Women's Lacrosse | 3/5/2019 9:35:00 PM

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The Robert Morris University women's lacrosse team was scheduled to tackle two matches in fourdays, but after cold weather postponed a Wednesday meeting with city rival Duquesne, Atlantic 10 foe George Washington is the lone fixture remaining this week.

COLONIAL WLAX PREVIEW
ROBERT MORRIS (3-1, 0-0 NEC) vs. DUQUESNE (4-0, 0-0 A-10)
PPD - Make-up date TBD

RMU at GEORGE WASHINGTON (1-3, 0-0 A-10)
Saturday, March 9 at 1 p.m.
GW Lacrosse Field, Washington, D.C.
LIVE STATS via Sidearm

LAST WEEK
Robert Morris rebounded from a physical loss to Liberty on Wednesday with a comeback victory at Bucknell on Saturday. Junior Mackenzie Gandy piled up six goals and four assists on the week, helping her earn her second consecutive Northeast Conference Player of the Week honor; she has hat tricks in three consecutive games. Classmate Clio Kerr was named NEC Defensive Player of the Week; she netted a pair of goals, but stood out more in winning the ball back, accumulating six caused turnovers and six ground balls. Junior goalie Katelyn Miller stopped 26 of 46 shots on the week to keep her save percentage at a robust .550.

HISTORY LESSON
The Colonials' history with George Washington is limited, with just two all-time meetings, both won by the (other) Colonials. However, those games occurred in each of the past two seasons, so the memories are fresh. Last March, GW scored a 9-7 win at the Joe, netting the first three goals and never trailing. Then-juniors Sophia Eureka and Shannon Lynch scored two goals apiece, while defender Kelly Colegrove had a monster outing, converting five ground balls and causing five turnovers.

OPPOSITION RESEARCH
George Washington muddled through a middling 2018 season, following up a 7-1 non-conference record with a 2-7 mark in Atlantic 10 competition. Former national coach of the year Tracey Coyne is in her fifth season in charge of the Colonials, following up stints at Notre Dame, Duquesne (assistant), nearby Washington & Jefferson and Dartmouth (assistant). GW is led in scoring by freshman Tori Hampton, who has nine goals and three assists. The Colonials' lone win to date came against Radford, with losses to California, Longwood and East Carolina mixed in.

WEATHER REPORT
Wednesday's scheduled game featured a predicted high around 20 degrees, hence the postponement. On Saturday in D.C., it's expected to be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s.

THEY SAID IT
"They're one of our rivals and it's a big game. Everyone's super-pumped and their energies are high. Everyone's excited to go out there and see what's gonna happen." - Kerr on the matchup with the Dukes



KNOW BOBBY MO
Coming off three straight winning seasons in NEC play and five consecutive conference tournament berths, the Colonials enter their 15th season of Division I lacrosse with 12 players who played in all 18 games last season. For more fun facts on this year's squad, click here.

STERLING SILVA
Entering her second season in charge of the Colonials, Katrina Silva brings 12 years of Division I head coaching experience to the table. Before taking over the program in 2018, Silva served as an RMU assistant coach for five years and a volunteer assistant for one.

Previous to her time in Moon Township, Silva led the lacrosse programs at Virginia Tech (four years) and Colgate (seven), in addition to Division III Roanoke College. A goalie in her playing days, she was the 1993 Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year for Towson.

HONOR ROLL
The following Colonials have earned NEC weekly awards this season:
Katelyn Miller (Defensive Player of Week - Feb. 18-24)
Mackenzie Gandy (Player of Week - Feb. 18-24, Feb. 25-March 3)
Clio Kerr (Defensive Player of Week - March 3)

FOLLOW THE COLONIALS
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NEXT WEEK
The Colonials return to the Wednesday-Saturday routine with a home game against Gardner-Webb of the Big South and a trip to another Atlantic 10 foe in St. Bonaventure.