Saturday, March 26
12 p.m. – Kennesaw State (7-4, 0-0 ASUN) vs Gardner-Webb (4-3, 0-0 Big South)
Location: Kennesaw, Ga. | Fifth Third Bank Stadium
TV: YouTube
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
 
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KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State women's lacrosse team closes out its non-conference slate on Saturday as it hosts Gardner-Webb at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The match starts at 12 p.m. and will be available on YouTube.
 
A FEW NOTES
 
» This is the sixth meeting between the Runnin' Bulldogs and the Owls. The Owls currently lead the series four wins to one.
 
» Siena Gore is the driving force behind the Owls' scoring production, as the senior midfielder is currently the nation's leading scorer at 53 total goals. She's also second in the NCAA in points (62), third in goals per game (4.82) and tied for seventh in draw controls (8.45 pg).
 
» Graduate transfer McKenzie Jackson has accumulated 16 goals (third-highest on the team) and 20 draw controls so far this season. The attacker was a two-time First-Team All-Sunshine State Conference selection for Embry-Riddle. Ranking second on the squad is senior Chesslyn Lamar who is having a career season, and is currently second on the squad in goals (17) and points (25).
 
» One advantage for Kennesaw State this season, the Owls return nine of 11 starters from last year's squad, and a total of 20 overall players. 
 
» Attacker Jada Preston leads the Runnin' Bulldogs offense with 13 goals and 10 assists on the season. Fellow attacker Talen Francis leads the team in goals with 13. Protecting the goal is Danielle Burke, who has 53 saves and a save percentage of 43.4 this season. 
 
» In what is no surprise for the nation's leading scorer, Siena Gore's nine-goal performances against Butler on March 12 and Presbyterian on March 20 is currently the top mark in the NCAA this season. They also ties her career high and the KSU school record as well.
 
» KSU's impressive start to the year has been one for the record books, as the team's 7-4 record in the first 11 games is the best-ever in the team's 10-year history. The previous best mark after 11 games was in 2017 when the team was 6-5, on the way to an 8-9 season.
 
» Kennesaw State claimed its first-ever victory over a Power Five school on Feb. 20 when it held off the Oregon Ducks for 14-13 victory. That was also the first-ever victory for KSU against the Pac-12 Conference, after dropping a pair of games to Arizona State.
 
» The Owls swept the ASUN Player of the Week awards in week two of competition. Siena Gore brought home Offensive Player of the Week after accumulating five goals, two assists and five draw controls. Errin Crowe earned the first Defensive Player of the Week of her career with a career high eight saves and save percentage of .533.
 
» KSU placed two on the preseason All-ASUN team. Both were repeat selections, beginning with to no one's surprise, star senior Siena Gore as a midfielder. She was joined by senior defender Payton Gregory.
 
NEXT TIME OUT
The Owls will hit the road to begin their ASUN conference slate with a matchup at Stetson in Deland, Fla., on Saturday, April 2 at 12 p.m.

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