PITTSBURGH, Pa.— The Robert Morris University women's lacrosse team hits the road Saturday when they head to Mount Pleasant for a showdown with Central Michigan at 1:00 p.m.

COLONIAL WLAX PREVIEW

ROBERT MORRIS (6-2-0, 2-0 MAC)

VS CENTRAL MICHIGAN (4-4, 2-0 MAC)

Saturday, March 27 at 1:00 p.m.

Mount Pleasant, Mich. 

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LAST TIME OUT

RMU stayed perfect at home and perfect in MAC play last Tuesday when they took down the Akron Zips 15-4 at Joe Walton Stadium. 

Jordan Anderson scored a hat trick and racked up an impressive nine draw controls in the win over Akron as the Colonials extended their home win streak to 13 games.  

OPPOSITION RESEARCH

Preseason pics to win the MAC in 2021, CMU sits at 4-4 on the year and 2-0 in conference play following a 17-4 win over Youngstown State last Friday. 

A battle between two undefeated MAC teams that will almost certainly have a major impact on the 2021 championship race will be the first meeting between RMU and CMU since a 21-6 RMU victory back in February of 2017.  

Offensively CMU is led by senior attack Natalie Karlen who paces the Chippewas with 24 goals and 31 points.  

KNOW BOBBY MO

• Colonials are 6-2 on the season. 
• RMU improved to 2-0 in MAC play with win against Akron last week. 
• RMU is 2-0 all time vs. CMU, having last faced them in 2017 with a 21-6 win.  
• Graduate attack Mackenzie Gandy passed Ashley Levering '09 earlier this season for first place on the all-time scoring list with 180 career points.
• Gandy is also close to breaking several other program records this season, needing five goals and 11 assists to pass Jenn Collins '09 and Levering for most all time in each category.  Melanie Gandy is just nine assists shy of breaking the record as well, while defender Kelly Colegrove needs 18 caused turnovers to pass Colleen O'Donnell '12 for most in program history. 
• Clio Kerr was named MAC Offensive Player of the Week following her efforts against Kent State and Butler, while Shea McArdle picked up DPOW honors after the win over Akron. Jordan Anderson is currently riding a seven-game goal streak as well.  
• Several RMU freshmen have already scored their first career NCAA tallies this season. Olivia Rupert scored against Liberty while Kathleen Kelley and Isabelle Robarge netted their firsts against Gardner-Webb.  Lilli Hadden scored her first two against Kent State while Olivia Rupert netted against Akron. 
• RMU was picked to finish second in the MAC in the preseason coaches' poll, earning two first-place votes. Central Michigan took the top spot with four first-place votes, with Kent State coming in third. 
• Goalie Katelyn Miller has started every game for the Colonials since arriving on campus four years ago, a remarkable streak of 67 in a row. Junior Jamie Keller has also seen significant minutes in relief this season, including playing 50 of 60 minutes vs. Butler in a ten-save performance.  
• The Colonials will boast an expanded squad in 2021 that includes six graduate students, seven total seniors, six juniors, five sophomores and twelve freshmen.  
• Robert Morris welcomes back six graduate students for their last go-around with the program, a class which includes their three top scorers in Mackenzie Gandy, Melanie Gandy and R-Sr. Clio Kerr.  Ground ball leaders Madison Burke and Kelly Colegrove also make their return, as do free-position goals leaders Thalia Zolis and Shea McArdle. 
• The Colonials will see a mix of new and familiar foes as they join the MAC in 2021. They are 4-0 all-time against Kent State, 2-0 against Akron, 2-0 all-time against Central Michigan and 4-1 all-time against Detroit-Mercy meeting the latter two for the last time during the 2017 campaign.  They will play first-year Youngstown State as well. 
• For a full list of all-time team records and stats, click here.

THE SILVA FILE

Entering her fourth season at the helm of the Colonials, Katrina Silva brings 14 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.

Silva will be joined by the returning Cacki Helmer and Chelsea Rosiek. 

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