GREENWOOD – The Lander men's lacrosse team opens conference action at home as it welcomes the Montevallo Falcons to Van Taylor Stadium on Saturday.

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Location: Van Taylor Stadium (Greenwood, S.C.)

Time: 1 pm

Lander's Record: 7-4, 0-0 PBC

Montevallo's Record: 5-5, 0-0 PBC

First/Last Met: April 3, 2021 (18-8 Montevallo)

Who's Next: At Young Harris (April 9)

STORYLINES

• Lander is coming off a 20-7 victory over Lees-McRae in its most recent contest.
• The Bearcats fired home eight goals in the final frame after leading 12-6 after the first three periods. Adam Mather led all goal scorers with five goals. Tyler Kralj was second with three goals.
• Mather was named the PBC Player of The Week after scoring seven-goal along with six assists and 13 points against Barton and Lees-McRae. Lander was taken the PoTW award three times this season.
• Mather had nine of his 13 points against the Bobcats. Jake Watson went 14-of-15 in faceoffs against the Bobcats and led the Bearcats in ground balls with seven. Seven Bearcats caused one turnover each.
• Liam Mackay made six saves in 30 minutes of work while Nicholas Paige made five saves in 22 minutes of action.
• Lander is outscoring its opponents 167-110 so far this season.
• Lander leads the PBC as a team with 167 goals. Montevallo is second with 127.
• Lander also leads the conference in scoring margin (5.2), save percentage (.570), groundballs (502), caused turnovers (110) and clears (222).
• Mather leads Lander in goals (30), assists (22) and points (52). Mather leads the PBC in totals goals, goals per game (2.73), total assists, assists per game (2.00), total points and points per game (4.73).
• Carter Wilcox is second on the team in goals (28) and points (34). Jake Watson leads the team in ground balls with 35 while James Linn has a team-high 10 caused turnovers.
• Mackay had made 81 saves in 359 minutes of action while Paige is second in saves with 59 while playing just under 246 minutes this season.
• Lander is ranked highly in numerous national categories. The Bearcats are seventh in total assists, 20th in assists per game, 23rd in caused turnovers per game, 10th in clearing percentage, first in ground balls, second in ground balls per game, 23rd in man-up offense, sixth in total points, 15th in points per game, seventh in saves, 22nd in scoring defense, 13th in scoring margin, 11th in scoring offense and 13th in shot percentage.
• Montevallo comes into this contest with a 5-5 overall record. The Falcons have gone 2-2 in their last four games with a 16-12 win against Colorado State Pueblo in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• CSU Pueblo scored five goals in the fourth quarter to make things interesting, but three goals from the Falcons in the final frame and a 13-7 lead going into the fourth helped Montevallo record its fifth win of the season.
• Scott Friant led the Falcons with four goals while three other Falcons scored three each. Trevayne Hunter led the way with four assists while also scoring three goals for a team-high seven points. Friant had two assists and six points.
• Kyle Little played the entire game for the Falcons and made eight saves to earn the win.
• Montevallo is outscoring opponents 133-117 this season.
• The Falcons are second in the PBC in goals scored and have allowed the fewest goals among PBC teams. Lander has allowed the second-fewest.
• Montevallo is also second in the PBC in scoring margin, first in the PBC in shot percentage, third in ground balls and second in caused turnovers.
• Thomas Vaesen leads the Falcons with 26goals and 37 points. Trevanye is second in goals (21) and points (33) while tied for the lead in assists with 12 with Friant.
• Luke Hennebaul leads the Falcons with 28 ground balls and caused turnovers with 23.
• Little has played and started in all 10 games for Montevallo. Playing in over 562 minutes this season he's made 136 saves while holding a 4-3 record.
• Montevallo battles Alabama Huntsville next on April 9 while Lander travels to Young Harris on April 9 to continue PBC action.

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