Harrogate, TN – The Lincoln Memorial men's lacrosse team will face their first out of two ranked opponents this week as they face #15 Anderson Wednesday afternoon at 1 pm.
Wednesday will only be the 5
th time in series history that the two teams will face each other, with Anderson winning the series 0-4. In their most recent match up, which was in March of 2024, the Trojans defeated LMU 9-13.
Lincoln Memorial is coming off of a 5-8 loss against Coker.
Gavin Reid,
Jenson Jones, and
Brock Saunders all led in points with 2, with Reid tallying 2 goals and Jones and Saunders recording 1 goal and 1 assist each.
John Lombel was the team-leader in ground balls with 4 each and also led in caused turnovers with 4.
Connor Fitzgibbon and
Jayden Herman would both earn time in goal, as Herman recorded 9 saves and Fitzgibbon recorded 1.
In the South Atlantic Conference, Lombel is 4
th (23
rd nationally) in caused turnovers per game with 2.14, and 8
th in ground balls per game with 4.43.
Haden Berry is 7
th in face-off winning percentage with 0.512, and Fitzgibbon is 6
th in goals against average with 13.10, 7
th in save percentage with 0.468, and 4
th in saves per game with 10.29.
As a team, Lincoln Memorial is 5
th in saves per game with 11.29.
Anderson is coming off of a 21-14 win against Lander.
Lincoln Memorial has a overall record of 2-5 and a 0-3 conference record. The Railsplitters are currently 10
th in the SAC standings. Anderson currently has a overall record of 5-2 and a 2-0 conference record, and the Trojans are sitting in 2
nd in the SAC standings.
The match is set to start at 1 pm at LMU Lacrosse Complex.
The games can be watched on FloCollege and followed through Live Stats with the link below:
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