BRYN ATHYN, Pa. – The Bryn Athyn College men's lacrosse team concludes its non-conference slate on Saturday with a home contest against King's (Pa.) College at 3 p.m. on General Ronald K. Nelson Field.
LAST TIME OUT
Bryn Athyn fell to 1-4 after a 16-8 loss to Susquehanna University on March 20. Nolan Frame led the Lion offense with four goals. Cameron Leech notched two goals and three assists.
King's dropped to 2-4 as the Monarchs allowed three late goals to drop an 11-10 contest to Morrisville State on March 22. The Monarchs led 10-8 with 7:31 left in the contest. Brian Steiger had three goals and one assist, while Shawn Dickey scored three goals.
SERIES HISTORY
Last season was the first meeting between the Lions and Monarchs. King's won that contest by a 15-6 score in Wilkes-Barre.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
Bryn Athyn is 1-2 on General Ronald K. Nelson Field. The Lions are putting up 11.0 goals per game and converting 28.6 percent (4-of-14) of their man-up chances at home.
The Lions are fifth in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) in scoring at 9.2 goals per game. Bryn Athyn's man-up offense ranks second in the conference in man-up goals (9) and man-up percentage (37.5 percent).
The team is clearing at a 79.8 percent clip (71-of-89) to sit second in the league.
Bryn Athyn the NEAC leader in goals, Nolan Frame, and the leader in assists and points, Cameron Leech.
Frame, who has 16 goals, recorded his third four-goal game of the year in the loss to the River Hawks. Five of his goals have come a man-up to lead the NEAC. He sits fifth in the conference with 3.20 goals per game.
Leech has 17 assists, eight more than the second-best total in the NEAC, and 25 points through five games. In Division III, Leech sits fourth in assists per game (3.4) and 24th in points per game (5.0).
Brad DePasquale stopped a season-high 17 shots, one shy of his career high, against Susquehanna. He is second in the NEAC with 58 saves.
SCOUTING KING'S
The Monarchs are 1-2 on the road this season. In those three games, King's is averaging 7.7 goals while allowing 12.0 goals.
King's—ninth in scoring in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) with 8.5 goals per game—has scored 10 or more games twice, its last two games, and has a 1-1 record when hitting double digits.
Shawn Dickey has a hat trick in back-to-back contests to take over the team lead in goals with 10. Dickey scored in five of the Monarchs' six games.
Brian Steiger has nine goals to his name this year, eight coming in the last three contests.
Brock Johnson is the team leader in points with 15. Johnson has a team-high eight assists and seven goals, including a team-high two man-up goals.
The Monarchs have improved in faceoffs in their last three matches as they have won 67.1 percent of them to raise their season percentage to 53.3. Nick Foley is King's primary faceoff specialist and has won 56.7 percent of his faceoffs (59-of-104) and leads the team with 47 ground balls.
King's is the third-most penalized team in the MAC, averaging 4:50 per game. Opponents have scored on 10 of their 32 man-up chances (31.3 percent).