Salisbury, NC - The Lincoln Memorial men's lacrosse team will face the Catawba Indians Saturday on the road as they travel to Salisbury, NC, with the match beginning at 2 pm.
This will be the 10th time in series history that the two teams will play, with the Indians winning the series 1-8. Their most recent match up was in Harrogate, and the Railsplitters fell to Catawba 9-12. The last match that was in Salisbury, NC, which was in April of 2023, resulted in a 10-12 Catawba win.
Lincoln Memorial is coming off of a 8-20 loss against Lenoir-Rhyne.
Rhodes Conroy led points with 4 for 3 goals and 1 assist.
Haden Berry and
Connor Blondin were both the team-leaders in ground balls with 3.
John Lombel,
Tim Carlson,
Alex Winters, and
Alex Wegrzyn all led the team in caused turnovers with 1 each. Berry won 6/19 face offs, and
Brixten McKenzie won 2/11. Goalkeepers
Jayden Herman,
Connor Fitzgibbon, and
Tyler Shea recorded 8 saves, 11 saves, and 3 saves, respectively.
Currently, Conroy leads the team in points with 28, accounting for team-high 19 goals and 9 assists.
Jenson Jones has the team-high in assists with 10. Lombel is leading the team in ground balls on the season with 45 and also in caused turnovers with 19. Berry is the team-leader in face-off wining percentage with .478.
In the SAC, Lombel is 3rd in caused turnovers per game with 2.11 and 6th in ground balls per game with 5. Fitzgibbon is 6th in goals against average with 14.56, 6th in save percentage in 0.462, and 4th in saves per game with 10.22. Berry is 8th in face-off winning percentage with 0.478.
Nationally, Lombel is 15th in the nation in caused turnovers per game and 27th in ground balls per game.
As a team, Lincoln Memorial is 5th in the SAC (19th nationally) in saves with 123 and 3rd (23th nationally) in saves per game with 13.67.
Catawba is coming off of a 12-5 loss against Newberry.
Lincoln Memorial has a overall record of 2-7 and a 0-5 conference record. The Railsplitters are currently 10
th in the SAC standings.The Indians currently have a overall record of 7-2 and a 3-2 conference record, and they are sitting in 4th in the SAC standings.
The match is set to start at 2 pm in Salisbury, NC.
The games can be watched on FloCollege and followed through Live Stats with the link below:
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