BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Fresh off its first CAA win of the season, Campbell (3-6, 1-1) continues conference play as it hosts #23 Drexel (7-2, 2-0) Sunday at noon from Barker-Lane Stadium.
The game will have an audio-only broadcast, available to listen to free on the Varsity Network app.Â
LAST TIME OUT
- Trailing 4-1 after the first 15 minutes, Campbell outscored Monmouth 7-0 in the second quarter and held on for an 11-10 win Thursday at Barker-Lane Stadium
- Rasa Welsh scored the eventual game-winner with 7:07 left in the fourth quarter while Carson Shoop forced a turnover with 14 seconds to go to seal Campbell's first CAA win of the season
- Sam Bischoff totaled four goals, including three in the second quarter, while McKenna Duncan finished with three goals and one assist. Freshman Josie Parrett also finished with a pair of goals
STAT LEADERS
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- Drexel, ranked #23 in the latest Inside Lacrosse national poll, enters 7-2 overall and 2-0 in CAA play after wins over William & Mary and Delaware
- Winners of six straight, the Dragons are led by a trio of attackers in Allison Drake (33 goals, six assists), Anna Maria Gragnani (34g, 1a) and Bridget Finley (25g, 7a)
- Drexel is anchored by goalkeeper and CAA Preseason Player of the Year Jenika Cuocco, who ranks 24th nationally with a 9.44 goals against average
- Katie O'Donnell (Penn State '18) leads the Dragons in her fourth season as head coach
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell faced Drexel for the first time last season, a 13-5 win for the Dragons in Philadelphia
- Joslin Hanbury recorded a hat trick for the Camels in the loss while Drake led all players with five goals
IN THE NATIONAL RANKS
- 22nd - Caused turnovers per game (9.89)
- 42nd - Shots per game (30.22)
- 52nd - Clearing percentage (0.880)
- 63rd - Ground Balls per game (16.11)
WELSH PROVIDING POINTS
- Fifth-year attacker Rasa Welsh leads the Camels with 40 points, totaling 23 goals and 17 assists through nine games
- Welsh ranks 35th nationally and 3rd in the CAA averaging 4.56 points per game and 39th nationally and 5th in the CAA with 2.00 assists per game. Her 40 points ranks 25th in the country
- Welsh has totaled four points or more in seven of nine games this season and has totaled six points or more in four times
FRESHMAN STOPPER
- Freshman defender Kendall Wilson ranks 69th nationally and 7th in the CAA averaging 1.56 caused turnovers per game
- Wilson has recorded multiple caused turnovers in four games this season
BISCHOFF HEATING UP
- Sam Bischoff has scored multiple goals in four straight outings
- A fifth-year midfielder, Bischoff scored two goals against Lehigh and Duke, totaled three at Towson and recorded four goals against Monmouth
- Bischoff opened up the season with five goals and an assist against Charlotte and four goals versus High Point
HEAD COACH DAWN EASLEY
- Head coach Dawn Easley (Pfeiffer '05) is in her 12th season at the helm of Campbell Lacrosse
- Easley owns a 86-107Â record at Campbell and a 144-138Â record overall after spending five seasons as head coach of her alma mater Pfeiffer from 2008-13
- The Camels improved its win total in three straight seasons under Easley from 2021-23, setting a program record with 12 wins in 2023