Fresno State Athletics
Lacrosse Prepares for Saint Mary's
4/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 6, 2010
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FRESNO, Calif.- Fresno State plays three of its final four regular season games on the road beginning April 7 at 4 p.m. when the Bulldogs play at Saint Mary's.
Saint Mary's is 3-7 and 0-2 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play. Mariah Walk leads SMC with 17 goals and five assists. Juliet Munroe also has 17 goals. Sant Mary's is averaging 9.7 goals a game.
Youngsters Leading the Way
The duo of freshmen Amanda Cross and Margaret Wolford have been tough to stop, Cross has a team-best 22 points on 18 goals and four assists while Wolford has nine goals and four assists. Cross is second on the team in ground balls won with 19 while freshman Taylor Fiehler has a team-best 20 ground balls. Overall, freshman have combined to score 38 goals and dish out 15 assists.
Continued Improvement
Against Detroit on March 11, Fresno State scored a program-best 13 goals. The previous high was 11 goals against Howard last season. The Bulldogs have scored 50 goals this season, topping last year's total of 39. Fresno State has already surpassed last year's total of assists, 21 to 3.
If You Add It They Will Come
Lacrosse is catching on in the Central Valley and fans came to Bulldog Stadium in 2009 to support the Bulldogs in their inaugural season. Fresno State led the MPSF in attendance with an average of 575 fans a game in their three home games. Denver averaged 247 fans in six home games and Oregon averaged 241 fans in seven home games. In 2010 Fresno State is averaging 170 people, good for the third best mark in the MPSF. Oregon is averaging 252 people and Stanford has a regular attendance of 223.
Bulldogs in the MPSF Stat Leaders
Amanda Cross is ninth in the MPSF in goals per game at 1.89 and she is fifth in shots per game at 4.67. Krisdina Gehring is first in the conference in caused turnovers at 2.11. Katie Wilbur is second in saves per game at 8.00. The Bulldogs are fourth in caused turnovers at 9.67 a game and third in saves per game at 8.22.
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