THE AGENDA
The Westminster men's lacrosse team will return to Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play when they face Rockhurst on Saturday morning. The game begins at 10 a.m. and will be played at Falcon Stadium at the United State Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
 
3 THINGS
>This first season in the RMAC is the 10th season of men's lacrosse at Westminster
>The Griffins final seven games are all against RMAC opponents
>Westminster will play Rockhurst in consecutive games with the next meeting on April 3
 
COVERING THE GRIFFINS
Saturday's game will be available on Griffins TV Dan Matthews of Lacrosse Talk Radio calling the action.
Griffins TV can be found in the new Game Central portal at portal.stretchinternet.com/Westminster. Griffins TV is available online and is optimized for mobile devices.
 
Live stats will also be available during the game at sidearmstats.com/westminster/mlax.
 
FOLLOWING THE GRIFFINS
Make sure to like Westminster Griffins on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and You Tube for the latest news about the Griffins. For updates of the game action, make sure to follow @wc_griffins on Twitter.
 
Fans can stay connected with Westminster men's lacrosse team by following @griffinlax on Twitter.
 
ABOUT THE GRIFFINS
Westminster gets back into RMAC play at 2-1 overall and 1-0 in league games. The Griffins have also picked up four wins against MCLA teams that don't count towards the overall record. They are currently leading the RMAC standings with seven games to play.
 
ON OFFENSE
The Griffins currently lead the RMAC by scoring 13.0 goals per game and they are second in the conference by getting 7.0 assists and 20.0 points per game. Westminster is taking 39.67 shots per outing – third in the RMAC – and they put 65.5 percent of those attempts on cage.
 
Josh Holland has scored 11 goals and leads the RAMC by averaging 3.67 goals per game and with 4.67 points per game. Thomas Sarjeant leads the conference at 3.0 assists per game and is third in points at 4.33 per contest. Cole Flinders is third in the conference by scoring 2.67 goals per game while Holland leads the league by taking 10.0 shots per game.
 
ON DEFENSE
Westminster is allowing 9.33 goals per game with the opposition taking 37.0 shots per game. Opponents are putting 63.1 percent of their chances on goal. The Griffins are second in the RMAC by winning 64.5 percent of faceoffs and third by picking up 26.33 ground balls per game. They are forcing 11.67 turnovers per game and rank third in the conference by getting 7.67 caused turnovers per outing.
 
Jake Berard leads the team with 33 faceoff wins and he ranks fifth in the RMAC by winning .673 at X. Theo Davis has 15 wins and a .577 winning percentage. Berard has a team-best 13 ground balls and ranks second in the RMAC at 4.33 GBs per game.
 
IN CAGE
Westminster ranks second in the RMAC with its 9.33 goals-against-average and .600 save percentage. The team has made 42 saves and sit fourth in the RMAC by making 14.0 saves per game.
 
Philip Cannell leads the RMAC with his .632 save percentage and is third by making 12.0 saves per game. The two-time RMAC Defensive Player of the Week has an 8.00 GAA – second in the RMAC – with a pair of victories.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS
The Griffins have gone 4 of 13 on the man-advantage this season with two goals apiece from Josh Holland and Cole Flinders. They have killed off 63.6 percent of man-down opportunities having allowed four goals.
 
CLIMBING THE CHARTS
The duo of Elias Fairman and Josh Holland are currently ranked in the top-10 in school history in both points and goals. Fairman is sixth all-time with 99 goals and tied for seventh with 137 points. Holland is close behind with 95 goals – seventh in team history – and his 127 points are 10th-most. Jake Berard is third in team history with 166 ground balls and second with his .598 faceoff percentage.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Griffins will be back in action on April 3 when they face Rockhurst for the second time. That game will be played in Grand Junction, Colo. at Walker Field on the Colorado Mesa University campus.