PITTSBURGH -- Point Park men's lacrosse opens its final homestand of its inaugural season against Thomas More on Friday in a matchup with significant playoff implications. Opening faceoff is slated for 5 p.m. at Highmark Stadium.

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Point Park and Thomas More are currently tied for sixth place in the G-MAC standings. The top six teams qualify for the G-MAC Tournament. The Pioneers and Saints are both 1.5 games back of Wheeling (5-4) and one game ahead of Tiffin (2-6) and Lake Erie (2-6). The Pioneers will host Lake Erie on Tuesday, Apr. 21 in their regular-season finale. 

THE MATCHUP

Point Park (3-8, 3-5 G-MAC) enters as a winner of two straight after picking up road wins against Tiffin and Davis & Elkins. Sawyer Leko recorded five goals and two assists in Wednesday's win over the Senators, and Grant Huber added four goals of his own. Parker Bowersox scored a hat trick, and Braydan Stearns scored a brace. 

Thomas More (5-8, 3-5 G-MAC) dropped its last matchup 20-8 to Walsh. The Saints have lost three of their last four games and are 3-2 on the road this season.  

STORYLINES

• Grant Huber leads the Pioneers with 19 goals on the season. Huber is second in points (23) only to Sawyer Leko's 26. Leko is third on the team with 15 goals and leads all Pioneers with 11 assists.

• Parker Bowersox is second on the team in goals (17) and third in points (20). Bowersox is 1 point better than Tigran Ceesay (19) is. Ceesay is tied with Braydan Stearns at 13 goals - good for fourth place among Pioneers.

• Point Park has seven players with double-digit points on the season: Leko (26), Huber (23), Bowersox (20), Ceesay (19), Stearns (16), Ian George (12) and Alex Batchelor (11). 

• Goalkeeper Mario Lorenson ranks fifth in the G-MAC in saves per game at 11.0 per contest. 

• Logan Foy is third in the G-MAC in both ground balls per game (6.0) and caused turnovers per game (2.0). Point Park is third in the G-MAC in ground balls per game at 36.71.

• Kaden Brown is seventh in the G-MAC in caused turnovers per game, averaging 1.75.