Macron, Ga. – The Robert Morris University men's lacrosse team hits the road on Saturday, March 5th to take on the Mercer Bears at Five Star Stadium. The Colonials are still looking for their first win of the season after an 18-14 comeback at Stony Brook fell through.

GAME #4
Robert Morris Colonials (0-3) at Mercer Bears (2-3)
March 5, 2022 // 12:00 p.m. // Macon, Ga. – Five Star Stadium (10,200)
Live Stats: Mercerbears.com
 
History w/ Mercer
Overall: 1-0 | Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-1 | Neutral: 0-0 |
Saturday's meeting will mark the first contest between Robert Morris and Mercer since March 8, 2016. The Colonials escaped with a 11-10 win in Macon with Alexander Bohl scoring the game-winning goal with 1:47 remaining in overtime.
Ironically, former Mercer graduate assistant and current Colonial assistant coach, Adrian Torok-Orban, scored a hat trick in the game and assisted the game winner.
 
Scouting the Bears
Chad Surman enters his second season as head coach at Mercer, leading the Bears to a 7-11 record over that time. Mercer currently sits at a 2-3 record with wins over Bellarmine and Cleveland State.

Mercer's Wesley Chairs and Ashton Wood were named to the Southern Conference's preseason all-league team and the Bears were selected to finish fourth among the conference's six teams.

Mercer was selected to finish fourth in the SoCon.
 
Let's Review
Robert Morris is off to a 0-3 after most recently falling to Stony Brook after setting up an exciting comeback. Corson Kealey tied his career-high of six goals in one game. Jake Boudreau channeled his talents on the defensive end, managing to gather a team-leading five ground balls. Defensemen Evan Hellmich and James Chirstoforatos managed to be menaces to the Stony Brook defense, causing three and two caused turnovers, respectively and each accumulated two ground balls.

Weekly Awards
Prior to the bye week, RMU swept the ASUN Weekly Awards for the first time in history. Corson Kealey was named Player of the Week after scoring six goals on six shots in the Colonials 18-14 loss against Stony Brook. The graduate student, who chose to return to RMU after being selected by the Albany Firewolves in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) draft, has scored 10 goals on 23 shots this season.
Evan Hellmich has cause trouble for three of the country's top offenses this season. Against Stony Brook, the senior caused three turnovers, bringing his total to seven on the year and earning him the Defensive Player of the Week title from the ASUN. While leading the team in caused turnovers, the Pickerington, Ohio native also ranks second on his team in ground balls with eight on the year.

Taggart Clark
In three seasons with the Colonials, Taggart Clark has scored eight goals. In the first three games of the 2022 season, Clark has tallied a team-leading 13 goals, producing three straight hat tricks. His five-goals against Bucknell marks a new career-high for the senior.

Welcome Back
Graduate students Jake Boudreau and Corson Kealey were both selected in last September's 2021 National Lacrosse League (NLL) Entry Draft. Boudreau was selected seventh overall to the Saskatchewan Rush, making him RMU's sixth first-round selection in five years, while Kealey was selected by the Rochester Knighthawks in the second-round. However, both Boudreau and Kealey both chose to return to Robert Morris to fulfill their final year of eligibility.

ASUN
2022 will serve as the inaugural year for the Colonials in the ASUN Conference. RMU previously competed in the NEC, where they saw success in the form of three conference championships and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. After playing unattached in 2021, the Colonials joined the ASUN. RMU was chosen to finish third in the preseason polls with Corson Kealey being named the 2022 ASUN Preseason Player of the Year, Jake Boudreau being selected as the 2022 ASUN Preseason Midfielder of the Year, and both earning a spot on the 2022 ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team, along with senior Owen Down on defense.

Next Up
Robert Morris will return to Moon Township on March 9th for a midweek showdown with Canisius. Game time is set for 4 p.m. at Joe Walton Stadium.