ELON, N.C. – Looking to rebound from its first loss of 2019 to a nationally-ranked opponent, Elon University women's lacrosse will finish a brief two-game homestand on Wednesday, Feb. 20, with a 6 p.m. game against Winthrop.

VENUE CHANGE
With inclement weather in the forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday, the game has been moved to Rhodes Stadium on campus adjacent to Rudd Field. 

TODAY'S GAME IS...
-...the 87th game in program history
-...the program's 40th home game in program history
-...Elon's second time hosting Winthrop in program history
-...Josh Hexter's 202nd game as a college head coach and 87th at Elon

A WIN WOULD...
-...be the 45th win in program history
-...be the 117th win for head coach Josh Hexter in his career
-...be Elon's second win over Winthrop in program history
-...be Elon's 15th win over a Big South opponent, the most against a single conference

LAST TIME OUT
-Overpowered early by No. 14 Virginia, Elon settled in but couldn't respond to the early deficit in falling 11-4 at home to the Cavaliers on Saturday, Feb. 16.
-UVA scored the first three goals of the game before Elon got on the board. Though Elon had two different stretches of 15 and 21 minutes without allowing a goal, it couldn't break through the UVA defense and the Cavaliers' quick-strike offense helped Virginia move to 2-0 on the young season.

SCOUTING WINTHROP
-Out of the gate, Winthrop is 0-3 this season with a 13-12 road loss at East Carolina and home losses by the scores of 4-12 and 5-10 against Davidson and Liberty, respectively.
-The Eagles are led by Lauren Morris, who has five goals and four assists for nine points to go with 16 draw controls on the season. Mia Creighton has also tallied five times and McKenna Blick has scored four times on the year. 
-In all, Winthrop is averaging 7.0 goals per game while allowing 11.7 per outing thus far. 

THE SERIES
-Elon and Winthrop have split the first two games of the series with Elon winning in 2017 and Winthrop in 2018.
-Last season, Winthrop took a 14-9 decision in Conway, S.C. The year before that, Elon defeated the Eagles 13-5 at Rudd Field. 

MAE-KING A NAME
-Mae McGlynn has burst onto the scene in 2019 with eight goals across Elon's first two games, scoring five on the road at Campbell with three more against No. 14 Virginia.
-The sophomore from Skaneateles, N.Y., scored just two times during her 2018 rookie campaign, but has already scored eight of Elon's 19 goals this season.
-She was named CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 11 after her five goals in the win over Campbell. 

PRESEASON ALL-CAA LISTS
-Elon was picked third in the CAA for the third consecutive season. The Phoenix has reached the CAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in each of the last three seasons and has battled second-seeded Towson on all three occasions in the semifinals.
-Quinn Daly was picked as a Preseason All-CAA honorable mention in 2019 after earning CAA All-Rookie accolades after her first season in 2018.

CAA WEEKLY HONORS
-Mae McGlynn was named the CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 11 after her five-goal performance against Campbell in the season opener.
-Bella Feldman was tabbed CAA Rookie of the Week on Feb. 11 after scoring four goals at Campbell in her collegiate debut.

LEFTOVERS FROM 2018
-Stephanie Asher led the Phoenix in scoring with 39 goals and eight assists for 47 points. The Glenelg, Md., native was named a First Team All-CAA performer three times in her career and earned Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List honors twice as a junior and senior. In her four years in maroon and gold, Asher scored a program record 179 goals and had 32 assists for 211 points. She also had 155 draw controls, including 76 in her senior seasons in 2018.
-Of Elon's 135 goals scored in 2018, 89 (63.7 percent) of them came from players who graduated following the 2018 season in Asher, Maeve Cowley, Abby Godfrey, Nicole Sinacori, Kelsey Dupere, Jacie Cooper, Stephanie Thomson and Bridget Lamb. 

ELON ON LAX SPORTS NETWORK
-This season, Elon will be features on Lax Sports Network twice in April during CAA play.
-First, the Phoenix will meet Towson on Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium.
-Elon's second appearance on LSN will come Friday, April 19, when it meets defending national champion James Madison at 5 p.m.
-The 2019 CAA Championships in Harrisonburg, Va., will also air on LSN.

UP NEXT
-Closing its two-game homestand, Elon will hit the road for its next two games when it faces Liberty on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. and Davidson on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+.