LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Bellarmine lacrosse team will look to win its third straight game this weekend as the Knights travel to Greenville, South Carolina to take on the Furman Paladins.

Bellarmine (2-8, 2-2) enters this weekend having won their last two games. They defeated Mercer in a high-scoring affair 16-13 and followed that with a nail-biting 13-12 victory over VMI that came down to the last second.

Furman (3-8, 1-3) snapped a five-game losing streak last week with a tight 15-14 win over SoCon opponent Mercer. The Paladins' three conference losses have come at the hands of the top three teams in the SoCon standings: Richmond, High Point, and Air Force.

In last season's matchup the Paladins took a 7-3 lead into the fourth period, but a furious Knights comeback knotted the game at 7-7 with 34 seconds left. However, after a mishandled last shot attempt by Bellarmine, Furman was able to get out in transition and score the game-winning goal with just three seconds remaining to take home an 8-7 win.

For the Knights, senior Ian Miller has racked up 13 points on five goals and eight assists in the last two games. The Hoschton, Georgia native is the leading assist man for Bellarmine with 13 on the season. Riley Seay leads the Knights in goals with 22, followed by Landon Trout and Morgan Macko who have tallied 16 and 15 goals, respectively. Off the bench, Griffin Bowie has been an offensive sparkplug lately with three goals over the last two games.

The Paladins are led offensively by Jarrett Birch and William Holcomb. Birch has netted a team-high 20 goals on the year, while Holcomb is not too far behind with 18. Anders Erickson has been a great facilitator for the Furman offense, tallying a team-high 14 assists on the season.

Defensively for Bellarmine, Josh Wehn leads the team with 13 caused turnovers and ranks second on the team with 24 ground balls. Jon Robbins and Eric Rubak have also been essential to the defensive effort, causing 11 and 10 turnovers, respectively. In goal, Jordan Dondoyano ranks fifth in the nation with 14.11 saves per game. The junior has recorded 127 saves and has saved 52.3 percent of opponent shots on goal.

Cole Horan and Corey Hall anchor the defense for Furman. Horan has tracked down a team-high 34 ground balls to go along with 13 caused turnovers, while Hall has caused a team-high 17 turnovers and recorded 33 ground balls. In goal for the Paladins is Alec Van de Bovenkamp. In conference play, Van de Bovenkamp leads the SoCon with 14.50 saves per game.

At the faceoff X, Bellarmine's J.T. Simonton has been inserted back into the lineup after missing a few games due to injury. The sophomore has won 44 of 100 faceoffs on the year, including 8 of 14 last week against VMI. He will be facing off against Michael Abizaid, who has taken the bulk of the faceoffs for Furman, winning 70 of 160.

The game will be played Saturday at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina. Opening faceoff is set for noon (ET).

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