Women's Lacrosse | March 22, 2024
RICHMOND, Va. – La Salle women's lacrosse will travel to Cary Street Field tomorrow afternoon for a 1:00 p.m. meeting with the 2-7 VCU Rams. La Salle enters on a four-game losing streak at 2-6, and are 0-3 in conference play, while VCU is 1-2.
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SCOUTING THE EXPLORERS:
- La Salle is coming off of their fourth-straight loss, this one at the hands of the Massachusetts Minutewomen 20-9 on Wednesday.
- Despite the result, the Explorers had six different goal-getters in the loss, three of which had multi-goal efforts.
- Claudia Steinmetz, Katie Johnson, and Mackenzie Click all notched two goals in the game, while Kate Licciardi, Molly Maloney, and Maddie Henderson all scored once.
- Johnson sits as the team's leading scorer this season, having scored 20 goals thus far. She is currently on a three-game scoring streak where she's scored two goals in each game.
- Alana Lathan stands as the number two scorer for the Explorers having 13 goals this season, and is second on the team in shots taken (25).
- La Salle ranks at third in the Atlantic 10 in shot percentage this season. As a team they are shooting .509, scoring 86 goals on 169 shots. VCU ranks one spot behind in this category.
- Both teams tomorrow have been successful in woman-up opportunities this season. VCU sits atop the woman-up goals per game list, averaging 2.38 per game, and La Salle sits at fourth averaging 1.75 per game.
- Against UMass, Mary Babbage started in net for La Salle and remained there for the remainder of the game. She finished with 11 saves and enters tomorrow with a .320 save percentage.
SCOUTING THE RAMS:
- Both VCU and La Salle sit at the bottom of the conference in overall record, but a win over the George Mason Patriots has VCU sitting three spots above La Salle in conference standings.
- Most recently, however, the Rams are coming off a 18-7 loss to the Davidson Wildcats, a ver similar result to when La Salle and Davidson played.
- VCU has had recent success this season, but opened the season 0-4, scoring above seven goals once in that stretch.
- Mia George and Ashley Karn are both high-powered scorers for VCU. George has 18 goals this season, while Karn has 17.
- Karn leads the team in points this season, adding ten assists to her 17 goals.
- Ahnika Eberl has spent the most time in goal for VCU this season, and comes into tomorrow with a .356 save percentage.
HOW TO FOLLOW:
- The game will be streamed on ESPN+ starting at 1:00 p.m. and can be followed using the Live Stats broadcast.
