Clemson Falls to Mercer, 10-11

CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 9/9 Clemson Tigers (6-2, 2-1 ACC) fell to the Mercer Bears (3-4) at the Clemson Lacrosse Complex on Tuesday afternoon, 10-11.  

 KEY PERFORMANCES 

• Natalie Shurtleff: Two goals, one assist, four groundballs, one caused turnover, one draw control 
• Lexi Edmonds: Two goals, one assist, two groundballs, one caused turnover 
• Bridget Babcock: Four groundballs, one caused turnover, one draw control  

 NOTABLES 

• Shurtleff, Edmonds, Lindsey Marshall and Kayla MacLeod each tallied a pair of goals. 
• Clemson also recorded 11 caused turnovers to Mercer’s six with nine different Tigers causing a turnover. 
• The Tigers picked up more ground balls than the Bears, holding them to only 17, four below Mercer’s season average. 
• Shurtleff, Marshall and Bridget Babcock all notched three or more ground balls. 

 HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Regan Byrne started the Tigers off in the first quarter, netting a goal off of a pass from Goldstein to tie the game 1-1. 
• Demma Hall then scored a free-position goal as the Tigers were a man-up in play, 2-1. 
• After a quartet of Bear goals to end the first period, Edmonds responded off of an assist from Hall, 3-6. 
• The Tigers found themselves down at the half, 3-7. 
• Edmonds kicked off the Tigers in the third quarter, getting her second of the game and 18th of the season with an assist from Castiello. 
• Shurtleff then added her goal 16th of the season, 5-8. 
• Marshall, a man-up, and Shurtleff scored back-to-back goals to decrease the goal deficit, resulting in a 7-8 score heading into the fourth quarter. 
• Less than 30 seconds into the final quarter, MacLeod netted a man-up goal to tie the game. 
• Still a man-up, Marshall tallied her 23rd goal of the season off of an assist from Shurtleff to tie the game once again at 9-9. 
• After the Bears put up one, MacLeod matched the movement to keep the Tigers in the game, 10-10. 
• With one final goal from the Bears, the game ended in a 11-10 Mercer win. 

UP NEXT  

The Tigers return on Saturday, March 15th against the North Carolina Tar Heels at noon at the Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill.  

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