Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. (March 29, 2015) – Four goals in the fourth period helped the Sewanee men's lacrosse team to a 10-6 win over Southern Athletic Association (SAA) rival Birmingham-Southern, Sunday, at historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium.
The Tigers are now 7-2 overall, 3-0 in SAA action, and 7-0 at home this season.
Back-to-back goals by Robbie Berndt helped Sewanee to a 2-0 lead to start the match. BSC would get on the board late in the first period as Evan Lalande scored.
It was again Berndt and Lalande who scored to open the second, which made the tally 3-2 in favor of the Tigers. Sewanee extended its advantage with 4:40 left in the second as Matthew Stiefel scored an unassisted goal.
BSC would outscore the Tigers 3-2 in the third with Sewanee's goals coming from Cotter Brown and Jimmy Parker.
However, the momentum swung back in favor of Sewanee to start the fourth. Goals from Berndt, Peter Brown, and Jake Pesetsky gave the Tigers a 9-5 advantage.
After a goal by BSC, senior captain Hal Smith ripped in a goal with less than a minute remaining.
Berndt continued his hot streak on offense. The freshman has now scored four goals in each of the past three games. In the past five home games, Berndt has scored 20 goals and has five assists.
In goal, sophomore Selby Austin earned the win with 15 saves.
Sewanee will now began a three-match conference road trip with a 4:00 p.m. (EST) match at Berry, Saturday.
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