BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell continues CAA play as it travels to take on Elon Saturday at 1 PM. The game will be broadcast on FloCollege. Campbell (3-7, 1-2) seeks its second CAA victory of the season, and first on the road, at Elon (5-4, 2-0) who remains undefeated in conference play.
LAST TIME OUT
Campbell fell to #23 Drexel at home last Sunday, 18-8. The Dragons jumped out to 5-1 lead after the first quarter before Campbell rattled off three straight goals in the second quarter to make it a 6-4 game. Drexel scored four straight times to close the first half and never looked back, limiting the Camels to two goals in both the third and fourth quarters. Rasa Welsh led the Camels with four goals while McKenna Duncan added one goal and an assist.
STAT LEADERS
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- Elon enters 5-4 overall and 2-0 in CAA play featuring wins over Monmouth and Hofstra
- Sammy Fisher leads the Phoenix with 33 points on 26 goals and seven assists. Goalkeeper Caitlin Walsh owns a 12.03 goals-against-average across nine starts this season.
- The Phoenix rank 9th nationally averaging as few as 12.11 turnovers per game. Elon also ranks 25th nationally and 2nd in the CAA with a 0.559 draw control percentage
- Josh Hexter (Assumption '95) leads the Phoenix in his 12th season at the helm. Hexter, who coached at Division-III Bridgewater State for seven seasons (1997-04) holds a 84-94 record across 12 seasons with Elon
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell trails in the all-time series against Elon, 1-6
- Elon defeated the Camels last season 16-12 in Buies Creek. Sammy Fisher led the Phoneix with five goals and one assist while four Camels, including Delaney Nicolaus, Hailey Kohlmann, Ally Heath and Caroline Laur, led the way scoring two goals each
- Campbell won the very first matchup between the programs, 11-8 in 2014. The Phoenix have won six straight in the series since then.
IN THE NATIONAL RANKS
- 19th - Caused turnovers per game (10.30)
- 45th - Clearing percentage (0.891)
- 48th - Shots per game (29.50)
WELSH PROVIDING POINTS
- Fifth-year attacker Rasa Welsh leads the Camels with 44 points, totaling 27 goals and 17 assists through 10 games
- Welsh ranks 33rd nationally and 2nd in the CAA averaging 4.50 points per game, 88th nationally/7th in the CAA with 2.70 goals per game and 50th nationally/5th in the CAA with 1.80 assists per game
- Welsh has totaled four points or more in eight of 10 games this season and has totaled six points or more four times
GROUND BALL MACHINE
- Senior midfielder Hailey Kohlmann ranks 15th in the country and 1st in the CAA averaging 2.90 ground balls per game
- Kohlmann has multiple ground balls in six games and has picked up four or more ground balls in five games
DYNAMIC FIFTH-YEAR DUO
- Campbell's fifth-year duo of Sam Bischoff and Rasa Welsh currently lead the offense with 23 and 44 points, respectively
- Bischoff, who suffered a season-ending injury in Campbell's opener against Richmond in 2024, has 21 goals and two assists
- Welsh, who missed the entirety of last season due to injury, has totaled 27 goals and 17 assists
- Both Bischoff and Welsh also lead the Camels on draw controls with 38 and 52 respectively
HEAD COACH DAWN EASLEY
- Head coach Dawn Easley (Pfeiffer '05) is in her 12th season at the helm of Campbell Lacrosse
- Easley owns a 86-108 record at Campbell and a 144-139 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
