Harrogate, TN - The Lincoln Memorial women's lacrosse team will play host to the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Saturday afternoon at 1 pm at the LMU Lacrosse Complex.
This will be the 11th time that the Railsplitters and teh Bears will face each other, with L-R winning the series 2-8. In their most recent match up, which was last season in March of 2024 in Hickory, NC, LMU defeated Lenoir-Rhyne 10-9. The last time that the two teams played against each other in Harrogate was in April of 2023, where Lincoln Memorial fell to Lenoir-Rhyne 11-12 in triple overtime.
Lincoln Memorial is coming off of a 9-17 loss against Anderson.
Josie Tinnerello would lead the team in points with 4 with 4 goals.
Jaedyn Ryba and
Samantha Billingsley would both lead in ground balls with 2 each.
Autumn Kirkpatrick,
Brookelyn Walls,
Savannah Telemeco,
Ryan Smith,
Keegan Gillman, and
Amber Kirkpatrick would each tally team-high 1 caused turnover each. Gillman and
Elle Miller would both get time in goal, with Gillman getting 4 saves and Miller tallying 5.
Currently, Tinnerello is leading the team in points on the season with 50, accounting for team-high 39 goals and 11 assists, with Kirkpatrick behind her with 41 points for 18 goals and team-high 23 assists.
Delaney Duck is the team-leader in ground balls with 20 and also in caused turnovers with 17. Tinnerello is leading in draw controls with 32.
In the SAC, Tinnerello is 8th in assists with 11, 10th in assists per game with 1.10, 5th in draw controls per game with 3.20, 1st in goals with 39, 1st in goals per game with 3.90, 1st in points with 50, 1st in points per game with 5, 3rd in shots per game with 7.50, and 3rd in shots on goal per game with 5.80. Kirkpatrick is 1st in the conference in assists with 23, 2nd in assists per game with 2.30, 2nd in points with 41, and 3rd in points per game with 4.10.
Jalee Davis is ranked 7th in the SAC in draw controls per game with 2.90.
Nationally, Kirkpatrick is 4th in the nation in assists and 16th in assists per game, and Tinnerello is 7th nationally in goals and 10th in points.
As a team, Lincoln Memorial is 2nd in the SAC in assists per game with 6.20, 2nd (19th nationally) in caused turnovers per game with 11.40, 3rd in draw control percentage with 0.524, 3rd in draw controls per game with 14.40, 4th in free position percentage with 0.468, 3rd in points per game with 18.80, 5th in scoring margin with 0.70, 4th in scoring offense with 12.60, 1st (12th nationally) in shot percentage with 0.496, and 5th in win percentage with 0.500.
Lenoir-Rhyne is coming off of a 14-12 win against UVA Wise.
Lincoln Memorial currently has an overall record of 5-5 and a 2-2 conference record, and they are sitting in 7th in the SAC standings. Lenoir-Rhyne has a 3-5 overall record and a conference record of 2-1, and they are currently sitting in 6th place in the SAC standings.
The match is set to begin at 1 pm at LMU Lacrosse Complex.
The games can be watched through FloCollege or followed through Live Stats with the links below:
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