The Mountain Lion Talk

GAMES PLAYED 1st Place: 43 (Pien Van Kampen) 2nd Place: 31 (McKenna Peaster) 3rd Place: 30 (Arielle Charles/Taylor Erickson) 4th Place: 29 (Nicole Medeiros) GAMES STARTED 1st Place: 29 (Nicole Medeiros/Arielle Charles) 2nd Place: 28 (McKenna Peaster) 3rd Place: 27 (Taylor Erickson) 

Senior Eric DelValle reached fifty competitive dual matches against Lenoir-Rhyne (Oct. 11) and currently stands at 51, which is fourth-most since 2015-16. Right behind him is classmate Rodrigo Mendoza , who can also reach fifty dual matches in the spring season.  The Lenoir-Rhyne dual was the twentieth for both sophomore Mason Harmon and junior Caleb McCurry - they now both have twenty-one.  Sophomore Michael Schut is now up to fifteen. 

Junior opposite/right side hitter Lorin Tidick appeared in her sixtieth game, posting one kill, a solo block and a dig.    Junior middle hitter Shelby Mullins appeared in her fifty-fifth game, tallying three kills and a block assist.  Junior setter Mollie Lawrence appeared in her fiftieth game, dishing four assists to go along with a kill and a dig.  

Saturday's 1-0 win over Francis Marion was the thirtieth career appearance for junior McKenna Peaster , which ties alumni Taylor Erickson and Arielle Charles for second all-time.  It was also her twenty-seventh start in goal, tying for second with Erickson.  It was her fourteenth win, putting her one back of tying alumni Nicole Medeiros and Pien Van Kampen for the program record.  And it was her sixth shutout, moving her into second place by herself. Updated Lists GAMES PLAYED 1st Place: 43 (Pien Van Kampen) 2nd Place: 30 ( McKenna Peaster /Arielle Charles/Taylor Erickson) 3rd Place: 29 (Nicole Medeiros)  4th Place: 17 (Kelsey Cunningham)  GAMES STARTED 1st Place: 29 (Nicole Medeiros/Arielle Charles) 2nd Place: 27 ( McKenna Peaster /Taylor Erickson) 3rd Place: 17 (Pien Van Kampen/Kelsey Cunningham)   

Cassidy Campbell appeared in her fifty-first game on Wednesday (Oct. 18) at Emmanuel, tying alumnus Hadleigh Hughes for seventh.  Morgan Kasel tallied her fiftieth career game, tying alumni Dani Heald and Hannah Behner for eighth.  *It's worth noting as well that the game was Kasel's fiftieth career start. 

2nd Place: Arielle Charles/Taylor Erickson (30) 3rd Place: Junior McKenna Peaster /Nicole Medeiros (29) 

Sophie Bearden has reached the 15-solo-blocks milestone, moving past program alumnus Alex Pierre and into second. Only Shelby Mullins (18) has more.  Nicole Klucharich, with seven, is now tied with alumnus Jessica Beckner for fourth.  Alexa Berry tallied the fifth solo block of her career on Saturday against Francis Marion. 

The men's lacrosse goalie unit has one person returning from 2023 ( junior Dylan Wilbur ) along with a freshman (Thomas Castiglia).  Dylan Wilbur is all over the career records top fives and has opportunities in the upcoming season to break a couple career records.  1. He's appeared in 31 games in his career and the program record is 42. I believe that there are 14 games in the regular season, so he can be the first men's goalie with 45 appearances.  2. He's been the starting goalie in 27 of his appearances, and he needs eight starts to reset the career record.     3. He needs seventeen saves to break the career record and he's nineteen away from being the first men's goalie with 400 saves. 

The women's lacrosse team will be returning two goalies on the roster: junior Abbie Gallagher and sophomore McKenna Graf .  In addition, freshman Alyssa Rosenfeld from Saint Augustine, Florida is the newcomer goalie.  Gallagher has appeared in 20 games with six starts totaling 483 minutes, although she was backing up Rachel Robb and Maddy Meyers during her underclassman seasons (Robb and Meyers have two of the top three career spots in games played, starts and minutes played).   Graf appeared nine times during her freshman season with one start. 

*Note: this list doesn't cover JV games- I'm still working on that list (italicized players also had some JV appearances) 1st Place: 43 (Pien Van Kampen) 2nd Place: 30 (Taylor Erickson/Arielle Charles) 3rd Place: 29 (Nicole Medeiros) 4th Place: 28 ( Junior McKenna Peaster ) *Saturday's game was the twenty-fifth start of her career  5th Place: 17 (Kelsey Cunningham)  6th Place: 11 (Yustin Nambo)  7th Place: 9 ( Kylie Mason /Alyssa Spridgeon/Havyn Isaac)  8th Place: 4 ( Junior Kaylie Hayes /Gabby Smith) 9th Place: 1 ( Freshman Samantha Thomson / Sara Sims / Isabella Martin ) 

Senior Catarina Marcko Ferreira tallied her sixty-second competitive dual match appearance, moving into a tie for third since 2015-16 with alumnus Elin Rundcrantz. Only Carol Quevedo and Oriana Labaqui have more. Marcko Ferreira, in addition, has tallied her seventy-second appearance overall (62 dual matches, 2 tournaments and 8 cross-country meets), moving her into second by herself in terms of Mountain Lion multi-sport appearances.  Junior Meghna Mallath notched her forty-fourth competitive dual match, moving from a tie for sixth (with Joselyne Chapui) into sixth by herself since 2015-16. She's also one away from fifty total appearances, as the YHC Invite a few days ago was the fifth fall tournament of her career.  Sophomores Emily Bush and Simone Mercier continue their climb towards the top ten as they each notched their twenty-fourth competitive dual match (tenth right now is Jing Dong with twenty-eight competitive dual matches). Each of them have recorded a total of tw...

With two goals on Saturday against Erskine, Alexis Scarpinato now has twenty-two goals in her career, moving into first place in the team's NCAA-era history (she was already one of just three in a decade, along with Lucero Robayo and Baylee Roach- and first since 2018- with twenty goals).  Her two assists in the game gave her a six-point outing and fifty for her career. She currently sits in second place with 51 points. 

Junior defender Cassidy Campbell now has forty-eight appearances, tying alumnus Karly Zacharias for tenth all-time. Ninth on the list is Allison Cox with forty-nine.  Junior goalkeeper McKenna Peaster now has twenty-six goalie appearances. Third on the list is alumnus Nicole Medeiros with twenty-nine while Taylor Erickson and Arielle Charles are tied for second as they each have thirty.  Freshman defender Carol Anne Giannamore and sophomore defender Taylor Poland recorded their first appearances of 2023. It was Poland's third appearance in soccer and fourth overall (she also has one cross country meet).  Freshman goalkeeper Samantha Thomsson , in her first appearance, recorded the lone save in six minutes.  Sophomore defender Emily Brenneman (30 minutes) appeared in her third game of the season and eighteenth of her career. Along with her lone cross country meet, she has nineteen total appearances for the Mountain Lions. 

Junior McKenna Peaster played the full ninety minutes at Converse on Tuesday, picking up seven saves in what was her twenty-fifth appearance, extending her fourth-best mark. Her fifth shutout a couple games ago tied Kelsey Cunningham for second, and the 3-2 win over Converse was the tenth of her career. Peaster joins the 10-win club to tie Arielle Charles for second in that category as well.  

Freshman Holly Ashford picked up two singles wins at the YHC Invite, which marks her first Mountain Lion appearance.  Fellow freshmen Luciana Bejarano and Viviana Gomez have appeared in both competitions this year after competing at the ITA Regionals and the YHC Invite.  Senior Catarina Marcko Ferreira made her second fall tournament appearance after competing at the UNG Invite back in October. Combined with her 61 dual matches and 8 appearances in cross country, she's now appeared 71 times in her career, tying Jessica Beckner for the second-most appearances by a multi-sport athlete at Young Harris.   It was the fourth fall tournament each for sophomores Emily Bush and Simone Mercier - both of them now have 27 competitive appearances (23 dual matches). Junior Meghna Mallath marked her fifth recorded fall tournament with a singles victory. She currently stands at 48 appearances as she's competed in 43 dual matches.   

Goalie McKenna Peaster only managed one save during the Saturday (Sep. 30) contest against Lees-McRae, but it was the 100th of her career, extending her fifth-best mark in the team's NCAA-era history. Fourth on the list is Nicole Medeiros with 161.  With the full game against LMC, Peaster has now appeared in 24 games between the posts, extending her fourth-best mark (Medeiros' 29 games is currently third).