March 14, 2018 CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. DUQUESNE
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| Thursday, March 15 | 4 p.m.
CMU Lacrosse Complex | Mount Pleasant, Mich. |
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SETTING THE SCENE
The CMU lacrosse team will entertain Duquesne on Thursday (4 p.m.) and then play host to St. Francis (Pa.) on Saturday (noon) the CMU Lacrosse Complex. Both games are nonleaguers.
RECORDS
The Chippewas are 2-4 after a 12-4 home loss on Sunday to Michigan.
LEADING CMU
Shannon Doyle leads the Chippewas in scoring with 11 goals and 14 points, while Jessica Schuchardt had 13 points (five goals), and Emma Hamilton and Tyra Prince have 12 points each. Hamilton is second on the team with nine goals. Schuchardt has collected a team-high eight assists.
Dominique Hamman and Hope Murray have split time in goal this season. Hamman has made three starts and has logged 127-plus minutes; Murray has made two starts, and has logged 213-plus minutes. Hamman carries a .375 save percentage, Murray at .366.
SCOUTING
Duquesne, which plays in the Atlantic 10 Conference, is 1-4. Jill Vacanti leads the Dukes in both goals (10) and points (12). Goalkeeper Emily McMinimee carries a .330 save percentage.
St. Francis (4-3) is led by Jessica Mazzur, who has scored 23 goals and totaled 31 points this season. The Red Flash, which plays in the Northeast Conference, is scoring 12.1 goals per game, and allowing 11.5.
STATS
The Chippewas average 9.0 goals per game and are allowing an average of 13.67; Duquesne averages 11.8, goals and has surrendered scores at a 15.4 per-game clip.
NEXT
CMU will take a 12-day break and then entertain Mercer in a nonconference game on Thursday, March 29.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. SAINT FRANCIS
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| Saturday, March 17 | Noon
CMU Lacrosse Complex | Mount Pleasant, Mich. |
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COACH Sara Tisdale:
"When we went back and watched film against Michigan, there were encouraging signs that we were able to execute our offense. Our defense stuck to the scout (report) and now it's a matter of stringing those together and cleaning up our transition game. So, I think for this weekend our focus is making sure that we get the defensive stops to translate into offensive points by making sure we are taking care of the ball in the middle of that field.
"Duquesne and Saint Francis are both solid opponents and will test us, but I think if we compete in a 60-minute fashion and play the full game that we'll like the result at the end of the day. The Michigan test was important because they had just come off of playing (No. 1-ranked) Stony Brook, and you have (Michigan) playing probably some of their best lacrosse and in the second half, it was a 5-4 game.
"For us, it's about taking care of the ball in transition and making sure we get off to a solid start. It doesn't even need to be a flashy start. I think we're a team that takes a little while to warm up, which is fine. It just needs to be a solid start. We need to put the ball in the back of the net. We need to start feeling the waves of momentum coming our way and then I like our chances 15-20 minutes into the game. We're pretty famous for digging ourselves a hole a little bit and trying to dig ourselves out of it. We've shown we can do that. It's not the most efficient way to win a game."
