CONWAY, S.C. – Year seven for Presbyterian College lacrosse head coach Eric Clakeley will begin near the beach on Sunday afternoon, unscrewing the lid on a 17-match schedule with an in-state clash against Coastal Carolina at 12:00.

PC's first trip to Conway in three years, the Blue Hose start the 2026 stretch with one game in four straight Sundays. This weekend's affair is the only one of those four that will take place away from Bailey Memorial Stadium.

Clakeley has the benefit of his largest roster at Presbyterian this season, touting 31 players overall and 13 newcomers. Seven starters return from last spring, as the Scotsmen look to build on a 5-12 record a year ago.


 
GAMEDAY INFO – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Presbyterian @ Coastal Carolina
WHERE / WHEN: Conway, S.C. | 12:00 PM
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast

 

SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS

 
- Coastal Carolina followed up an ASUN Championship in 2024 with a record of 8-10 last season. They advanced to the conference title match once again with an upset of top-seed Jacksonville in the semifinals (11-10), but then fell to Liberty by six points to end the year.

- Head Coach Rachel Schuck Witten enters her fifth season with the Chanticleers, the former leader of Furman who will direct a roster that has 14 combined upperclassmen.

- Coastal was picked third in the preseason ASUN Coaches Poll, led by two players on the preseason All-Conference roster: Gabrielle Beaudet (midfield) and Grace Lord (defender).

- PC is not the Chanticleers' first opponent of 2026: on Friday afternoon, they faced off with another Big South institution as Longwood visited Brooks Stadium.


 
2025 RECAP

 
- The Blue Hose had a handful of memorable moments in their last venture, including two dramatic conference victories at Radford and Longwood by one point each.

- Presby's first triumph was a stat-stuffer over Delaware State, as then-rookie Emily Currie set a new school-record by a freshman with seven goals. Just 48 hours later, coach Clakeley's crew outgunned Mercyhurst in a 20-19 shootout.

- By scoring 38 times in back-to-back appearances, PC set a new all-time record for the most total goals in consecutive matches.

- Perhaps the biggest highlight of the year for the blue and garnet, then-sophomore Emma Claire Mills scored with one second left to defeat Longwood in Virginia (13-12).

- Team captain Avery West has been selected to the preseason All-Big South squad for the second year in a row. Now a senior, she ranked 16^th in all of NCAA last season with 35 caused turnovers while also scooping up 44 ground balls (21^st nationally).