CLINTON, S.C. – The Radford women's lacrosse team will travel to Johnson Field at Old Bailey Stadium in Clinton, S.C., for a crucial Big South matchup with Presbyterian on Saturday at noon.
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SETTING THE STAGE
• Series: Presbyterian leads 1-0 (Last Meeting: April 9, 2016 | L, 8-13)
• Location: Johnson Field at Old Bailey Stadium (Clinton, S.C.)
• Time: Noon
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
• Radford (5-8, 1-3 Big South) looks to bounce back after a 19-5 loss to Big South leader, High Point, at Cupp Stadium on Wednesday.
• Juliette Ruland had two of the Highlanders five goals. She only took three shots in the contest against the Panthers.
• Radford has scored 175 goals this season and is averaging 13.5 goals per game, second-most in the Big South.
• Five different freshmen have scored at least one goal and one totaled assist this season. The freshman class has accounted for 41 percent of Radford's goals and assists combined.
• Lindsey Carroll has been creating scoring chances and has a conference-high 31 assists this season with 10 coming in one game. She sits on top of the Big South leaderboard with 2.38 assists per game.
• Emma Rogers has been getting great opportunities at the net and has scored 39 goals this season. She is scoring three goals per game, which is the tied for best in the Big South.
• The combination of goals and assists has put Radford first in the Big South averaging 19.92 points per game.
• Led by Adrian Rius, the conference leader in draw controls with 71 (5.46 per game), the Highlanders lead the Big South with 165 total draw controls and are averaging 15.62 per game.
• Radford has great pursuit for loose balls and is averaging 21.54 ground balls per game, which is good for 12th place in the land.
• The Highlanders are sixth nationally in shot percentage (48.6 percent) and 27th in the country in scoring offense averaging 13.46 goals per game.
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SCOUTING PRESBYTERIAN
• Presbyterian (2-10, 1-3 Big South) has only won 14 games over the past five years combined and have totaled a record of 14-68 in that span.
• The Blue Hose have picked up its two wins over Butler and Gardner-Webb by a combined 18 goals. PC defeated Butler, 12-5 and won a 17-6 decision over Gardner-Webb.
• Presbyterian is only averaging eight goals per game, but is only allowing 15.59 per contest.
• The Blue Hose have four players with double-digit goals. Lauren Schaaf has totaled 17 goals with five assists and is tied for the team lead of 22 points. Cady Roberts is the other player with 22 points (14 goals and eight assists). Alexandra Cole has totaled eight assists and has found the back of the net eight times.
• Maura Talvacchia has picked up 48 of Presbyterian's 127 caused turnovers. She leads the Big South and the next best is 28 caused turnovers.
UP NEXT
The Highlanders travel to Lynchburg, Va., to face Liberty on Wednesday at 6 p.m., in the final regular season road contest of the season.
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