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SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 13 Westminster College men's lacrosse team closes out the home portion of the 2014 schedule on Saturday when they host Utah in a Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference contest. The game will begin at 4 p.m. MDT from Dumke Field.
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on Griffins TV and on Comcast 6 in northern Utah. Tim Haslam will handle the play-by-play with Steve Nelson serving as the analyst. Live Stats will also be available for the game. Links for all of the live features are available by clicking here. Updates will also be provided on Twitter by following @wc_griffins or @GriffinLAX.
 
GRIFFIN NOTES
Westminster will return to action at 7-3 overall this season and winners of two-straight contests. They are coming off a 9-4 win over then-No. 14 Cal Poly at Dumke Field last Friday. The Griffins are 3-1 at home this season and 0-1 in RMLC games.
 
The Griffins are averaging 13.5 goals per game this season and they have scored in double figures eight times. They are attempting 40.3 shots per game and putting 58.6 percent of those shots on cage. Westminster has scored on 57.2 percent of their shots that are on cage and they assist on 48.1 percent of the goals scored. They have gone 13-of-33 (39.4%) on man-up chances.
 
At the defensive end, Westminster opponents average 7.40 goals per outing while they attempt 33.8 shots. Westminster has only allowed three opponents to score in double figures this season. The opposition puts 56.8 percent of their shots on goal and they score on 38.6 percent of those chances. The Griffins are winning 54.5 percent of face-offs with an 84.3 clearing percentage. They also have a 310-273 edge in ground balls.
 
CHECKING THE POLLS
Westminster jumped up three spots to No. 13 in the latest edition of the MCLA Coaches' Poll that was released on Tuesday. The No. 13 ranking in the highest the team has been ranked this season and this is the fifth time in six polls the Griffins have improved in the poll from the previous week.
 
OFFENSE NOTEBOOK
>Kyle Postler leads all Griffins with 35 points this season.
>He is tied for the team lead with 18 goals.
>He has five multi-goal games on the year and at least one goal in eight contests.
>Postler tallied four goals in the loss to Arizona on March 13.
>He has also notched a team-best 17 assists in 2014.
>Postler has recorded at least one assist in four-straight games.
>He has four multi-assist games on the campaign.
>Against Utah Valley on March 6, Postler recorded a season-high six assists.
>Postler enters the weekend with 88 career assists to rank second in school history.
>He needs five assists to become the Westminster all-time leader in the category.
>Collin Madsen has also scored 18 goals during the year.
>He has at least one goal in every game with six multi-goal games.
>Madsen has multiple goals in each of the past four outings.
>He also ranks second on the team with 13 assists and 31 points.
>He has notched an assist in nine of the 10 games played with three multi-assist outings.
>Madsen has recorded two five-point games in 2014.
>Josh Holland is third on the squad with 24 points.
>The sophomore has scored 16 goals with eight assists in nine games played.
>he has scored a team0high four goals with the man-advantage.
>Holland leads all Griffins with 57 shots and 34 shots on goal.
>Elias Fairman has totaled 17 goals in eight games played.
>He scored five goals at Utah State on Feb. 15 and then recorded four goals against UC Santa Barbara on March 24.
>Eric Crosby has totaled 15 goals on the campaign.
>Ethan Gosselin has 13 goals and five assists this season.
>Kevin Gee has tallied 11 goals on 22 shots.
 
GOALIE NOTEBOOK
>Chris Burckle has started all 10 games in cage for the Griffins this season.
>He has made 96 saves with a .596 save percentage in 477 minutes played.
>His goals-against-average for the season 8.18.
>Burckle has five games with at least 10 saves during the year.
>He recorded 15 saves – including nine in the second quarter – against Arizona on March 13.
>Ben Tourek has appeared in five games and played 125 minutes.
>He has made 22 saves while allowing seven goals for a .710 save percentage.
>Tourek has a 4.31 goals-against-average for the season.
>He has at least three saves in every appearance with nine against Idaho on March 16.
 
MISCELLANEOUS NOTEBOOK
>Jake Berard has taken the 171 of the team's 233 face-offs this season.
>He has notched 101 wins for a .591 face-off percentage.
>Berard also leads the team with 60 ground balls.
>Richard Chen has won 15 face-offs for a .385 face-off percentage.
>Madsen has won six face-offs for a .462 face-off percentage.
>He is second on the team with 28 ground balls.
>Crosby and Spencer Huso lead the team with seven caused turnovers.
 
ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
>Utah visits Dumke Field at 4-7 on the year.
>The Utes are coming off a 13-6 loss to San Diego State at home on March 30.
>They are scoring 9.64 goals per game while allowing 14.18 to the opposition.
>Dillon Tran leads the team with 22 goals and 11 assists.
>Dalton Fontana has made a Utah-leading 77 saves.
>Utah leads the all-time series against Westminster 4-3.
>The series is tied 2-2 in games played at Dumke Field.
>Westminster has won two-straight against the Utes.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Griffins will finish the regular season with four-straight road games. That stretch begins against Colorado on April 11 and Colorado State on April 12 in crucial RMLC contests