WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cooper Field | Washington, D.C.
RECORDS: High Point (0-1), Georgetown (0-0)
SERIES RECORD: High Point leads 1-0
LAST MEETING: High Point won 9-3 in High Point, N.C. on Feb. 14, 2017
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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University men's lacrosse team heads to the nation's capital to take on Georgetown on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. on Cooper Field.
 
The Panthers (0-1) fell in its season-opener at Duke on Thursday night while Tuesday's contest will be the first game of the season for the Hoyas.
 
Quick Hitters
• Freshman Asher Nolting opened his collegiate career with two goals and one assist at Duke. Nolting was one of three players to tally their first college point. Freshman Tyler Stinson recorded a goal while junior Brandon Savoie added an assist.
 
• Thirteen of the 33 Panthers to see action in the season-opener at Duke were making their HPU debut - including 11 freshmen. Two others were playing their first game since 2016 after missing last season due to injury.
 
• The senior duo of Connor Robinson and Jason Ashwood enter their final collegiate season ranked in the top-10 in HPU's career points rankings. Robinson is fifth with 49 (40g, 9a) while Ashwood sits in eighth with 29 (16g, 13a).
 
• Senior defender Terrell Sands was the Panthers' lone representative on the Preseason All-Southern Conference Team. The Sebastian, Fla. native enters his final season in the Purple & White ranking seventh in HPU's history in caused turnovers (28).
 
• The Panthers caused some havoc defensively last spring placing 18th in the nation in caused turnovers per game (7.64/game). Four of the team's top-five in the category return in Troutner, Sands, Griff Caligiuri and Luke Cappetto.
 
• Last season, High Point caused 10 of Georgetown's 16 turnovers in last years meeting. Troutner led the way with three from his keeper spot.
 
• Sophomore David Sampere led the rotation at the face-off 'X' going 8-of-17 while picking up a team-high six ground balls in the contest.
 
• HPU returns four of their seven double-digit goal scorers in Robinson (16), Ashwood (12), Chris Young (16) and Mitchel Snyder (10).
 
• High Point's four Canadians combined for four of the team's six goals and seven of the 13 shots on goal in the season opener at Duke. Young scored twice while Robinson and Stinson each scored. The squad's fourth Canadians, Adam Dickson, earned a shot on goal.
 
• Although the team finished 65th in the nation in ground balls last season, High Point returns 77 percent of their ground ball pickups this season (251-of-327).
 
• High Point is 11-25 all-time in road games. This is HPU's second road game against a Big East team.
 
Minding the Net, Plus a Little More
• Tim Troutner Jr. enters his third collegiate season with a 27-game start streak in the crease for the Panthers' defense. The Annapolis, Md. native is 12-15 as the starter including leading HPU to a win over No. 10 Virginia in his second career start.
 
• Troutner has already racked up 332 saves and has stopped 53.4 percent of the shots he's faced in college.
 
• On top of his goalkeeper, the athletic junior ranks fourth in HPU's history with 35 career caused turnovers. Similarly, only eight Panthers have collected more than his 84 career ground balls.
 
• Troutner's 12.30 saves per game is the highest average among active players nationally with a minimum of 250 career saves.
 
• Along with Troutner High Point has something most teams don't - an experienced backup. Senior Zach Tuell has started six games and boasts a .555 career save percentage.
 
Top NLL Prospect
Connor Robinson, a native of New Westminster, British Columbia, is considered by Inside Lacrosse to be the top prospect in the 2018 National Lacrosse League draft. In his final year at the junior level in Canada, Robinson was the league MVP and led the BCJALL in scoring.
 
Freshmen on the Worldwide Scene
Freshmen Taylor Acra and Isaac Newland were both selected to their respective national teams. Acra (Greece) and Newland (Jamaica) will compete with their teams in the 2018 FIL World Lacrosse Championships to be held in Netanya, Israel in July.
 
Winning in the Classroom
• The 2018 Panthers posted a 3.31 GPA during the 2017-18 fall semester, which is the highest in program history.
 
• The fall also included 41 student-athletes earning HPU's Mills Scholar-Athlete honor going to student-athletes with at least a 3.0 GPA for the semester.
 
• Leading the way were Ben Baker, Cade Klawinski, Nick Walsh and Bobby Stewart who all notched 4.0 GPAs.
 
• HPU tied Mercer for the most players on the SoCon Academic Honor Roll last season (33).
 
All-Time Series with Georgetown
The Panthers are 1-0 in the all-time series with the Hoyas. The only prior meeting between the two came in Vert Stadium last February.
 
All-Time Mark Against the BIG EAST
High Point is 3-2 against current members of the Big East Conference. That includes the 1-0 mark against the Hoyas as well as a matching 1-0 record against St. Johns. The other win came against Providence (1-1) with the final setback coming against Marquette (0-1).
 
Last Time They Met
Tim Troutner Jr. racked up 14 saves while allowing just three of the Hoyas' 36 shots to find the back of the net in HPU's 9-3 victory on Feb. 14, 2017. Offensively, Chris Young (2g) and Jason Ashwood (1g,1a) each had two points and Terrell Sands recorded six ground balls.
 
Next Up
The Purple & White open their home slate on Saturday, Feb. 17 against Maryland. The defending national champs lead the all-time series with HPU by a 2-0 count.
 
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