PITTSBURGH -- Point Park men's lacrosse opens Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) play with its first-ever conference game against Malone on Friday. Opening faceoff is set for 6 p.m. at Highmark Stadium.
The Pioneers (0-1) dropped their home opener last Saturday to D'Youville in a 12-11 decision. The Pioneers trailed by four goals with 4:15 left to play, but two goals from Grant Huber and a goal from Parker Bowersox brought the Pioneers within one with 1:25 left to play. Point Park was unable, however, to find the equalizer.
Huber led the Pioneers on the day with four goals. His 4 points also led the team. Bowersox posted the team lead in shots (eight) and shots on goal (five), the latter of which he and Huber tied for.
Malone (0-2) features a goal differential of -21 to open the season, dropping games to Williams Jewell and Roberts Wesleyan 18-5 and 15-7 respectively. Friday's game will mark the first road game of the season for the MU Pioneers.
Storylines:
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Grant Huber's four goals per game leads the team and ranks third in the GMAC. His 4 points per game is fourth in the conference.
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Tigran Ceesay and Ian George share the fifth spot in the GMAC for assists per game with each at two. Additionally, the two tie for 10th in the conference with 3 points per game.
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Parker Bowersox's eight shots per game is tied for seventh-most in the GMAC.
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Goalkeeper Mario Lorenson ranks fourth in the GMAC with his 12.0 goals against per game. Lorenson also ranks fifth in the conference in ground balls per game, averaging five.
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Landon Carlson is the GMAC's fifth-best faceoff man, with a win percentage of 62.5%.
