ONE MORE TIME ON THE ROAD: The UAH men's lacrosse team will play its final road game of the season this weekend, traveling to the Peach State to take on Young Harris at 4 p.m. CDT on Saturday. The Chargers visit the Enchanted Valley with a 5-6 mark on the year.
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LAST TIME OUT: The Chargers have been off since April 1 when the team knocked off Ohio Valley 13-11, giving the team two wins in as many days when coupled with UAH's 7-6 win over Davis & Elkins on the last day of March.
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MARKED IMPROVEMENT: Those two wins at the turn of the month ensured that the Chargers would surpass last year's win total as the second-year program has five this season compared to last year's three. UAH played 11 games last year, and through 11 games this season, the team has scored 35 goals more than a season ago while giving up just 126 compared to 163 in 2016.
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OTHER AREAS OF GROWTH: While the team won just 31.4 percent of its faceoffs last year, the Chargers have been successful 59.1 percent of the time this year thanks to
Jake Fowler's 158-for-262 (60.3 percent) showing. Fowler also has 40 ground balls to help UAH total 306 on the year compared to just 271 during the 2016 campaign.
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ABOUT YOUNG HARRIS: The Mountain Lions enter their home finale at 6-8 on the year including a 2-3 mark in Young Harris. Bevan Pate leads the team in points with 55 from 26 goals and 29 assists, while Bruce Silk is the team's leading goal scorer with 32. Zach Stephenson has picked up a team-best 73 ground balls while going 122-for-199 in faceoffs.
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SERIES HISTORY: The two teams met a year ago in Huntsville with the Mountain Lions winning 14-3.
Kevin Coppinger scored twice for UAH in the setback.
