face-offs. Connor Fitzgibbon would earn himself 9 saves.

In the South Atlantic Conference, Daniel Pearl is leading in shot percentage (11^th in the nation) with 63.6% and 13^th in goals per game with 2.33. Berry is 4^th in face-off winning percentage with 60% and 5^th in ground balls per game with 5. Lombel and Wilson are 6^th and 8^th in caused turnovers per game, with 2.00 and 1.75 respectively. Fitzgibbon is 7^th in goals-against average with 11.75 and 4^th in saves per game with 9.75.

As a team, Lincoln Memorial is 5^th in caused turnovers per game with 10.50 and 5^th in opponent clear percentage with 82%.

Mars Hill is coming off of a 20-8 win against Malone.

Lincoln Memorial's record is 3-2, while Mars Hill's record is 3-2.

The match is set to start at 4 pm at LMU Lacrosse Complex. 

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