The High Point University's women's lacrosse team (9-7) (6-0) will be hosting Radford in the Big South Championship game on May 2nd at 2:00 PM. HPU will be making its fifth consecutive appearance in the Big South Championship game after defeating Winthrop 21-8 on Friday (April 30th). Sunday's championship game will be streamed on ESPN3.
Sunday, May 2nd, - vs Radford (High Point, N.C.) 2:00 PM
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Across the Bench
- Radford comes to the Championship game after defeating Campbell 15-14 in the Big South Semifinal.
- The Big South Freshman of the year comes from Radford, Ava Goeller. She is the first ever Radford player to earn this honor.
Panther Notes
Abby Hormes For Tewaaraton
Hormes was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch list again this season last month. The Tewaaraton is awarded to the top male and female in college lacrosse each season. Hormes has scored the third-most goals in the nation with 65 on the year. She averages 4.33 goals per game which is the seventh-best average in the nation.
Offensive Explosion
The output of 23 goals against Campbell for the Panthers is the fourth most goals in a single game by a High Point team. The team is averaging 14.47 goals per game.
Sister, Sister
At the start of Big South Play against Campbell, Katie Hormes scored the first goals of her Panther career. In six Big South regular season games and one conference tournament game so far the Hormes sisters have combined for 47 goals.
ESPN'S #LaxTop5 High Point Heavy
Jill Rall, Rachel Foster, and Sarah Zeto have been showcased in ESPN's #LaxTop5 which highlights the top five plays in women's lacrosse that week and is shown during the women's lacrosse game of the week on the ESPN networks. Rall's play was shown this week as she assisted an Abby Hormes goal in a clearing effort Foster's shovel goal against Vanderbilt was number one four weeks ago, while Zeto's diving save against Coastal where she made a stop then dove backward and stopped the ball from rolling in was five three weeks ago.
Panthers Nationally Impactful
High Point is fifth in the nation in ground balls this season as the Purple & White average 21.80 per game. The HPU defense is 12th in the nation in caused turnovers with 10.27 per game.
Ms. 200
Abby Hormes picked up her 200th career point against Davidson. She has 89 points on the season.
#GoHPU
