MUFREESBORO, NC - The Chowan University department of athletics is set to host women's lacrosse and baseball at home this weekend. The CU women's lacrosse team will host Lees-McRae College in a Conference Carolinas match on Saturday while the Hawks baseball team will host Mansfield University in a four-game series on Saturday and Sunday.
The women's lacrosse team enters Saturday's match at 1-4 overall and 1-2 on Conference Carolinas play. The Hawks are coming off an 18-8 conference loss to Emmanuel College on March 4th. In that match freshman attacker,
Heather Orell, posted four goals.
Leslie Escobar and
Tashana Barnett each scored two goals in the match. Goalkeeper
Shaena Ravenell posted 12 saves and two ground balls in the loss. LMC enters the match at 1-2 overall and 0-1 in Conference Carolinas play. The Hawks have posted 42 season goals with seven different players finding the back of the net this season. Orell leads the squad with 16 goals.
Alexandria Hammonds has 10 goals and four season assists.
Jennifer Caird has eight goals and Tasha Barnett has three season goals and a team-high 27 ground balls.
The baseball team enters this weekend's four-game series with Mansfield at 8-12 overall. They are coming off two losses at #15 UNC-Pembroke on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Currently
Marquise Lanier is leading the team offensively with a .440 batting average. He has a team-high 33 hits and is 8-9 in stolen bases.
Trent Brosdahl is hitting at a .371 clip with five homeruns and a team-high 19 runs batted in.
Connor Arcobasso is hitting at a .355 clip from the lead off position with five doubles.
Zack Cooper is leading the squad with doubles at seven on the year. He is also hitting at a .342 clip with 16 RBI.
Middle reliever
Corey Fago has a 1.17 earned run average with two wins under his belt. Starter
Jake Moore is 2-1 on the mound while
Bailey Lipscomb has struck out 25 batters through 20.1 innings pitched.
Live coverage is available of this weekend's home events. See the table below.
| 3/11/17 |
WLAX vs. LMC |
3:30pm |
Live Stats & Live Video |
| 3/12/2017 |
Baseball vs. Mansfield |
12:00pm |
Live Stats & Live Video |
