WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 14 | 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Vert Stadium | High Point, N.C.
RECORDS: High Point (0-1, 0-0), Georgetown (0-0, 0-0)
SERIES RECORD: First meeting | Series Tied 0-0
LAST MEETING: N/A
Video: Big South Network
Live Stats: HighPointPanthers.Com  
Game Notes: HighPointPanthers.Com
Tickets: TicketReturn.Com
 
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University men's lacrosse team hosts Georgetown at 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon in the program's 2017 home opener.
 
The Panthers (0-1) kicked off their 2017 slate with a 10-5 setback to No. 7 Duke on Friday night in Durham, N.C. In the defeat, seniors Michael LeClair and Sean Harrison both posted two points while sophomore Tim Troutner Jr. racked up 11 saves in the affair.
 
Quick Hitters:
• The Panthers are set to open their fifth season of NCAA competition. In their four previous home-openers, the Purple & White are 2-2.
   • 2016: Lost 10-13 vs. Boston University
   • 2015: Won 15-10 vs. Delaware
   • 2014: Won 9-7 vs. Saint Joseph's
   • 2013: Lost 10-12 vs. Delaware
 
• The Purple & White produced a 6-1 record in Vert Stadium last year by winning their final six home games of the season. 
 
• Sean Harrison's two-point performance at Duke was the eighth multi-point outing of his career.
 
• Last season, the trio of Dan Lomas, Matt Thistle and Michael LeClair combined to score 97 goals while the rest of the team tallied 65 on the year. With Lomas and Thistle gone, expect an experienced and deep crop of midfielders to take on more of a scoring role. Six members of the HPU midfield have over 15 career points while LeClair in the only attackman to reach that number.
 
• Senior Tanner Landstra will anchor the defense after starting all 33 games during the last three seasons while causing 11 turnovers.
 
• High Point is 10-9 in home non-conference games during its first four seasons of NCAA competition. However, the team was 5-2 during the last two seasons with a 13-10 loss to Boston University and a 16-13 setback to Duke in 2015.
 
• Sophomore Tim Troutner Jr. went 5-0 at home last season and posted a .602 save percentage and 9.12 goals-against average at Vert Stadium.
 
• High Point outscored opponents 157-100 in home contests in 2016.
 
All-Time Series with Georgetown
Tuesday's contest will be the first meeting all-time between the Panthers and the Hoyas.
 
All-Time against the Big East Conference
High Point is 1-1 all-time against Big East foes.
    • Providence: 1-0
    • Marquette: 0-1
 
• The last time the Panthers took the field against a Big East opponent, HPU jumped out to a 7-0 lead and held off the Friars for a 13-12 victory in Vert Stadium on March 12, 2016.
 
LeClair's Streak
• As a freshman, LeClair posted a point in three of his first seven games, but has scored in every one since then (42 straight).
 
• The streak is the longest in HPU history passing Lomas' streak (32) and is the second-longest active streak nationally.

1) Ian MacKay, Vermont, - 46 games
2) Michael LeClair, High Point - 42 games
Connor Cannizarro, Denver - 42 games
4) Matt Rambo, Maryland - 40 games
5) Jack Brucker, Duke - 40 games
Justin Guterding, Duke - 40 games 

Next Up
The Purple & White continue their tough early schedule heading to College Park, Md. to take on No. 2 Maryland at noon on Saturday, Feb. 18.
 
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