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Mar 22, 2025

GAMEDAY GUIDE: No. 15 Clemson Hosts Louisville in ACC Bout

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CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 15/15 Clemson Tigers (6-4, 2-2 ACC) will welcome the Louisville Cardinals (5-5, 1-3 ACC) for the second ACC contest held at the Clemson Lacrosse Complex this season on Sunday, March 23rd at 12 p.m.

The Tigers have faced adversity at the midpoint of the season, dropping the past four games including two one-goal games while facing three teams ranked in the top 20, two in the top 10. Prior to the past four games, the Tigers were on the longest winning streak in program history, highlighted by wins over then-No. 11/11 Notre Dame, 12-11, and then-No. 5/6 Syracuse, 9-8. Three of Clemson’s victories in the six-game stretch had the Tigers scoring at least 20 goals and winning the draw contest in five of six of those, including 13 and 16 draw margins against Syracuse and Queens.

On offense, Clemson is led by a four-headed attack from attackers Lindsey Marshall and Lexi Edmonds and Tewaaraton Watch List members Kayla MacLeod and Natalie Shurtleff. MacLeod has separated herself in terms of goals after a five-goal effort against Florida to put her season total at 29, one away from her freshman total. Marshall and Edmonds each have recorded over 2 goals so far while Shurtleff is one goal away from that same mark. MacLeod has a team-high 30 points followed by Marshall with 28 and Shurtleff and Edmonds with 27 each. Brooke Goldstein, a freshman from Florida, has double the next closest Tiger with 17 assists and has added four goals for 21 points. Sophomore Regan Byrne and senior Katie Castiello round out the Tigers attack with double digit goals and points.

Defensively, Summer Agostino, a member of the Tewaaraton Watch List and last week’s Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) National Defensive Player of the Week and ACC Defensive Player of the Week, has led the way. Agostino has been a menace for opposing offenses, causing 26 turnovers and picking up 28 ground balls. Bridget Babcock, Blair Byrne, Maggie Jordan, Marshall and Shurtleff have all picked up double digit ground balls while B. Byrne, Babcock and Paris Masaracchia have each caused at least nine turnovers. Masaracchia and Agostino are the only players with at least 10 caused turnovers and 10 ground balls.

The draw unit, led by Kira Balis, Jordan and Shurtleff has established itself as a dominant part of Clemson’s program. Balis has the recorded the most and the second-most draw controls in a single game with 20 and 18 against Queens and Stetson, respectively, for a total of 91 on the year, the second-most in a single season in Clemson history. Jordan, Shurtleff and Babcock have each won double digit draws to help Clemson win 164 out of 272 draw controls, good for 60.3% draw win rate.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

On offense, Reese Whiteman leads the Louisville offense with 16 goals and the only player with at least 20 points. Whiteman is followed by Negai Nakazawa who has 12 goals and 19 points and Lauren Figas with 13 goals. On defense, Ashley Osborne and Cate Kangas have both picked up at least 15 ground balls with the two also leading the team with double digit caused turnovers. The Louisville draw unit has come up with 124 draws in 241 opportunities. Olivia Scroggie leads the unit with 41 wins in the circle while Nakazawa and Figas both have at least 20. In the cage, J Pleck leads the Cardinals with 89 saves and a 47.8% save rate. The Louisville program is helmed by eighth year Scott Teeter with associate head coach Allison Daley and assistant coach Megan Patrick.

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