The fifth-ranked William Smith lacrosse team will begin a six-game road trip with a pair of top-10 matchups. On Saturday, March 15, the Herons will take on seventh-ranked Salisbury at noon. Monday, William Smith will face third-ranked Franklin and Marshall at 4:30 p.m.
 
The Herons are 3-0 overall after defeating Cortland 16-6 last Saturday.
 
The Sea Gulls are 3-2 overall on the year and are looking to bounce back from a 12-11 overtime loss to Gettysburg last Saturday.
 
The Diplomats are 5-0 overall after beating Shenandoah 11-8 on Wednesday.
 
Fans who can't make the trip can follow all the action with live stats and video courtesy of suseagulls.com and godiplomats.com.
 
ABOUT THE HERONS

• Offensively, the Herons have dominated, scoring 49 goals in three games.
• Junior Natalie Daniels leads the team with 14 goals. She is 26th in the nation in goals per game (4.67).
• Daniels and senior Katherine Murray share the team lead with 16 points. Murray has 11 goals and a team-leading five assists.
• Daniels leads the team with 34 draw controls. She is second in the nation, averaging 11.33 per game.
• As a team, William Smith is third in the nation in draw control percentage (.747) and sixth in draw controls per game (18.67).
• Smeader has played every minute in goal. She has a 6.33 GAA and a .587 save percentage. Smeader is 15th in the nation in save percentage.

 
ABOUT THE SEA GULLS

• Miranda Mears leads the team with 13 goals.
• Audrey Harrington has a team-high 11 assists and 21 points.
• Julianna Ott paces Salisbury in the draw circle with 28.
• Junior defenders Abby Fleishell and Reagan Davis lead the team with nine and eight caused turnovers, respectively.
• Paige Ellis has played the majority of minutes for the Sea Gulls. She is 3-2 with a 9.27 GAA and a .438 save percentage.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Saturday's game will be the seventh meeting between the Sea Gulls and the Herons.
• The series is tied 3-3, with William Smith winning the lone meeting in Salisbury, Maryland, 12-11 back in 2003.
• The Herons and Sea Gulls split last year's meetings. William Smith won 10-7 in Panama City Beach, Florida, on March 18. Salisbury won 13-10 in last year's national semifinals. 

 
ABOUT THE DIPLOMATS

• Devyn Crone leads Franklin and Marshall with 24 points on 14 goals and a team-high 10 assists.
• Lydia Cassily has a team-high 15 goals.
• Lauren Pitman and Julia Carbon share the team lead with 26 draw controls each.
• Megan Bizub has a team-best 10 caused turnovers.
• Sara DiGiovanni has played a majority of the minutes in goal. She is 5-0 with an 8.20 GAA and a .518 save percentage.

 
ABOUT THE DIPLOMATS

• Monday will be the seventh meeting between William Smith and Franklin and Marshall.
• The Herons lead the all-time series 4-2.
• William Smith won the only meeting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 13-5. The Herons used a 12-goal run to stun the then No. 1 team in the country in the second round of the 2021 NCAA tournament.