ALAMOSA, Colo. - Adams State Women's Lacrosse is home once again Friday in a midday tilt against RMAC foe Fort Lewis College before hitting the road to take on Colorado Mesa.
OPPONENTS
Fort Lewis College Skyhawks (1-5, 1-4 RMAC)
No. 14 Colorado Mesa Mavericks (10-2, 4-2 RMAC)
WHEN
Friday, April 12 - 1 p.m. vs. Fort Lewis
Sunday, April 14 - 2 p.m. vs. Colorado Mesa
WHERE
Alamosa, Colo. - ASU Lacrosse Field
Grand Junction, Colo. - Walker Field
Opening Draw
• The Grizzlies (0-7, 0-3 RMAC) are back home for the second game in as many weeks as RMAC plays winds down to final games of the season.
• Adams State will then travel for its next two games before returning home for the final game of the regular season.
• Prior to postponing their game last Sunday, the Grizzlies played four straight games on the road, with the first three being against RMAC opponents.
• The Grizzlies will hit the road next weekend for the final time as they take on Regis University.
Lax-4-Life Campaign
• The Grizzlies will be taking donations at their home game for the Lax-4-Life campaign.
• The Lax-4-Life campaign provides support programs that are geared toward young adult suicide prevention awareness.
Quick Hits
Last Time Out
• Adams State last played on April 5 against UCCS. The Mountain Lions secure the road win in Alamosa by a final fo 28-0.
• The Grizzlies games against UCCS was their first RMAC home game of the 2019 season and just their second game at home this year.
Plut at the Helm
• Head Coach
Monica Plut is in her first season of leading the Adams State Women's Lacrosse program.
• Plut was brought in as an Associate Head Coach in early January but now oversees the entirety of the program.
Adams State Breakdown
•
Savannah Penland continues to lead the Grizzlies offensive attack with six points. All six points have come on goals scored.
• Sitting second in points is
Madison Gerchow with four. Like Penland, all of her points have come on goals scored.
•
Alexis Wellong and
Shelby Nelson are third and fourth in points with two and one, respectively. Wellong has a goals scored and an assist, while Nelson has a goal scored.
• Goalkeeper
Louisa Sanchez has the most groundball pickups with 18 entering the weekend.
•
Tara Sowards is second in groundballs with eight on the year.
• Penland third in groundballs with seven.
• Penland leads the defensive unit in caused turnovers with seven.
Jazmine Palacios is second with four.
• Tied for third in caused turnovers is Sowards, Gerchow,
Alecia Begay,
Emily Motz, and
Hannah Vigil.
• Gerchow is the team leader in draw controls with 31. Penland is second with 17.
• In net, Sanchez has notched 100 saves for the season. She has a .352 save percentage entering the weekend.
Scouting Fort Lewis College
• The Skyhawks are 1-5 overall and 1-4 in the RMAC entering the weekend.
• As a unit, Fort Lewis has totaled 66 points on 48 goals and 18 assists.
• Abby Escandon leads the team in points with 17 on seven goals and a team-high 10 assists.
• Rachel Hurst is second with 11 points on eight goals scored and three assists.
• Delany Benson rounds out the double-digit points with 10. She has a team-high nine goals and one assist.
• Five players have double figure groundballs. Daris Wienk has the most with 19. Aitana Rivera is second with 16.
• Rivera is the team leader in caused turnovers with 10. Hurst is second with nine.
• Ann Nelson leads the way in draw controls with 17. Hurst is second at 1, while Mia White is third with 10.
• In net, Wienk has 69 saves on the year and sports a .442 save percentage.
Scouting Colorado Mesa
• The Mavericks enter the weekend 10-2 overall, 4-2 in the RMAC, and ranked No. 14 in the latest set of the IWLCA top-25 poll.
• CMU is coming off a 23-10 loss against then No. 10 Regis University back on April 6.
• Paige Elliott is the team's leading scorer at 55 points on 12 goals and a team-high 43 assists.
• Olivia Hayden is second in points on a team-high 40 goals scored and 11 assists.
• Hayden leads the Mavericks in groundballs with 62. Erin Koehler is second with 60.
• Both Hayden and Koehler are tied for the team lead in caused turnovers with 46, respectively.
• Hayden also has the most draw controls this season for CMU with 110.
• Goalkeeper Lula Mitchell has the most saves for CMU with 53 and is 8-1 on the year.
Up Next
• The Grizzlies will head to Denver for a RMAC matchup against the Regis Rangers on Saturday, April 20. Game time is set for 1 p.m.
