CHARLESTON, W. Va. – The University of Charleston Lacrosse program (3-2, 0-0 MEC) will be back in action on Thursday, taking on the Bearcats from McKendree University at the Welch Athletic Complex with draw set for 7:00 p.m. The game marks the second-to-last non-conference matchup of the season before Mountain East Conference play begins next Thursday against Notre Dame.
 
Last Time Out:
The Golden Eagles last played on Tuesday against the Arrows from Ursuline College where they defeated the visitors by a score of 18-8. Charleston, who reached 18 goals for the second straight game, were led offensively by Emma Renda, who notched five goals while Rachel Kerwin scored a career-high four goals.

From the opening draw, the game belonged to Charleston as the Golden Eagles rattled off five goals in a nine-minute span from four different players. The Arrows got on the scoreboard for the first time at the 21:52 mark in the first half, as Michaela Riley found Victoria Madray for a goal to cut the Arrow deficit to 5-1. Kerwin answered with a goal of her own at the 19:32 mark before Renda scored her third goal of the day at the 16:52 mark to push the Golden Eagle lead to 7-1.
 
After playing a man down in multiple situations, the Golden Eagles surrendered three goals to bring the game to 9-4 at the 4:11 mark in the opening half. Charleston finished the half strong, scoring three goals in less than four minutes to carry a 12-4 lead into the locker room.
 
Out of the break, Charleston scored two goals in less than 90 seconds which led to a running clock situation. Scoring was reduced in the second half as the Golden Eagles went on to score the first five goals of the half while Ursuline scored four of their own in the half. The final three minutes of play saw limited action after Meagan Helberr notched a goal at the 4:22 mark to cap the scoring for UC and secure an 18-8 victory.
 
In the win, the Golden Eagles saw their second-best program total of draw controls with 19 while Renda notched the 100^th DC of her career.
 
Full Recap here
 
Scouting the Opponent:
Despite playing .500 lacrosse this season, the Bearcats come into Thursday having not played a game in which they scored less than eight goals. In their most recent matchup with Walsh, who will play at Charleston next week, the Bearcats were defeated by a score of 11-8. This season, McKendree has scored a total of 80 goals for an average of 13.3 per contest. Two of the better matchups of the year for the Bearcats came against Findlay (L, 11-12 (OT)) on March 4^th and against Colorado St.-Pueblo (W, 17-16) on March 8^th. The Bearcats are led this season by Kathryn Albercht (17 goals, 11 assists), Rylee Skachenko (18 goals, 4 assists), Sarah Hardin (17 goals, 2 assists), and Kayla Smith (10 goals, 8 assists). The team ranks 30^th in Division II in goals per game (minimum six games played).

Thursday's matchup will have live stats as well as live video broadcast which can be found through the links supplied below.
 
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