Lady Bison Host Hawks in Conference Bout

SHAWNEE – Coming off a nonconference win last week, Oklahoma Baptist resumes Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action when they host Rockhurst on Saturday, April 20 for an 11 a.m. contest. With just three games left in the regular season, Saturday's contest will be OBU's penultimate home game.

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OKLAHOMA BAPTIST WOMEN'S LACROSSE NOTES
Rockhurst (8-7, 4-3 RMAC) at Oklahoma Baptist (5-6, 1-5 RMAC)
 
Scouting the Hawks

• Rockhurst is 2-1 in their last three games, with their only loss in that span a one-goal setback to No. 8 Lindenwood on Thursday
• The Hawks have a potent offense trio in Logan Derosia, Marianna Anderson and Hannah Miller. The three have combined for 137 points this season, 56 percent of the team's total offensive output
• Rockhurst has averaged seven free-position attempts/game, converting 41.9 percent of their attempts
• Defensively, the Hawks are giving up 24.7 shots/game, including 18.1 shots on goal/game
• Molly Dunham has started 13 games in goal for Rockhurst, owning a 10.6 goals-against average and 48.3 save percentage
• Maddi Scheipeter leads the Hawks with 57 draw controls, while Derosia (47), Anderson (36) and Hannah Meek (31) all have at least 30 draw controls this season
• Dunham, Meek and Bunga Spencer each have a team-high 30 ground balls

 
OBU Outlook

• The Lady Bison went 1-1 last week, falling to then-No. 9 Regis before holding off Southwestern (Texas) on Senior Day
• OBU averages 12.0 goals/game, but finds themselves on the wrong end of a minus-1.0 goal margin. Lauren McCormack leads OBU with 38 goals, followed by Taylor Skomp with 25
• McCormack's 50 points (38g, 12a) represents just the second time in program history a Lady Bison has eclipsed 50 points in a season. Paige Morrison was the first to achieve the feat, posting a single-season record 58 points (49g, 9a) in 2015
• The Lady Bison have five players with at least 10 goals: McCormack (38), Skomp (25), Shay Morgan (15), Devin Miller (15) and Madison Gordon (14). It's only the third time in program history that at least five players have reached double figures in goals scored
• Courtney Barnickle has started all but two games this season, picking up a 14.7 GAA and 41.8 save percentage
• Oklahoma Baptist leads all of Division II with 29.9 ground balls. Gordon's team-high 39 ground balls ranks eighth in program history for a single season
• McCormack is averaging 11.1 draw controls/game, the second-best mark in the country
• The Lady Bison's 169 points (132g, 37a) and 132 goals stand as single-season program records in the program's Division II era with three games left