PREVIEW: Women’s Lacrosse hits the road to face Mars Hill

MARS HILL, N.C. – The Catawba College women's lacrosse team heads to the High Country to continue South Atlantic Conference play against the Mars Hill Lions on Saturday at 3 p.m.

First SAC Win

- Despite letting Emory & Henry get the first two licks in, Catawba swarmed the Wasps to chalk up a 16-5 victory for the first league and home wins of the year

- Catawba dominated the shot count by a 36-16 margin and finished with a whopping 15-8 advantage on the draw

- After being honored on Senior Day, the graduating class combined for nine goals

- Michaela Lantz racked up a hat trick on three scores while Charlize Skepple and Joey Baillie recorded four points on two goals and two assists apiece

- Madison Shaffer recorded a team-high four caused turnovers to lead the defensive effort

Stat Sheet Summary

- Kylie Harris leads all Catawba Indians with 11 points, scoring nine times with two helpers

- Abby Shuren has also netted nine goals with Mary Sorvillo and Grace-Virginia Deal following closely at eight strikes each

- In assists, Baillie and Skylar Mullin have dished out four dimes apiece, one ahead of Meredith Marchetti's three

- Allison Filosa holds the team lead in ground balls, corralling the rock 16 times, as Sorvillo and Mullin have tacked on 14 and 13, respectively

- Thanks to seven caused turnovers in the last two games, Marchetti has totaled 10 takeaways in her young sophomore campaign; Audrey Adelsberger is close behind at eight swipes

On the Road Again

- Catawba is back on the road following its season-opening streak of four away contests

- The blue and white went 2-2 in that span, beating Shorter and Southern Wesleyan while falling to nationally-ranked Belmont Abbey and Tusculum

- In the road triumphs, Catawba supplied 16 and 17 goals to dispatch its opponent by nine or more strikes

- Already boasting their most victories away from home since 2022, the Catawba Indians will tie that season's mark with a win on Saturday

All-Time Series

- The Catawba Indians are 4-2 against Mars Hill in the all-time series, doing battle in six of the last seven years (quarantines cut Catawba's 2021 season short)

- The last meeting culminated in a decisive 16-2 victory for Catawba, but the previous matchup at Meares Stadium was an 11-9 win favoring the Lions

- Across the six duels, Catawba has out-scored MHU by a 90-59 margin (average result of 15-10)

Scouting the Lions

- After beating Southern Wesleyan 12-4 in the season opener, the Lions have dropped five consecutive games to enter Saturday's tilt at 1-5 overall and 0-2 in conference

- The Lions' SAC games resulted in lopsided victories for Lincoln Memorial (14-5) and Wingate (22-0), but both matchups were on the road

- MHU is averaging over 10 goals at home this season, significantly higher than its 6.83 average in all competitions

- Haley Stallings has found the back of the net eight times, the team high, as Kendall Middleton has a squad-best 12 points on seven goals and five assists

Follow Along

The matchup will be streamed live on FloCollege ($) with real-time stats available on marshilllions.com.