GRIFFINS TO BATTLE WITH #10 MAVERICKS
The men's lacrosse team scored 42 points and completed a sweep of CSU-Pueblo and Adams State, allowing only five goals in each game.  The wins guaranteed the Griffins (8-6 overall, 4-3 RMAC) third place and a spot in the RMAC Championship.
 
Westminster hosts #10 Colorado Mesa (14-2, 7-0 RMAC) on Saturday, April 28, at 3 p.m.
 
The last meeting between these two teams was great competition, decided by one goal.  Westminster surprised Colorado Mesa and started the game with a 7-1 run.  The Mavericks scored their second goal with 7:51 remaining in the second-quarter and made an 11-2 run into the fourth quarter and a three-point lead.
 
The Griffins scored three goals to tie the game at 12-12.  The goal scoring ceased over the next eight and a half minutes before the Mavericks scored to win with 25 seconds remaining.
 
Westminster has played the Mavericks eight times since 2011, won one game (2015) and pushed two games to overtime.  The Griffins have scored 65 goals and allowed 96 in the series. 
 
The Griffins have scored 65 goals per game the Griffins are first in penalty-killing percentage (.354) and assists per game (8.46).   Second in man-down goals (.23).  Third in goals (13.69), points (22.15), shots on goal per game (23.38), penalties (4.00), and penalty minutes (3:57).  Fourth in shots (37.62) and man-up scoring percentage (.258).  Fifth in man-up goals (.62) and shot percentage (.364).
 
SHARING THE OFFENSIVE LOAD
19 Griffins have recorded an assist and seven have tallied double-digit assist totals.  Thomas Sarjeant leads the team with 18 assists, Lane Kadish and Nick Marcy each have 16 assists.
 
Kadish, Marcy and Sarjeant also lead the team on points.  Kadish has tallied 55 points with 39 goals, averaging 2.8 per game.  Marcy has scored 27 goals and has 43 points.  Sarjeant has 28 goals and 46 points.
 
FACE-OFF BATTLE
Chance Beutler has won 70-134 (.522) faceoffs and leads the team with 46 ground balls.  Ian Nadel is 27-58 (.466) and picked up 13 ground balls. Chase Flinders has 36 ground balls and won 12-29 (.414) face-offs.  Eli Gaunt has won 22-47 (.468) faceoffs and picked up 33 ground balls.
 
RESISTING THE OPPOSITION
Kyle Williams leads the team with 20 caused turnovers and 21 ground balls.  Troy Vance has tallied 17 caused turnovers and 28 ground balls.  Grant Phillips has caused 17 turnovers and 24 ground balls. 
 
Connor McFarlane has logged 474:39 minutes in front of the cage and recorded a .514 save percentage.  He has faced 312 shots, made 91 saves and allowed 86 goals.  Phillip Cannel has played 212:42 minutes and faced 124 shots.  He has made 38 saves and allowed 38 goals for a .500 save percentage.

STATISTICAL COMPARISON
 

	Westminster	Opponents	Mesa	Opponents
Goals	196	141	248	123
Assists	118	72	138	58
Shots	568	526	826	512
Shot %	.359	.268	.300	.240
SOG	353	325	469	277
SOG %	.619	.582	.568	.541
Shots / Game	39.0	37.6	51.6	32.0
Goals per Game	14	10.07	15.5	2.0
Man Up	9	17	23	13
Man Down	4	1	0	1
Ground Balls	436	468	634	511
Turnovers	238	288	283	337
Caused Turnovers	151	105	128	144
Faceoffs	160-229	229-160	264-159	159-264
Faceoffs %	.411	.589	.624	.376
Clears	228-259	208-266	306-356	257-375
Clear %	0.880	0.782	.860	.685

 
SCOUTING THE MAVERICKS
Reece Callies leads the Mavericks with 55 points, 35 goals and 20 assists.  Calen Ketcham has 48 points from 28 goals and 20 assists.  Jack Griffin has recorded 46 points from 34 goals and 12 assists.  Brandon Wilson has 40 points, 26 goals and 14 assists.

Ryder Clark leads the defensive effort and has caused 13 turnovers and picked up 26 ground balls.

Michael Marino has picked up 95 ground balls and won 180-272 face offs.  Nolan Marshall has won 56-86 (.651) and picked up 30 ground balls.

Remi Reeves has tallied 38 ground balls.  Ryder Clark and Jack Griffin have cleaned up 20+ ground balls.
 
Goalkeeper Remi Reeves has logged 574:55 minutes in front of the net and boasts a .604 save percentage.  He has faced 341 shots, made 116 saves and allowed 76 goals.
 
ABOUT THE GRIFFINS
Westminster received one first-place vote, 12 total votes, and was picked to finish second in the Preseason Coaches' Poll, ahead of Rockhurst and just behind Colorado Mesa.  The Griffins were the only team, besides Colorado Mesa, to earn any first-place votes.  They finished the 2017 season 6-4 in RMAC play and 8-7 overall.
 
Westminster returns 26 players from last season's squad that finished third in the RMAC regular season and made it to the RMAC Championship final.  They finished 8-7 overall and 6-4 in conference play. 
 
The group of returners includes six seniors, 11 juniors, and nine sophomores.  The team attempted 39.50 shots per game, averaging 12.86 goals per game and 19.79 points per game.  They converted 27.5 percent of man-up chances, scoring 11 goals.
 
Thomas Sarjeant returns for his senior season after leading the Griffins with 31 goals, shooting 36.9 percent, and 50 points.  He added 29 assists and has scored a goal in the last 13 games.  Sarjeant ranked fourth in the conference for goals and points per game, and fifth in assists.
 
Nick Marcy was second on the team in points with 40.  He scored 18 goals and lead the team with 22 assists.  He ranked third in the conference in assists and eight in points per game.
Troy Vance was the Griffin's second leading scorer with 29 goals, shooting 38.7 percent.  He also recorded four assists and totaled 33 points. 
 
Grant Phillips and Braden Pelly both return to the Griffin defense.  They each recorded 15 caused turnovers last season.  They were tied and ranked seventh in the conference, averaging 1.00 caused turnovers per game.
 
Westminster won 44.8 percent of face-offs and had an 85.6 clearing percentage.  They picked up 27.1 ground balls and caused 7.67 turnovers per game.
 
Conner McFarlane returns in front of the goal.  He started in all of the games last season, logging 759:44 minutes.  McFarlane faced 503 shots and average 10.9 saves per game.

Phillips and Sarjeant were named to the Preseason All-RMAC Team.

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LOOKING AHEAD
The Griffins' final home and regular season game will be Saturday, April 21, against conference leaders Colorado Mesa.  Live video of the game will be broadcast on the RMAC Network and the Westminster YouTube Channel.  Live stats will also be available.  Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found on the Westminster men's lacrosse schedule webpage.