Davidson W. Lax Welcomes High Point on Saturday; Gametime Changed to 4 p.m.

DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Wildcats, winners of three straight, will play host to the High Point Panthers on Saturday afternoon at Richardson Stadium for a National Lacrosse Conference contest.

A note, the game, originally scheduled for 1 p.m. has been changed to 4 p.m.

The Opening Draw Control
Davidson (4-9, 3-2 NLC) plays an important NLC contest on Saturday at 1 p.m. as it looks to gain ground on the Panthers (11-4, 5-1 NLC) in the standings. HPU is in second place after its win on Wednesday at Liberty, while the Wildcats sit in fourth-place.

Jacksonville leads the league with a 6-0 mark and Longwood is third at 4-2.

The All-Time Series/Last Meeting
Saturday's contest is the first between both schools as the Panthers are in their first year of having women's lacrosse.

Last Time Out...
... Davidson — Freshman Ann Fucigna reached the 30-goal mark on the season with four goals and Davidson picked up its third straight win with a 12-8 road victory at Liberty last Sunday afternoon in NLC action.

Fucigna became the second Wildcat to reach the 30-goal mark this year with 31, joining Alanna Parker (32). The freshman scored two of her four goals during a 5-1 run at the end of the first half and into the start of the second half that turned a 4-3 Liberty lead into an 8-5 Wildcat advantage. The 'Cats never looked back in taking the win.

Davidson was aggressive on the offensive and defensive ends all afternoon. The 'Cats fired off a season-high tying 33 shots, putting 25 of them on goal, and forced the Flames into 22 turnovers, causing 11 of them. Four of the caused turnovers were from the stick of senior Lily Graham, a career-high for the senior.

Overall, Davidson had 22 groundballs to match its season-best set vs. Howard, Apr. 3.

... High Point — The Panthers got four goals each from Grace Gaeng and Chelsea Thompson en route to a 17-4 victory over Liberty on Wednesday.

Alexis Goldman scored three goals, Ashleigh Kassab scored twice and four others hit the back of the net.

High Point ran out to a 12-3 lead at halftime. The Panthers were able to get everyone on the field then in the second half as they controlled the game the rest of the way, scoring five goals in a span of 11 minutes to go up 17-3.

Gaeng hit two milestones in the first half: she picked up her 20th assist and scored her 40th goal. She ranked 11th in the nation in points entering the game and posted six against Liberty, bringing her total to 62 (41-21-62).

Lauren Hayes finished with five saves in goal for the win.

Statistical Leaders

Teams:
Davidson- 136 goals (10.46 per game), 42 assists, 290 shots (22.3 per game), 166 draw controls (12.8 per game), 75 caused turnovers, 175 groundballs and 40-80 on free-position shots (50%)

High Point- 214 goals (15.29 per game), 86 assists, 426 shots (30.4 per game), 176 draw controls (12.6 per game), 149 caused turnovers, 388 groundballs, and 35-67 on free-position shots (52.2%)

Individual Leaders:

Davidson
•Goals - Alanna Parker (32), Ann Fucigna (31), Erin Keitel (18), three tied with 14
•Assists - Erin Doherty (12), Erin Keitel (6), Ann Fucigna (5), Paige Logan (5)
•Points - Ann Fucigna (36- 7th in NLC), Alanna Parker (35), Erin Doherty (26), Erin Keitel (24)
•Groundballs - Erin McGuire (21), Jessica Melby (20), Lily Graham (19)
•Caused Turnovers - Lily Graham (14), Paige Logan (13)
•Draw Controls - Alanna Parker (36- 3rd in NLC), Erin Doherty (34- 4th in NLC), Erin McGuire (29)
•Saves - Jessica Melby (93- 6th in NLC)

High Point
•Goals - Grace Gaeng (41- 1st in NLC), Chelsea Thompson (38- t2nd in NLC), Sara Kuhlman (24)
•Assists - Grace Gaeng (21- 1st in NLC), Mackenzie Carroll (21- 1st in NLC), Chelsea Thompson (17- 3rd in NLC)
•Points - Grace Gaeng (62- 1st in NLC), Chelsea Thompson (55- 3rd in NLC), Mackenzie Carroll (43)
•Groundballs - Christie Dougherty (38- 2nd in NLC), Kelsey Kirby (37- 3rd in NLC), Jasmine Jordan (37- 3rd NLC)
•Caused Turnovers - Emily Boissonneault (14), Corina Mahorn (12)
•Draw Controls - Kelsey Kirby (22), Jasmine Jordan (18)
•Saves - Lauren Hayes (89)

Up Next
The Wildcats take to the road for one last time this year as they play at Prebyterian on Wednesday, Apr. 20. Gametime for the NLC matchup is set for 4 p.m.

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