CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College lacrosse team will get very comfortable at Bailey Memorial Stadium over the next two weeks, engaging in their longest homestand since the infant days of the program and welcoming Eastern Michigan to town tomorrow evening.

Opening draw between the Blue Hose and EMU is scheduled for 6:00 PM, the first of six consecutive home events for PC spanning 15 days. Tuesday will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools and Presby's second match all-time against an opponent from the state of Michigan.

Tomorrow's clash will begin PC's longest sequence of home-only matches since all the way back in 2007, part of a '25 campaign that entails 10 home games in total. Both sides will be searching for their first win of the young season, at 0-4 combined against stiff competition.


 
GAMEDAY INFO – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Presbyterian (0-2) vs. Eastern Michigan (0-2)
WHERE / WHEN: Bailey Memorial Stadium | 6:00 PM
LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast


 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
 
- Eastern Michigan travels down to the coast for two matchups this week (also facing Gardner-Webb after their stay in Clinton is over), starting the year with competitive losses to San Diego State (15-10) and #11 Notre Dame by 10 goals.

- Four of the Eagles' seven wins last spring came against conference enemies, leading them to the number three seed in the MAC Tournament where they were eliminated in the semifinals by eventual champion Robert Morris.

- EMU made a change in leadership over the offseason, hiring Maddie Dugan as their newest head coach in August. She previously served as the head coach at Detroit Mercy for a sole season, going 6-12 with the Titans.

- Junior Mackenzie Blackwell paces Eastern Michigan with seven goals in only two outings, while sophomore keeper Maddie Porter has played all 120 minutes thus far with 29 saves to show for it.


 
LAST TIME OUT
 
- The Blue Hose were unsuccessful in back-to-back Ohio road matches late last week, dropping a 10-point decision to Kent State and a 12-point tally to Akron on Saturday.

- Alyssa Perez seems primed for a breakout season after scoring nine times in 2024, already lining up a couple of multi-goal efforts with six shots-on-goal to this point.

- Senior leader Willow Hammond has officially tied herself with Brittni Dulaney (2007-10) for the fifth-most scores in Presbyterian history with the bulk of her final season still ahead, logging her 86^th career goal in the Akron defeat.

- Newbie Emily Currie has notched two fourth-quarter goals to start off her PC career, while preseason All-Big South selection Avery West and keeper Kayleigh Aitken have combined for 16 ground ball pickups with two games in the bin.