Saturday, April 17th - at Vert Stadium (High Point, N.C.) Noon (ESPN+)
The High Point University men's lacrosse team (3-5) (2-1) will host the Mercer Bears (4-5) (1-1 at Vert Stadium, on Saturday (April 17th) in a SoCon matchup. This is the fourth straight SoCon matchup for the Panthers and third straight for the Bears. First face-off will take place at noon and the game will be streamed on ESPN+. It is senior day for HPU as they honor 18 seniors Koby Russell, Grant Ammann, Isaac Newland, PJ Peters, Will Hynson, Hayden Baker, Taylor Acra, Clayton Krol, Dalton Sulver, Matt Sellers, Asher Nolting, Davis Sampere, Tyler Stinson, Jack Cook, Sean Coughlin, Colin Clothier, Kevin Rogers, and Melanie Wallace.
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Matchup History
- High Point is 5-3 all-time against Mercer. The last HPU win came in 2019 at Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia as Asher Nolting recorded a career-high five goals and broke the single-season scoring record during that game as well. Dalton Sulver also had a good game scoring a career-high five points and four goals.
Across the Bench
- Mercer's points leader is Senior Michael Quinn with 21 points on the season so far. Quinn's best performance of the season so far was against The University of Utah where he recorded a season-high 6 points (3 goals and 3 assists).
- Will McCarthy leads the Bears in goals with 17. The senior scored a season-high 4 goals against Cleveland State.
Panther Notes
In their last game against Bellarmine, Brayden Mayea and Kevin Rogers both led the panthers in goals scoring 3 goals each. Senior, Tyler Stinson also scored his first goal on the season.
Nolting does it all
Nolting is now 3rd in the nation for average points per game, total assists, and average assists per game. Nolting has 29 total assists on the season and averages 3.62. Nolting assists per game average skyrocketed from 3.00 to 3.62 just after the game against Bellarmine. He is also currently tied for 6th in the nation in total points.
Always count on Mr. Rogers!
Kevin Rogers is the only panther to record at least one goal in every game on the season so far. Rogers has scored a season-high 4 goals twice this year (against Robert Morris and VMI) and has scored 3 goals in 3 different games this year (twice against North Carolina and once against Bellarmine).
Numerals Do Lie
Rogers is featured in a two-page story in this month's issue of US Lacrosse Magazine. The story explores Rogers' journey from Lynchburg (DIII) to High Point.
Where the Panthers rank
The Panthers are ranked 7th in the nation in man-up offense with a percentage of .485 and also tied for second in extra-man offense goals.
Highly Efficient
The Panthers are now shooting the second-highest shooting percentage in the nation with a total of .369%.
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