WAVERLY, Iowa – Women's lacrosse continues regular season play this week with two home games. The Knights will host the College of Saint Benedict on Wednesday, Apr. 5 at 6 p.m. in a Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference matchup and then host a non-conference game against the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 7 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 7.
 
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The Series

• Saint Benedict 
  • This will be the first all-time matchup
  • Inaugural season for Saint Benedict
• UW-Eau Claire
  • UW-Eau Claire leads all-time series 1-0
  • First matchup was played last season in Eau Claire, Wis.

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with a MWLC record of 1-1 and an overall mark of 2-7
  • Last week Wartburg defeated Monmouth 12-5 and then fell to Lake Forest on the road
• Wartburg's offense is led by:
  • Britta Solheim
    • 28 points
      • 19 goals
      • Nine assists
    • 37 draw controls
  • Beka Gershenoff
    • 21 points
      • 17 goals
      • Four assists
  • Lindsay Langford
    • 17 points
      • 14 goals
      • Three assists
• Groundball leaders
  • Solheim (36)
  • Alyson Hasner (27)
  • Olivia Christianson (15)
• Hasner has started eight of the nine games this season in goal for the Knights
  • 89 saves
  • 46.4% save percentage
• Knights are averaging six goals per game through nine games this season

 
Saint Benedict

• CSB has started its inaugural season with a record of 1-1
  • Saint Benedict will face Clarke University on Tuesday, Apr. 4 before playing the Knights on Wednesday
• Saint Benedict has scored 19 goals through two games and allowed 20 goals
• The Bennies offense has six different athletes with two or more goals this season
• Grace Fitzgibbons leads the offense in total points and goals so far with eight points and six goals
• Ella Steinke has three assists to lead the team
• Chloe Lewis has started both games in goal for the Bennies
  • 25 saves
  • 55.6% save percentage

 
UW-Eau Claire

• The Blugolds enter the week with an overall record of 2-3
  • They will play UW-Stout on Wednesday before facing Wartburg on Friday
• UW-Eau Clare is averaging 9.2 goals per game and allows an average of 10.6 goals per game  through five games
• Three Blugolds have at least eight points this season
• Alexie Romanelli leads the team in goals and points with 12
• Lily Zygowicz leads the team in assists with five
• Alexandria Shea has started all five games in goal for the Blugolds
  • 42 saves recorded
  • 44.2% save percentage