Harrogate, TN - The Lincoln Memorial women's lacrosse team will start their conference play as they host the Mars Hill Lions Saturday afternoon at 12 pm. 

This will be the 7th match up between the two teams, where the Railsplitters are undefeated in the series 6-0. Their most recent face off was in Mars Hill last season in March of 2024, where LMU came out on top 20-3. The most recent game in Harrogate was in April of 2023, where Lincoln Memorial defeated Mars Hill 16-3.

Lincoln Memorial is coming  off of a 27-4 loss against #1 Tampa. Josie Tinnerello would lead, tallying 3 goals for a total of 3 points. McKenzie Cates would fall behind her with 1 point as she recorded an assist on the match. Delaney Duck led in ground balls with 4, as Ryan Smith and Jalee Davis and Duck all led in caused turnovers with 2 each. Tinnerello would also lead in the draw controls as she posted 5. Elle Miller would play all 60 minutes and earned herself 9 saves.

Currently, Tinnerello is leading the team in points with 29, accounting for a team-high 21 goals and 8 assists. Amber Kirkpatrick is behind her with 20 points, which includes 7 goals and team-high 13 assists. Duck is leading in both ground balls and caused turnovers with 14 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers, while Samantha Billingsley is leading in draw controls with 13 on the season.

In the South Atlantic Conference, Tinnerello is 4^th in assists with 8, 8^th in assists per game with 1.60, 4^th in free-position percentage with .60, 1^st in goals with 21, 1^st in goals per game with 10.13, 1^st in points with 29, 1^st in points per game with 5.80, 3^rd in shots per game with 7.60 and 3^rd in shots on goal per game with 6. Kirkpatrick is 1^st in the SAC in assists with 13, 2^nd in assists per game with 2.60, 3^rd in points with 20, and 3^rd in points per game with 4. Jaiden Jaynes is 8^th in the conference in assists with 5, 14^th in points with 12. Davis and Billingsley are 12^th and 14^th in the conference in draw controls per game with 2.80 and 2.60, respectively. Keegan Gillman is 5^th in save percentage with 45%, 8^th in saves with 27, and 4^th in goals against average with 10.13.  Duck is 3^rd in caused turnovers per game with 2.20 and 13^th in ground balls per game with 2.80.

Nationally, Tinnerello is 20^th in assists with 8, 4^th in goals with 21, and 5^th in points with 29. Kirkpatrick is 5^th in the nation in assists with 13 and18^th in points with 20.

As a team, Lincoln Memorial is 4^th in the conference (26^th nationally) in assists per game with 7.40, 2^nd (28^th nationally) in caused turnovers per game with 11.80, 3^rd in clearing percentage with 85.1%, 4^th in points per game with 20, and 4^th in shot percentage with 48.8%.

Mars Hill is coming off of a 17-13 loss against Converse.

LMU's overall record is 3-2, while the Lions' record is 1-3.

The match is set to start at 12:00 pm at LMU Lacrosse Complex. 

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