Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. (March 21, 2015) – After a slow start, the Sewanee men's lacrosse team pulled away from DePauw for a 13-7 win, Saturday, at historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium.
The Tigers are now 5-2 overall while DePauw dropped to 3-5.
Sewanee got out of the gate slowly as DePauw led 2-1 by the end of the first period. The Tigers' lone goal in the opening 15 minutes came from Robbie Berndt who scored off a pass from classmate Peter Brown.
The score remained tight throughout most of the second period. Berndt would even the match at 2-2 with another goal to open the second. After a DePauw goal from Andrew Wright, the Tigers added two goals the final five minutes as Hayden Byrd and Cotter Brown found the back of the net.
Out of the locker room, the Tigers' offense would start to pull away with seven minutes remaining in the third period. With the score in favor of Sewanee at 5-4, George Bukawyn scored with 6:35 left off an assist from Byrd. Hal Smith then immediately won the faceoff and quickly advanced the ball into the Tigers' offensive third. Seconds later Matthew Stiefel added his second goal of the third at 6:15.
DePauw would score less than two minutes later, before Sewanee closed the third with three straight goals. During that stretch Byrd, Stiefel, and Berndt all scored.
Berndt then opened the fourth period with his fourth goal, which pushed the Sewanee lead to 11-5. After Jimmy Parker scored an unassisted goal at 12:49, DePauw answered back with a goal from Kyle Roberts and Andrew Wright.
Sewanee closed out the scoring as Nick Patterson scored with 1:59 to play.
Overall, Sewanee dominated statistically. The Tigers finished with 52 shots, 20 faceoff wins (out of 23 attempts), 20 clears, and 41 groundballs.
Individually, Berndt led the offense with four goals and one assist. Stiefel added three goals while Byrd added two scores. Berndt and Stiefel each have scored at least three goals in the Tigers' last three home matches.
Defensively, Sewanee forced DePauw into 16 turnovers while goalkeeper Selby Austin earned his fifth win with three saves.
Sewanee returns to action with a 7:00 p.m. match Friday against Millsaps.
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