BANNER ELK, N.C. – The Lees-McRae men's lacrosse team, under head coach
Brad Dunn, will make their third Conference Carolinas postseason appearance since 2017 when they visit No. 3 North Greenville as the No. 6 seed in the quarterfinals on Monday, April 19 at 4 p.m. For the full tournament bracket, click
HERE.
Scouting the Bobcats…Lees-McRae finished the regular season with a 1-10 overall record (1-5 conference record) with a thrilling 15-14 win at Chowan on April 10 to earn a spot in the postseason tournament. Four Bobcats have scored double-digit goals this season, led by graduate student
Ryan Beauchamp and junior
J.P. Galloway who have 19 and 17 goals respectively. Senior
Jonathan Barry has tallied a team-high 11 assists, while senior
Mike Moore has chipped in 15 goals and nine assists.
Senior
Ben Davidson, who now holds the all-time program record for career caused turnovers, leads the conference with 22 this season, while
Jacob Zellen has chipped in a team-high 41 ground balls. Junior
Antonio Cruz and sophomore
Joshua Csanyi have shared time in net this season and finished with a .448 and a .426 save percentage respectively.
Scouting the Crusaders…North Greenville won four of its last five regular-season contests to finish with a 6-6 overall record (4-1 conference record). Thomas Cecere leads the conference with 37 goals and a 3.08 goals/game average and is third in assists with 16. Devin Napoli is fourth with 31 goals this season. Brady Hope leads the conference with 60 ground balls this season, while goalie Joe Amici is third in the Conference Carolinas with a 10.05 goals-against-average.
What's next…The winner of Monday's showdown will face No. 2 Belmont Abbey for the Conference Carolinas semifinals on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. The semifinal and final rounds are hosted by North Greenville.
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