Preview: Mercy Mavericks

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. - The Lincoln University women's soccer team begins a stretch of four consecutive road games as the Lions travel to Mercy 3 p.m. Saturday.

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TEAMS: Lincoln (0-7 overall, 0-4 ECC) returns to the pitch after a week off, while Mercy (5-1-3 overall, 4-0 ECC) brings a five-game unbeaten streak into the contest.
 
PLAYERS: Freshman Saige Samuels is leading the country with 12.67 saves per game, leading by one save per contest. Freshman Theresa Schmid and senior Tamara Evans (Clayton, Del./Smyrna) have the only two goals on the season for the Lions.

Senior Sarata Bello (Sagamu, Nigeria/Remo Methodist) and freshman Parker Moss (Elmira, N.Y. /Elmira) have combined for 22 of the team's 43 shots.

Nikki Bermudez leads Mercy with five goals on 19 shots, while Claudia McKail and Skyler Schwenkler have two goals each. Melissa Torres has 21 saves on the season.   

SERIES HISTORY: Lincoln has lost both meetings to the Mavericks.   
  
SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow Lincoln University athletics on social media. The Lions have a presence on Facebook (LU Athletics) as well as Twitter and Instagram (@LUL1onsAthletic)
  
UP NEXT: The Lions continue their stretch in which they play seven of its final eight games on the road.

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Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a rigorous liberal arts education to a diverse student body of approximately 2,200 men and women in more than 35 undergraduate and graduate programs.