Gaffney, SC – The Lincoln Memorial men's lacrosse team will travel to Gaffney, SC on Saturday to face the Limestone Saints at 3 pm as they seek for their first conference win of the season.
Saturday's match will be the 5
th time in series history that the two teams will face off, with the Saints winning the series 4-0 . Their most recent match up was at home last season in March of 2024, where the Railsplitters fell 9-15. The last time LMU and Limestone played in Gaffney was in April of 2023, and Limestone also came out of that match victorious 10-18.
Lincoln Memorial is coming off of a overtime loss to Mars Hill 13-14.
Jenson Jones would lead the night in points with 6, accounting for 3 goals and 3 assists, with
Rhodes Conroy behind him with 4 points for 3 goals and 1 assist.
Haden Berry and
John Lombel would both lead in ground balls with 9 each, and
Ashton Wilson led in caused turnovers with 2. Berry would win 9/23 face offs and
Brixten McKenzie would win 4/5.
Connor Fitzgibbon would earn himself 15 saves.
Currently, Conroy is leading the team in points with 16, tallying team-highs in goals and assists with 10 goals and 6 assists. Berry is the team-leader in ground balls with 29, and has the highest face-off win percentage, winning 51/93 face-offs for a win percentage of 54.8%. Lombel and Wilson are both leading in the caused turnover category with 9 each.
In the South Atlantic Conference, Lombel and Wilson are tied for 8
th in caused turnovers per game with 1.80, with Lombel also ranked 8
th in the conference in ground balls per game with 5. Berry is 5
th in face-off winning percentage with 54.8% and 5
th (28
th nationally) in ground balls per game with 54.8%. Fitsgibbon is 7
th in the conference in goals-against average with 11.78, 7
th in save percentage with 47.8%, and 3
rd in saves per game with 10.80.
As a team, Lincoln Memorial is 5
th (24
th nationally) in clearing percentage with 87.5%, 5
th in opponent clearing percentage with 83.2%, and 5
th in saves per game with 11.20.
The Saints are coming off of a 21-4 win against Coker.
The Railsplitters have an overall record of 2-3 and a 0-1 conference record, and they are currently in 9
th in the SAC standings. Limestone has a 6-1 overall record and a conference record of 1-0, and they are standing in 3
rd place in the SAC standings.
The match is set to start at 3 pm in Gaffney, SC.
The games can be watched on FloCollege and followed through Live Stats with the link below:
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